Coast Mountain Bus Company route 136 'Lougheed Stn / Brentwood Stn'
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Service Area | Burnaby | |
Termini | Lougheed Station Brentwood Station | |
Operations | Burnaby Transit Centre Port Coquitlam Transit Centre* | |
Vehicles | ARBOC SOF 27 * Girardin G5 * Nova Bus LFS | |
Branches | 136 Lougheed Station 136 Brentwood Station School Special** | |
* Weekends/holidays only |
136 Lougheed Station/Brentwood 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 running in Burnaby connecting Lougheed Station and Brentwood Station. Service runs daily every 30 minutes, with late-night service running every hour.
Eastbound trips depart Brentwood Station heading east on Lougheed Highway, south on Douglas Road, east on Goring Street, north on Holdom Avenue, east on Halifax Street, north on Burnwood Drive, east on Greystone Drive becoming Arden Avenue heading south, east on Broadway, north on Underhill Avenue, east on Forest Grove Drive, and south on Production Way to Production Way–University Station. Continuing from Production Way Station, trips continue south on Production Way, east on Lougheed Highway, north on Austin Road, and east on Gatineau Place to Lougheed Station.
Westbound trips depart Lougheed Station heading west on Gatineau Place, south on Austin Road, west on Lougheed Highway, and north on Production Way to Production Way–University Station. Continuing from Production Way–University Station, trips head north on Production Way, west on Forest Grove Drive, south on Underhill Avenue, west on Broadway, north on Arden Avenue becoming Greystone Drive, south on Burnwood Drive, west on Halifax Street, south on Fell Avenue, west on Broadway, south on Holdom Avenue, west on Goring Street, west on Douglas Road, and west on Lougheed Highway to Brentwood Station.
On weekday afternoons when school is in session, one trip starting at Burnaby Mountain Secondary School departs from Eastlake Drive & Beaverbrook Drive heading west on Eastlake, north on Production Way and follows the same routing as the 136 Brentwood Station and terminates at the 7900 Block on Broadway.
One trip on weekday afternoons takes an alternate route to Brentwood Station. The trip goes on the regular 136 routing until Lougheed Highway & Douglas Road, where it continues west on Lougheed Highway, south on Beta Avenue, west on Dawson Avenue, north on Willingdon Avenue, and east on Lougheed Highway to Brentwood Station.
Points of Interest
- Brentwood Town Centre Station (Bay 3)
- Holdom Station
- Halifax Park
- Squint Lake Park
- Burnaby Mountain Golf Course
- Burnaby 200 Forest Conservation Land
- East Grove Park
- Maple Grove Park
- Production Way–University Station (Bay 2 – Lougheed Station) (Bay 3 – Brentwood Station)
- Bell Park
- Lougheed Town Centre
- Cariboo Shopping Centre
- Lougheed Town Centre Station (Bay 7)
History
- July 1961 - Service introduced as 36 Kitchener, a circular route connecting Kootenay Loop and Halifax Street & Duthie Avenue[1]
- BC Hydro Transit Era - Eastern terminus moved to Phillips and Montecito
- October 1984 - Service rebranded from 36 Kitchener to 136 Montecito/Kootenay Loop[2]
- September 1989 - Western terminus moved from Kootenay Loop to Brentwood Mall and service revised to operate as 136 Montecito/Brentwood Mall, running every 30 minutes during the day and every hour in the evening and all day Sundays/holidays. Service between Kootenay Loop and Brentwood Mall replaced by portions of the 134 Lougheed Mall/Kootenay Loop[3]
- February–April 1997 - Service proposed to be extended from Brentwood Mall to Stanley Park and Downtown Vancouver via Kootenay Loop during peak hours to provide a direct bus connection along Hastings Street between Downtown Vancouver and North Burnaby and goes to public consultation stages[4][5]
- April 1997 - Service revised to run as 136 Montecito/Kootenay Loop/Vancouver as peak hour trips are extended to Downtown Vancouver. Off-peak trips terminated at Kootenay Loop.[6] AM peak hour trips terminated at Burrard Station and PM peak hour trips started from Stanley Park
- December 1997 - Due to traffic delays on Pender Street between Burrard and Seymour, routing revised to operate via Burrard and Hastings in both directions[7]
- December 1999 - Downtown routing diverted via: Burrard Street, AM peak via: Hastings, Burrard to Dunsmuir and PM peak via: Pender, Burrard, Hastings
- October 2001 - Funding shortfall causes service before 8:00 a.m. on Saturdays, before 9:00 a.m. on Sundays and holidays and after 10:00 p.m. all days to be discontinued[8][9]
- September 2002 - Millennium Line transit service adjustment: Service revised as 136 Brentwood Station/Lougheed Station. Discontinuation of peak hour service to Vancouver and service through Montecito discontinued following extension to Lougheed via Forest Grove, replacing portions of the 134 and 110 along Government Road
- April 2005 - Service re-routed from Government Road to Lougheed Highway for service between Production Way Station and Lougheed Station, replacing portions of the 134[10]
- October 2009 - One of the first routes to have Nova Bus LFS HEVs service the route
- April 2011 - Late-night service reduced from every 30 minutes to every hour due to low ridership[11]
- August 2012 - Weekend and holiday service converted from conventional buses to Community Shuttles[12]
- December 2012 - Peak hour service frequencies changed from 20 minutes to 30 minutes between 6-9 a.m. and 3-7 p.m. [13]
- December 2013 - Closure of Brentwood Station bus loop results in relocation of the terminus to Lougheed Highway
- September 2016 - Weekday 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
- April 2024 - Weekday operations moved from Hamilton Transit Centre to Burnaby Transit Centre in response to depot space constraints
April 1997 Service Changes
As part of the April 1997 service changes, the 136 route was extended from its western terminus at Brentwood Mall to Burrard Station in Vancouver. This was done as a network restructure of Vancouver–North Burnaby suburban services. This restructure went through various public consultation stages throughout February–April 1997.
The 136 Montecito/Kootenay Loop/Vancouver operated between Kootenay Loop and Montecito during off-peak hours and extended to Stanley Park during peak hours and the routing was as followed:
Eastbound trips departed from Kootenay Loop heading east on E. Hastings Street, south on Holdom Avenue, east on Halifax Street, and south on Phillips Avenue to Phillips Avenue & Coronado Drive. During PM peak hours, trips started from Stanley Park and went north on Chilco Street, east on W. Georgia Street, east on W. Pender Street, south on Burrard Street, and west on Dunsmuir Street to Burrard Station. Continuing from Burrard Station, trips continued west on Dunsmuir Street becoming Melville Street, north on Thurlow Street, east on W. Pender Street, north on Seymour Street, and east on W. Hastings Street to Kootenay Loop.
Westbound trips departed from Phillips Avenue & Coronado Drive heading south on Phillips Avenue, west on Montecito Drive, north on Duthie Avenue, west on Halifax Street, south on Fell Avenue, west on Broadway, north on Holdom Avenue, and west on Hastings Street to Kootenay Loop. During AM peak hours, trips continued beyond Kootenay Loop by heading west on E. Hastings Street, south on Richards Street, west on W. Pender Street, south on Burrard Street, and west on Dunsmuir Street to Burrard Station.
In December 1997, the downtown routing was revised to omit W. Pender Street between Burrard Street and Richards Street due to traffic congestion. Westbound trips instead continued on W. Hastings Street and south on Burrard Street and eastbound trips departed from Stanley Park heading north on Chilco Street, east on W. Georgia Street, west on W. Pender Street, north on Burrard Street, and east on W. Hastings Street.[14]
Local service was provided in both directions within Downtown Vancouver. Then stops were made only at:
- E. Hastings Street & Main Street
- E. Hastings Street & Commercial Drive
- E. Hastings Street & Nanaimo Street
- E. Hastings Street & Renfrew Street
- PNE Park & Ride
Then local service was provided in both directions between Kootenay Loop and Montecito.
September 2002 Service Changes
As part of the bus network realignment following the completion of the Millennium Line, service to Kootenay Loop and Downtown Vancouver was discontinued. The 136 was instead shortened back to Brentwood Station. Service through Montecito was also discontinued and instead extended east to Lougheed Station via Production Station and Forest Grove and ran as the 136 Lougheed Station/Brentwood Station, replacing the Forest Grove portions of the 134 and the Government Street portions of the 110 east to Brighton Avenue. The routing was as followed:
Eastbound trips departed from Brentwood Station heading south on Willingdon Avenue, east on Lougheed Highway, east on Douglas Road, east on Goring Street, north on Holdom Avenue, east on Halifax Street, north on Phillips Avenue, east on Greystone Drive becoming Arden Avenue heading south, east on Broadway, north on Underhill Avenue, east on Forest Grove Drive, and south on Production Way to Production Way–University Station. Continuing from Production Way Station, trips continued south on Production Way becoming Brighton Avenue, east on Government Street becoming Austin Road heading north, and east on Gatineau Place to Lougheed Station.
Westbound trips departed Lougheed Station heading west on Gatineau Place, south on Austin Road becoming Government Street heading west, and north on Brighton Avenue becoming Production Way to Production Way–University Station. Continuing from Production Way–University Station, trips head north on Production Way, west on Forest Grove Drive, south on Underhill Avenue, west on Broadway, north on Arden Avenue becoming Greystone Drive, south on Burnwood Drive, west on Halifax Street, south on Fell Avenue, west on Broadway, south on Holdom Avenue, west on Goring Street, west on Douglas Road, west on Lougheed Highway, and north on Willingdon Avenue to Brentwood Station.
References
- ↑ The Buzzer July 14, 1961 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer October 12, 1984 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 04-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer August 25, 1989 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 14-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer February 21, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 05-01-2022
- ↑ The Buzzer March 21, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 05-01-2022
- ↑ The Buzzer March 31, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 02-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer November 28, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 03-05-2020
- ↑ Backgrounder Transit Service Reductions, translink.ca, retrieved 24-10-2009
- ↑ Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 01-03-2021
- ↑ Bus Service to Kensington Plaza, translink.ca, retrieved 22-01-2018
- ↑ The Buzzer April 1, 2011 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 05-01-2022
- ↑ The Buzzer August 31, 2012 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 10-10-2014
- ↑ The Buzzer December 7, 2012 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 27-06-2014
- ↑ [https://web.archive.org/web/20010627170349/http://www.translink.bc.ca/bus/displayRoute.asp?bus=136 136 - MONTECITO/ KOOTENAY LOOP/ VAN] translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 05-01-2022