Coast Mountain Bus Company route 16 '29th Avenue Stn / Arbutus'

16 29th Avenue Station/Arbutus
New Flyer E40LFR – 2121 passing through downtown on the 16 29th Avenue Station.
Service Area	Vancouver
Termini	29th Avenue Station 63rd Avenue Loop
Operations	Vancouver Transit Centre Burnaby Transit Centre*
Vehicles	NFI E40LFR Nova Bus LFS ** Nova Bus LFS HEV ***
Branches	16 29th Avenue Station 16 Arbutus 16 Downtown! 16 Hastings# 16 PNE% 16 To Kingsway^
* Select trips ** Select trips and in the event of a route diversion or bus shortage *** In the event of a route diversion or bus shortage ! PM School Special # One early morning weekday trip continuing as a 7 Nanaimo Station % Trips diverting to Coliseum Loop at N. Renfrew Street & Dundas Street during the PNE Fair using a combination of New Flyer DE60LFR or XDE60 buses ^ Limited service extension to Earles Street & Kingsway

16 29th Avenue Station/Arbutus 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 29th Avenue Station and the 63rd Avenue Loop at W. 63rd Avenue & Granville Street via Downtown Vancouver, running primarily on Renfrew Street, Hastings Street and Arbutus Street. Service runs daily every 10–15 minutes. It is a Frequent Transit Network (FTN) route with service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more, seven days a week. It is one of over a dozen routes that form as part of Vancouver's trolleybus network.

Eastbound trips depart from 63rd Avenue Loop heading west on W. 63rd Avenue, south on Adera Street, west on W. 64th Avenue, north on Angus Drive becoming West Boulevard, west on W. 51st Avenue, north on Arbutus Street, east on W. 12th Avenue, north on Granville Street and across the Granville Street Bridge. Continuing on Granville Street, trips head north on Granville Street, east on W. Hastings Street becoming E. Hastings Street, south on Renfrew Street becoming Boyd Diversion and Nootka Street, and west on E. 29th Avenue to 29th Avenue Station.

Westbound trips depart 29th Avenue Station heading east on E. 29th Avenue, north on Nootka Street becoming Boyd Diversion and Renfrew Street, west on E. Hastings Street becoming W. Hastings Street, south on Granville Street and across the Granville Street Bridge. Continuing on Granville Street, trips head south on Granville, west on W. 12th Avenue, south on Arbutus Street, east on W. 51st Avenue, south on West Boulevard becoming Angus Drive, east on W. 64th Avenue, north on Adera Street, east on W. 63rd Avenue, and south on Granville Street to the 63rd Avenue Loop.

Limited eastbound evening and Sunday/holiday early morning trips extend to Earles Street & Kingsway. Trips go via regular route to 29th Avenue Station, then east on E. 29th Avenue, south on Earles Street, east on Horley Street, south on Moss Street, and west on Kingsway to Kingsway & Earles Street. Limited early morning westbound trips start at Earles Street & Kingsway heading north on Earles Street, west on E. 29th Avenue to 29th Avenue Station, then via regular route to the 63rd Avenue Loop. One of these westbound trips short-turn at Hastings Street & Nanaimo Street becoming a 7 Nanaimo Station and returns as a 7 To Hastings to become a 16 29th Avenue Station.

Also on early weekday mornings, Burnaby Transit Centre operates one trip beginning at Renfrew Street & E. Broadway and terminates at 29th Avenue Station with no changes in routing.

On Fridays, weekends/holidays, and days preceding holidays after 9 p.m., there is no service on Granville Street between Hastings Street and the Granville Street Bridge. Eastbound trips use Howe Street and westbound trips use Howe Street.

On weekdays when school is in session, there are three school special trips running in the afternoon. One trip in the afternoon starts at Granville Street & W. Broadway and terminates at Granville Street & W. 63rd Avenue with no changes in routing. Burnaby Transit Centre does two trips. The first is the 16 Downtown departing from 63rd Avenue Loop, terminating at W. Hastings Street & Homer Street with no changes in routing. Another one is from E. Hastings Street & Nanaimo Street and terminates at 29th Avenue Station with no changes in routing.

In late August and early September during PNE Fair, special 16 PNE trips run from 29th Avenue Station to the Coliseum Loop at N. Renfrew Street & Dundas Street by continuing north on Renfrew Street instead of turning west onto Hastings Street. Southbound specials start from the loop and head south on Renfrew Street, west on E. 22nd Avenue, south on Slocan Street, and east on E. 29th Avenue to a bay set aside for the PNE specials. These trips are operated by either Vancouver Transit Centre or Burnaby Transit Centre depending on resources. On rare occasions, the two yards jointly operate the service. Depending on resources and which yard is operating the service, these shuttles are primarily operated with New Flyer DE60LFR or XDE60 buses. Nova Bus LFS and LFS HEV buses have also been used.

Points of Interest

• Riverview Park
• Kerrisdale Community Centre/Centennial Park
• Kerrisdale Rink and Park
• Arbutus Shopping Centre
• Arbutus Club
• Granville Station
• Vancouver City Centre Station
• Pacific Centre
• Vancouver Art Gallery and Robson Square
• Downtown Entertainment District
• Harbour Centre
• Victoria Square
• Chinatown
• Pacific National Exhibition/Hastings Park
• Renfrew Station (Bay 1 – 29th Avenue Station) (Bay 3 – Arbutus)
• Renfrew Park
• 29th Avenue Station (Bay 3 – Arbutus) (Bay 5 – PNE)

History

Main article: Trolleybuses in Vancouver

At various points of its existence, the 16 ran as a standalone service connecting the length of Renfrew Street and Downtown Vancouver via Hastings Street. The service was initially introduced as a diesel route known as the Renfrew–Joyce, connecting Eton Street & N. Renfrew Street with Joyce Loop at Kingsway & Joyce Street in July 1954. With the completion of trolley overhead along Renfrew Street between Hastings Street and Renfrew Loop at E. Broadway & Renfrew Street the following year, the Renfrew–Joyce was broken up and parts merged with what is now the 27 Kootenay Loop/Joyce Station and the Earles Road route, with service north of Hastings to Eton Street discontinued. Trolleybus service ran from downtown to Renfrew Loop, with the a diesel bus connection to Kingsway & Earles.

As early as 1955, the trolleybus service was already being referred to as the number 16 Renfrew service. Following the completion of the overhead from Broadway to Kingsway & Earles, the diesel bus service was discontinued and the 16 Renfrew ran as a standalone service between Downtown Vancouver and Kingsway & Earles until it was interlined in April 1957 with the 7 Dunbar, 10 Tenth, and 14 Hastings. This operational arrangement saw northbound service from Kingsway & Earles run as either a 7 Dunbar or 10 Tenth, with southbound service as a 16 Renfrew.

It wouldn't be until 1983 when the 16 becomes a standalone service again after splitting off from the 14 Hastings service, only to be merged again three years later with the 18 Arbutus, extending from Downtown Vancouver to 63rd Loop. With the completion of the SkyTrain in December 1985, the 16 was affected by the various rolling service changes and in May 1986, the southern terminus was revised to 29th Avenue Station with service south to Kingsway & Earles discontinued. However, limited trips continue to run to Kingsway & Earles to this day.

The 16 would become a standalone service between Downtown Vancouver and 29th Avenue Station again with the Arbutus portion being merged with the 14 Hastings service. This arrangement would again be short-lived as this change is reverted in 1997, which remains to this day.

Route History

• July 1954 - Service introduced as Renfrew–Joyce, a diesel route running between Eton & Renfrew and Joyce Loop via Joyce, Wellington, Rupert, Boradway, Renfrew to Eton & Renfrew
• July 1955 - Introduction of trolleybuses on portions of the Renfrew–Joyce route, replacing diesel buses and splitting the Renfrew–Joyce route. Trolleybus service to run from downtown via Hastings and Renfrew to Renfrew & Broadway. Diesel buses from Renfrew & Broadway to Earles & Kingsway, merging with the Earles Road bus route. Joyce portion of the Renfrew–Joyce merged with the Rupert Street route
• October 1956 - Service extended south from Renfrew Loop to Kingsway & Earles, replacing the diesel bus portion of the route
• April 1954 - Introduction of interlining with the 7 Dunbar, 10 Tenth, and 14 Hastings
• March 1983 - Service revised to run as 16 Renfrew after splitting off from the 14 Hastings/16 Renfrew
• May 1986 - Service renamed from 16 Renfrew to 16 29th Avenue Station/18 Arbutus as the route is extended south from Downtown Vancouver to Granville & 63rd, merging the 18 Arbutus portion of the 14 Hastings/18 Arbutus. Eastern terminus revised from Kingsway & Earles to 29th Avenue Station
• November 1986 - Service revised to operate as 16 29th Avenue Station/Downtown as the 18 Arbutus portion is reverted back to the 14 Hastings/18 Arbutus
• April 1997 - Route combined with 14 Arbutus/Downtown in the evening; route becomes 16 29th Avenue Station at Granville Bridge and becomes 14 Arbutus on Hastings Street
• September 1997 - Route takes over 14 Arbutus/Downtown to form the current route of 16 29th Avenue Street/Arbutus
• October 2001 - Late-night Owl service cancelled due to funding shortfall
• April 2006 - Service rerouted due to construction of the Canada Line; service to travel along Seymour northbound and Howe southbound instead of Granville Street. Sunday/holiday morning service increased from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes
• December 2007 - Service becomes accessible and bike rack equipped with New Flyer Industries E40LFR low-floor trolleys
• February 1–28, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Midday service Mondays–Saturdays increased to every 12 minutes
• September 2010 - Service revised to operate along Granville Street in Downtown with the completion of the Canada Line
• June 2020 - Broadway Subway construction: Routing revised to go via 12th Avenue and Granville Street; service on Arbutus Street between Broadway and 12th Avenue and on Broadway between Arbutus and Granville temporarily discontinued
• January 2022 - COVID-19 service adjustment: Midday weekday service reduced from every 10 minutes to every 12 minutes. Late-afternoon and early evening weekday service adjusted from every 9–16 minutes to every 12 minutes
• September 19, 2022 - Eastbound routing revised until further notice to go via Pender Street and bypass Hastings Street between Granville and Columbia due to tent city impeding trolleybuses from reaching the overhead wires. This is an extension of a temporary detour issued on August 13
• February 6, 2023 - Eastbound routing revised to return onto Hastings Street instead of using Pender and Columbia
• April 2023 - Weekday afternoon service revised from every 12 minutes to every 10–15 minutes
• March 4, 2024 - Long-term detour in downtown due to construction on the north end of the Granville Street Bridge
  • Eastbound via regular route to Granville Street Bridge, then north on Seymour Street off-ramp, west on Davie Street, and north on Granville Street
  • Westbound via regular route to Granville Street, then west on Davie Street, and south on Howe Street merging onto the Granville Street Bridge
• April 2024 - Weekday eastbound AM peak hour service reduced from every 8–11 minutes to every 12 minutes and weekday evening service reduced from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes
• September 2024 - Various service increases:
  • AM peak hour service increased from every 7–10 minutes to every 6–8 minutes
  • PM peak hour service increased from every 13–15 minutes to every 8–12 minutes
  • Saturday early evening service increased from every 12–15 minutes to every 12 minutes
• September 16, 2024 - End of long-term detour in downtown following the conclusion of construction on the north end of the Granville Street Bridge
• January 2025 - Various proposed service changes as part of the Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan:
  • Service proposed to return to the regular routing along W. Broadway between Arbutus Street and Granville Street instead of using W. 12th Avenue following the completion of the Broadway Subway in 2027
  • As part of a long-term proposal, the 16 is proposed to be split into two routes, with a western portion connecting Downtown Vancouver via Burrard Street instead of Granville Street and moving the current terminus at 63rd Loop to Marine Drive Station. This would see service introduced on Angus Drive south of W. 64th Avenue. The eastern portion would terminate at Waterfront Station with no particular changes to service between Downtown Vancouver and 29th Avenue Station
  • Introduce a paralleling express service on the Renfrew Street portion of the route as part of a long-term proposal, running from 29th Avenue Station to Phibbs Exchange across the Second Narrows Bridge to address planned significant growth and development along the Renfrew corridor

References

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