RapidBus Projects
About RapidBus Projects
Faster, more frequent, and reliable bus service is here! RapidBus is a bus service that improves customer experience via more widely spaced stops, all-door boarding, and extensive bus priority measures, such as queue jumps or bus lanes. It operates with high frequency, offering additional amenities at bus stops.
During rush hours, the RapidBus network can move up to 10,000 passengers per hour, equivalent to removing 6,000 average-capacity cars from the roads. RapidBus routes run at least every 10 minutes during peak times and every 15 minutes during off-peak hours. You can rely on them every day from 6 a.m. to midnight.
There are currently six RapidBus routes across the region:
- R1 King George Boulevard, from Newton Exchange to Guildford
- R2 Marine-Willingdon, from Park Royal to Metrotown Station
- R3 Lougheed Highway, from Coquitlam Central to Haney Place
- R4 41st Avenue, from Joyce Station to UBC Exchange
- R5 Hastings Street, from Burrard Station to SFU
- R6 Scott Road, from Scott Road Station to Newton Exchange
With RapidBus, you can enjoy enhanced customer amenities such as better-sheltered stops, real-time information, free Wi-Fi, and cushier seats! Where permitted, customers will also have accessibility features such as text-to-audio functionality of the digital bus arrival information and tactile pads.
R2 Marine-Willingdon RapidBus
The R2 now goes all the way to Metrotown!
The R2 Marine-Willingdon RapidBus now provides frequent, all-day service between the North Shore and Burnaby. Customers have a one-seat ride between Park Royal and Metrotown, with service every 6 to 7 minutes during weekday peak hours and every 10 to 15 minutes off-peak.
The extension adds more capacity on a corridor with strong transit demand and improves connections to Burnaby Heights, Brentwood Town Centre, BCIT, Metrotown, and more.
For more information, please visit the R2 Marine-Willingdon RapidBus page.
Future RapidBus Plans
As part of our 10-Year Priorities, we will work with local government partners to expand our RapidBus network and implement 11 new RapidBus lines featuring new transit priority measures. Through this expanded service, we will enhance the experience of current riders while increasing ridership in advance of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT).
