Coast Mountain Bus Company route 155 'Braid Station / 22nd Street Station'

155 Braid Station/22nd Street Station
New Flyer XN40 – 18206 on the 155 Braid Station departing 22nd Street Station.
Service Area	New Westminster
Termini	Braid Station 22nd Street Station
Operations	Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI C40LFR NFI XN40
Branches	155 Braid Station 155 22nd Street Station

155 Braid Station/22nd Street 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 New Westminster connecting Braid Station and 22nd Street Station running primarily on Sixth Avenue and via the Royal Columbian Hospital. Service runs daily every 20 minutes during the day on weekdays and every 30 minutes in the evening and all-day weekends/holidays. Late-night service daily runs every hour.

Eastbound trips depart 22nd Street Station heading east on 7th Avenue, south on 20th Street, east on Sixth Avenue, south on Cumberland Street, north on Richmond Street, east on Hospital Street, north on Columbia Street, east on Braid Street, and north on Rosseau Street to Braid Station.

Westbound trips depart Braid Station heading west on Rosseau Street, west on Braid Street, south on Columbia Street, west on Hospital Street, south on Richmond Street, west on Cumberland Street, west on Sixth Avenue becoming 22nd Street, and east on 7th Avenue to 22nd Street Station.

Points of Interest

• 22nd Street Station (Bay 8)
• Moody Park
• New Westminster Public Library
• Royal City Centre
• Westminster Mall
• Queens Park
• St Peters Cemetary
• Royal Columbian Hospital
• Sapperton Park
• Braid Station (Bay 6)

History

• October 1973 - Service introduced as 182 Como Lake running between Lougheed Mall and the Coquitlam Sports & Community Centre terminus at Poirier & Foster
• April 1976 - Evening routing at the Coquitlam Sports and Recreation Complex revised to go via the daytime routing taking Poirier, Foster, Schoolhouse, Winslow, Poirier to Coquitlam Sports Centre
• August 1978 - Service renumbered to 155 Como Lake from 182 Como Lake and replaced portions of the 183 Marmont and 933 Lougheed. Route extended to Downtown Vancouver during peak hours
• March 1986 - Western terminus moved to 22nd Street Station and rerouted via Braid, Columbia, Hospital, Richmond, Cumberland and 6th Avenue
• Formerly route 155 Coquitlam Rec Centre/22nd Street Station
• September 1988 - Portion between Coquitlam Rec Centre and Lougheed Station discontinued in favour of the new 156 Coquitlam Rec Centre/Lougheed Mall service, eastbound service re-routed via Brunette, Lebleu, Alderson and Marmount to Coquitlam Rec Centre
• October 1990 - Accessible service introduced
• July 1992 - Service revised to stop on Winslow Avenue instead of inside the Coquitlam Rec Centre loop resulting in minor routing change
• September 1992 - Westbound trips rerouted to provide two-way service on Alderson and LeBleu in Coquitlam
• April 1995 - Early morning trips revised to start at Coquitlam Rec Centre instead of Woolridge & Brunette
• October 2001 - Late evening service discontinued due to low ridership and funding shortfall
• January 2002 - Service improved with the opening of the Millennium Line and revised to go via Braid Station
• September 2002 - Eastern terminus revised to Braid Station; service between Braid Station and Coquitlam Rec Centre discontinued
• April 2009 - Late night service extended to 12:30 AM everyday
• April 2011 - Late-night service reduced from every 30 minutes to every hour due to low ridership
• September 2016 - Route operations moved from Port Coquitlam 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
• January 2018 - AM westbound school tripper operated by Port Coquitlam Transit Centre with Orion V buses discontinued
• April 2024 - Operations transferred from Hamilton Transit Centre to Port Coquitlam Transit Centre in response to depot space constraints
• April 29, 2024 - Introduction of extra late-night trips daily operated with Community Shuttles from Hamilton to reduce the headway from every hour to every 30 minutes for the remainder of the sheet to accommodate shift changes at the Royal Columbian Hospital as the change of operations from Hamilton to Port Coquitlam resulted in minor changes to departure times
  • One westbound trip on weekdays leaving Braid Station at 11:10 p.m.
  • One roundtrip on weekends/holidays, leaving 22nd Street Station at 10:40 p.m. and leaving 22nd Street at 11:10 p.m.
• June 2024 - Nighttime Community Shuttle trips introduced in April 2024 to accommodate shift changes at the Royal Columbian Hospital extended to operate until September 2024. Departure times to be adjusted and trips to be operated by Port Coquitlam with conventional buses starting in September. Trips adjusted to run once westbound only leaving Braid Station at 11:05 p.m.
• September 2024 - Community Shuttle late-night trip discontinued following the adjustment of bus timetables as part of the sheet change. Late-night frequency returned to hourly service but departure times were realigned to accommodate for shift changes at the Royal Columbian Hospital

Photo Gallery

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  1977 GMDD T6H-5307N New Look – 9679 at 22nd Street Station as a 155 Coquitlam Rec Centre.
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  2009 Nova Bus LFS HEV – 9412 at 22nd Street Station.
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  2024 ARBOC SOF27 - 24516 at Braid Station

References

v·d·e Transit Centres Burnaby – Hamilton – Port Coquitlam – Richmond – Surrey – Vancouver Closed Transit Centres North Vancouver – Oakridge Under Contract First Transit – West Vancouver Transit Former Contractors Bonny's Taxi Ltd. – Bowen Island Community Transit – DW Services Ltd. – Metro Shuttle Service Ltd. – First Canada Current Fleet 2101–2199, 2201–2289 2501–2540 2541–2574 3309–3358 7447–7499, 7501–7504 8118–8156 9277–9285 9401–9499, 9501–9542 9543–9581, 9583–9590 9605–9699, 9701–9725 9726–9791 9797–9799 12001–12025 14001–14045 15001–15021 16001–16051 16101–16130, 16137 16201–16226 18001–18063 18101–18206 18301–18404 18451–18473 19001–19047 19101–19147 19301–19302 19303–19304 19401–19432 21001–21025 21401–21425 22001–22015 23001–23015 23201–23215 24001–24016 24101–24150 Community Shuttle Fleet 19503–19535, 19538–19549 19550–19554 21501–21562 23601–23606 23651–23665 24506–24548 24601–24634 Retired Fleet 1158–1192 1205–1223 1209–1210 2701–2947 3001–3021 3101–3210 3211–3257 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