Coast Mountain Bus Company route 10 'Granville'
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Service Area | Vancouver | |
Termini | Marine Drive Station Waterfront Station | |
Operations | Vancouver Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI DE60LFR ** NFI E40LFR * NFI E60LFR NFI XDE60 ** Nova Bus LFS ** Nova Bus LFS HEV ** | |
Branches | 10 Marine Drive Station 10 Waterfront Station 10 To Davie*** 10 To Marpole! | |
* Select northbound trips that continue as a 5 or 6 and in the event of a bus shortage, bus substitution, or snowfall |
10 Granville is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is a north-south circular route connecting Marine Drive Station and Downtown Vancouver running primarily along Granville Street. Service runs daily every 15 minutes increasing to every 10 minutes during peak hours. It is one of over a dozen routes that form as part of Vancouver's trolleybus network.
Trips depart Marine Drive Station heading north on Cambie Street, west on SW Marine Drive, north on Granville Street and across the Granville Street Bridge. Continuing on Granville Street, trips continue north, then east on W. Cordova Street, and south on Richards Street to Richards & W. Hastings Street where trips continue south on Richards, west on W. Pender Street, south on Granville Street and across the Granville Street Bridge. Continuing south on Granville Street, east on SW Marine Drive, then via bus access road to Marpole Loop. Continuing from Marpole Loop, trips continue east on SW Marine Drive and south on Yukon Street to Marine Drive Station.
On Fridays, weekends/holidays, and days preceding holidays after 9 p.m., there is no service on Granville Street between W. Pender Street and the Granville Street Bridge. Northbound trips use Seymour Street and southbound trips use Howe Street.
Five northbound morning trips continue as a 5 Robson at Waterfront Station. Select weekday morning northbound trips terminate at Davie Street & Howe Street as a 10 To Davie and continue as a 6 Davie.
The last two southbound trips every day terminate adjacent to Marpole Loop on its way back to Vancouver Transit Centre running as the 10 To Marpole, going via the regular route until SW Marine Drive & Hudson Street, where it heads south on Hudson Street to Vancouver Transit Centre.
Points of Interest
- Waterfront Station (Bay 3)
- Granville Station
- Vancouver City Centre Station
- Pacific Centre
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Robson Square
- Vogue Theatre
- Granville Entertainment District
- Granville Island
- South Granville
- VanDusen Botanical Garden
- Shannon Mews Park
- Vancouver Transit Centre
- Marpole Loop (Bay 2 – Marine Drive Station) (Bay 4 – Waterfront Station)
- Marine Gateway
- Marine Drive Station (Bay 1)
History
Main article: Trolleybuses in Vancouver
The 10 Granville/Downtown route has been altered multiple times throughout its existence and had various different branches. It primarily ran on Hastings Street through Downtown Vancouver and to Blanca Loop near UBC for most of its history. Its most recent form prior to its current form was running as 10 Granville/Hastings between Kootenay Loop and Marine Drive Station via Downtown Vancouver, running primarily on Granville and Hastings streets. Today, only the Granville Street portion runs as the 10.
These current routes run on portions that were formerly part of the 10 route:
- 8 Fraser/Downtown
- 14 Hastings/UBC
- 16 29th Avenue Station/Arbutus
- 17 Oak/Downtown
- 20 Victoria/Downtown
Hastings Branch
- 1957 - Westbound trips ran as 10 Tenth to Blanca Loop and eastbound trips as 14 Hastings to Kootenay Loop or 16 Renfrew to Kingsway & Earles
- August 1968 - 10 Tenth/14 Hastings service extended west to UBC from Blanca Loop, with westbound buses continuing to service Blanca Loop and eastbound buses stopping at 10th & Blanca instead of using the loop. Due to a lack of wires into UBC, a mix of diesel buses and trolleybuses were used. Diesel buses ran as 10 Tenth–UBC via Blvd. with some running as 10 Tenth–UBC via Chanc. on select trips via Chancellor Boulevard. Trolleybuses ran during the AM peak hours only and displayed 10 Tenth, terminating at Blanca Loop. All eastbound buses ran as 14 Hastings or 45 UBC Express.[1] This extension into UBC replaces portions of the 43/44 University, which ran between Blanca Loop and University Boulevard & Main Mall
- October 1977 - Evening service to Totem Park introduced[2]
- April 1981 - Westbound 34 Hastings Express service revised to operate during peak hours only between Kootenay Loop and Davie & Richards. Trips continuing on as an 18 Arbutus ran as 18 Hastings Express[3]
- March 1983 - 18 Hastings Express/Arbutus, 10 Tenth–UBC/14 Hastings and 14 Hastings/16 Renfrew all revised to run as 14 Hastings/18 Arbutus, 10 Tenth–UBC/34 Hastings Express and 16 Renfrew respectively[4]
- September 1983 - Service revised to service new bus loop at UBC.[5] Evening Totem Park service replaced by the 41
- March 1986 - 34 Hastings Express/10 UBC renumbered to 10 Hastings Express/UBC
- May 1986 - Expo 86: Evening and Sunday/holiday 10 Hastings Express/UBC service revised to run between UBC and downtown only. Local Hastings Street service revised to run as 14 Hastings/Downtown instead of 14 Hastings/18 Arbutus[6]
- November 1986 - Evening and Sunday/holiday 10 Hastings Express/UBC service reverted to run as 14 Hastings following the end of Expo 86. 14 Hastings/18 Arbutus operations restored as well[7]
- September 1988 - Service renumbered to 14 Hastings/Arbutus from 14 Hastings and 18 Arbutus. 10 Hastings Express/UBC revised to run with trolleybuses instead of diesel buses and westbound trips revised to no longer service Blanca Loop.[8] Evening and Sunday/holiday trips operated as 14 Hastings/10 UBC
- April 1997 - Evening 14 Arbutus/Downtown revised to be interlined with the 16 29th Avenue Station/Downtown[9]
- September 1997 - Service revised to run as 10 Hastings/UBC. 14 Hastings/Arbutus and the 10 Hastings Express/UBC discontinued as the two are merged together. Arbutus portion of the 14 Hastings/Arbutus merged with the 16 29th Avenue Station/Arbutus[10]
- October 2001 - Peak hour service reduced from every 6 minutes to every 7–8 minutes in the morning and from every 8 minutes to every 9 minutes in the afternoon, with midday service Monday–Saturday reduced from every 12–13 minutes to every 15 minutes due to funding shortfall
- September 2003 - Service to UBC discontinued and replaced by the 17 Oak/UBC and service revised to run as 10 Granville/Hastings after merging with the 8 Fraser/Granville[11]
- April 2006 - Rerouted in downtown via Seymour northbound and Howe southbound instead of Granville Street due to Canada Line construction.[12] Sunday/holiday morning service increased from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes
- September 2010 - Rerouted in downtown via Granville Street[13]
- April 2011 - Service on Hastings Street discontinued and service revised to run as 10 Granville/Downtown. Hastings Street service replaced by the 14 Hastings/UBC[14]
Granville Branch
- September 1988 - Service renumbered to 20 Granville/Victoria from 20 Granville and 21 Victoria[8]
- September 1997 - Service revised to run as 8 Granville/Fraser[9]
- October 2001 - Peak hour service reduced from every 6 minutes to every 7–8 minutes in the morning and from every 8 minutes to every 9 minutes in the afternoon, with midday service Monday–Saturday reduced from every 12–13 minutes to every 15 minutes due to funding shortfall
- September 2003 - Granville Street portion of the 8 Fraser/Granville merged with the 10 becoming 10 Granville/Hastings[11]
- April 2006 - Rerouted in downtown via Seymour northbound and Howe southbound instead of Granville Street due to Canada Line construction.[12] Sunday/holiday morning service increased from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes
- September 2009 - Extended from Marpole Loop to Marine Drive Station via Marine.[15]
- September 2010 - Rerouted in downtown via Granville Street[13]
- April 2011 - Service on Hastings Street discontinued and service revised to run as 10 Granville/Downtown. Hastings Street service replaced by the 14 Hastings/UBC[16]
Route History 2011–
- February 2013 - Terminus temporarily revised from Marine Drive Station to Marpole Loop due to Marine Gateway construction[17]
- September 2013 - Articulated trolleys introduced[18]
- April 2015 - Service to Marine Drive Station restored[19]
- September 2020 - Introduction of stacked destination signs: Northbound trips renamed from 10 Downtown to 10 Downtown to Waterfront Station and southbound trips renamed from 10 Granville to 10 Granville to Marine Drive Station
- January 2022 - COVID-19 service adjustment: AM peak hour service reduced from every 4–11 minutes to every 10–15 minutes. PM peak hour service reduced from every 7–12 minutes to every 8–15 minutes. Evening weekday service adjusted from every 10–18 minutes to every 15 minutes
- January 2023 - Discontinuation of all 10 To 63rd Avenue trips as they are revised to run as not in service from VTC to 63rd Loop before entering service as a 16 29th Avenue Station
- April 2023 - Three AM weekday trips revised to continue as a 5 Robson at Waterfront Station
- September 2023 - Service renamed from 10 Granville/Downtown to 10 Granville in both directions for stacked destination sign uniformity
- January 2024 - Introduction of two additional AM peak hour trips that continue as a 5 Robson at Waterfront Station
- March 4, 2024 - Long-term detour in downtown due to construction on the north end of the Granville Street Bridge
- Northbound via regular route to Granville Street Bridge, then north on Seymour Street off-ramp, west on Davie Street, and north on Granville Street
- Southbound via regular route to Granville Street, then west on Davie Street, and south on Howe Street merging onto the Granville Street Bridge
- September 16, 2024 - End of long-term detour in downtown following the conclusion of construction on the north end of the Granville Street Bridge
References
- ↑ The Buzzer July 26, 1968 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer October 14, 1977 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 16-03-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer April 3, 1981 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer February 18, 1983 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer September 2, 1983 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer May 23, 1986 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer October 24, 1986 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Fall for Transit, translink.ca, retrieved September 5, 2010
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Fall Service Changes, translink.ca, retrieved September 5, 2010
- ↑ The Buzzer August 8, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Check out the New Trolley Bus Pairings, translink.ca, retrieved September 5, 2010
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Transit service changes, effective April 24, translink.ca, retrieved September 5, 2010
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Buses are back on Granville Street!, translink.ca, retrieved September 5, 2010
- ↑ The Buzzer April 1. 2011 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 28-12-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer September 4, 2009 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer April 1. 2011 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 28-12-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer February 8, 2013 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 12-06-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer August 30, 2013 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 07-10-2014
- ↑ April 3, 2015 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 12-06-2020