Coast Mountain Bus Company route 106 'New Westminster Station / Edmonds Station'

106 New Westminster Station/ Edmonds Station
New Flyer XN40 – 16046 at Edmonds Station signed up as a 106 New Westminster Station.
Service Area	New Westminster Burnaby
Termini	New Westminster Station Edmonds Station
Operations	Hamilton Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI XN40 Nova Bus LFS HEV
Branches	106 New West Station 106 Edmonds Station

106 New Westminster Station/Edmonds Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Route Details

This is an east-west route connecting New Westminster Station and Edmonds Station in Burnaby running primarily on 6th Street. It is a Frequent Transit Network route with service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more of the day, seven days a week.

Eastbound trips depart Edmonds Station heading east on 18th Avenue, north on Griffiths Drive, east on Edmonds Street continuing south on 6th Street, and west on Columbia Street to New Westminster Station.

Westbound trips depart New Westminster Station heading east on Carnarvon Street, south on 8th Street, east on Columbia Street, north on 6th Street continuing west on Edmonds Street, south on Griffiths Drive, and west on 18th Avenue to Edmonds Station.

Points of Interest

• Edmonds Station (Bay 4)
• Eastburn Park
• Mercer Stadium
• Moody Park Arena
• Royal City Centre
• Westminster Mall
• New Westminster City Hall
• New Westminster Station (Bay 7)
• New Westminster Quay Public Market
• Douglas College

History

• Mid-1950s - Service operated as W2 6th Street running between Kingsway & Edmonds and Columbia & 8th Street
• Late 1950s - Service combined with the 82 Burnaby–Stride and renumbered and renamed to 82 6th Street–Stride–Kingsway, running between Larwill Depot and New Westminster at Columbia & 8th Street
• Early 1960s - Service renumbered to 54 Sixth Street–56 Stride–Kingsway
• Mid-1960s - Service revised to run between Fraser Mills and Edmonds Loop as the 96 Sixth Street; reverse direction ran as 97 Brunette
• July 1976 - Frequency increased to replace portions of the 52 Nelson and 53 Kingsway and service extended to Downtown Vancouver, providing direct service for 6th Street passengers to Downtown Vancouver
• January 1980 - Pender–Keefer Diversion closure: routing revised in Chinatown to take Pender Street and Keefer Street in both directions following changes to make Pender and Keefer two-way streets
• April 1981 - Chinatown routing revised to take Pender Street in both directions
• October 1984 - Route renumbered from 96 Sixth Street to 106 Sixth Street/Vancouver/Joyce Loop
• January 1986 - Eastern terminus moved to New Westminster Station and operated as 106 New Westminster Station/Vancouver
• March 1986 - Service shortened to operate between New Westminster and Edmonds stations. Service west of Edmonds Station along Kingsway replaced by the 107 Edmonds Station/Metrotown Station. On Sundays/holidays, service extended to Vancouver via Metrotown, bypassing Edmonds Station
• May 1986 - Western terminus moved from Edmonds Station to Metrotown Station, replacing route 107 New Westminster Station/Metrotown Station to eliminate the need for a transfer at Edmonds Station
• October 1990 - Accessible service introduced
• September 2001 - Metrotown Station reconstruction: terminus temporarily revised to Patterson Station
• October 2001 - Funding shortfall forces cancellation of Suburban Owl (NightBus) services after 1:40 AM
• November 2001 - Metrotown Station reopens; service to Patterson Station discontinued
• September 2002 - All trips revised to go via 6th Street in New Westminster instead of on Owl trips only. Service on Agnes, Elliot, Carnarvon, 4th Street and Columbia Street between 4th and 6th streets discontinued
• September 2007 - Service improved to 7-8 minutes westbound in the morning peak and eastbound for afternoon peak
• June 2008 - Route joins the Frequent Transit Network
• February 1–28, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Introduction of additional late-night trips to connect with extended late-night SkyTrain service
• November 2015 - Service proposed to be shortened to run between Edmonds and New Westminster to improve service reliability and due to low ridership beyond Edmonds Station in both directions/low route end-to-end ridership
• September 2016 - Route operations moved from Burnaby Transit Centre to Hamilton Transit Centre as part of a mass re-organization involving the closure of North Vancouver Transit Centre and the transfer of all its operations to Burnaby Transit Centre
• December 2017 - Portion between Metrotown and Edmonds replaced by the 119 Metrotown Station/Edmonds Station to improve service reliability. Western terminus moved from Metrotown Station to Edmonds Station
• January 2022 - COVID-19 service adjustment: Minor changes in frequency on all trips daily
  • Weekdays: AM peak hour service reduced from every 7–10 minutes to every 10–15 minutes. Midday service reduced from every 10–12 minutes to every 15 minutes. PM peak hour service reduced from every 6–9 minutes to every 8–10 minutes
  • Saturdays: Mid-morning to evening service reduced from every 10–12 minutes to every 12 minutes
  • Sundays/holidays: Early morning service adjusted from every 15–20 minutes to every 15 minutes and late-morning to late-afternoon service decreased from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes

References

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