Coast Mountain Bus Company route 292 'Upper Lynn Valley'
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Service Area | Vancouver North Vancouver | |
Terminus | Underwood Avenue at Evelyn Street | |
Operations | North Vancouver Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | Nova Bus LFS | |
Branches | 292 Upper Lynn Valley |
292 Upper Lynn Valley was a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This was an east-west express route connecting Burrard Station in Downtown Vancouver and the Upper Lynn Valley in North Vancouver. Service ran during the PM peak hour only, with two one-way trips running 30 minutes apart to supplement the 210 Upper Lynn Valley. Unlike the 210, the 292 bypassed Phibbs Exchange.
Trips departed Burrard Station heading west on Melville Street, north on Thurlow Street, east on W. Pender Street, north on Homer Street, east on E. Cordova Street becoming Powell Street and Dundas Street, north on N. Nanaimo Street becoming McGill Street heading east and then north on Highway 1 and across the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge, then took the Mountain Highway exit and went north on Mountain Highway, east on McNair Drive becoming Hoskins Road, east on Dempsey Road and north on Underwood Avenue to Underwood & Evelyn Street.
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Pick-up service at all designated stops in Vancouver. In North Vancouver, pick-up and drop-off service at all local stops. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Points of Interest
- Burrard Station (Bay 2)
- Victoria Square
- North Vancouver Public Library – Lynn Valley Branch
- Lynn Valley Centre
- Lynn Valley Park
History
- September 1986 - Service introduced as 292 Upper Lynn Valley/Vancouver, a peak-hour only service connecting Upper Lynn Valley with Downtown Vancouver, bypassing Phibbs Exchange[1]
- November 1986 - Downtown terminus extended to Burrard Station from Dunsmuir & Hornby[2]
- September 1989 - Upper Lynn Valley trips revised to continue on Highway 1 to Mountain Highway to save travel times[3]
- November 1997 - Vancouver-bound trips revised to operate as 210 Vancouver[4]
- June 2011 - Service discontinued and all trips revised to operate as 210 Upper Lynn Valley[5]
References
- ↑ The Buzzer July 18, 1986 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 25-11-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer October 24, 1986 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer August 25, 1989 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 27-04-2020
- ↑ October 31, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer June 3, 2011 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 28-12-2017