Coast Mountain Bus Company route 143 'Burquitlam Station / SFU'

143 Burquitlam Station/SFU
New Flyer D60LFR – 8113 turning right on South Campus Road, heading back to Burquitlam Station.
Service Area	Coquitlam Burnaby
Termini	Burquitlam Station Simon Fraser University
Operations	Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI C40LFR NFI D60LFR NFI XDE60 * NFI XN40
Branches	143 Burquitlam Station 143 SFU
* On rare occasions in the event of a bus shortage

143 Burquitlam Station/SFU 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 Burquitlam Station in Coquitlam and the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University. Service runs on weekdays only every 20 minutes, increasing to every 10 minutes during peak hours and then every 40 minutes in the evening. There is no nighttime service.

Eastbound trips depart Simon Fraser University heading east on University High Street, south on Tower Road, west on South Campus Road, north on Gaglardi Way, west on University Drive West, south on Gaglardi Way, east on Broadway becoming Como Lake Avenue, south on Clarke Road, and east on Mall Access Road to Burquitlam Station.

Westbound trips depart Burquitlam Station heading north on Clarke Road, west on Como Lake Avenue becoming Broadway, north on Gaglardi Way, east on University Drive East and south on East Campus Road to Simon Fraser University.

Points of Interest

• Burquitlam Station (Bay 4)
• Burquitlam Mall
• Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
• SFU Transportation Centre (Bay 1 – Burquitlam Station) (Bay 2 – SFU)
• SFU Exchange (Bay 4)
• Simon Fraser University – Burnaby Campus

History

• September 1989 - Service introduced as 143 Lougheed Park–Ride/SFU, connecting Lougheed Park and Ride, Lougheed Mall, and SFU, operating every 30 minutes during peak hours Mondays to Fridays
• September 1990 - Service between Lougheed Park and Ride and Lougheed Mall discontinued. Service revised to operate between SFU and Coquitlam Park and Ride via Como Lake, with three trips during each peak hour
• December 1993 - Left turn lane into Coquitlam Centre Exchange eliminated forcing service to reroute by Lougheed Highway to Barnet Highway, Mariner and then Access Road
• September 1996 - Routing revised to enter Coquitlam Station via the Johnson–Mariner overpass following its completion
• April 1997 - Service revised to no go via Port Moody Station during peak hours
• November 1999 - Route became wheelchair accessible
• October 2001 -Service after 6:00 PM discontinued due to funding shortfall
• November 2003 - Due to increased ridership following the introduction of the U-Pass program at SFU, service with New Flyer Industries D60LF articulated buses made permanent. Articulated buses and overload trips were used initially as a temporary measure to address overcrowding.
• September 2008 - Service improved to 12-minute frequency during peak periods; service day increased for the last trip to depart SFU at 10:00 PM
• September 2009 - Peak period and direction service improved to 10 minutes
• December 2016 - Eastern terminus moved to Burquitlam Station to reduce service duplication with the Evergreen Extension. Overall frequency increased to 10-15 minutes.
• September 2019 - All-door boarding introduced at all stops
• April 2020 - Service suspended as part of cost-saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic
• September 2021 - Service reinstated after more than 16 months of suspension with reduced evening service and last departures moved up from 9:30 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. departing Burquitlam and from 9:50 p.m. to 7:40 p.m. departing SFU. Frequencies were revised to run every 20 minutes during off-peak hours instead of every 15 minutes. Weekday PM school special departing from 2500 Block on Como Lake Avenue to SFU discontinued. Service returned initially running exclusively with 40-foot buses

Photo Gallery

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  2000 New Flyer D60LF – 8098 turning off University Drive East and onto West Campus Road.

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  2006 New Flyer C40LFR – 3326 approaching SFU Exchange.

References

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