Coast Mountain Bus Company route 17 'Oak / Downtown'

17 Oak/Downtown
New Flyer E40LFR – 2148 on the 17 UBC via Downtown at Marine Drive Station in 2010 before it was shortened to run to downtown only.
Service Area	Vancouver
Termini	Marine Drive Station Robson Street at Hamilton Street
Operations	Vancouver Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI E40LFR Nova Bus LFS * Nova Bus LFS HEV *
Branches	17 Oak 17 Downtown 17 To Broadway**
* In the event of a route diversion or bus shortage and on one PM School Special trip ** PM School Special

17 Oak/Downtown 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 on Oak Street. It is part of the Frequent Transit Network (FTN) providing service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more of the day, seven days a week.

Trips depart Marine Drive Station heading north on Cambie Street, west on SW Marine Drive, north on Oak Street, east on W. 12th Avenue, north on Cambie Street and across the Cambie Street Bridge, then continuing west on Smithe Street, north on Hamilton Street, and west on Robson Street to Robson & Hamilton Street. Continuing from Robson & Hamilton, trips head west on Robson, north on Granville Street, east on W. Pender Street, south on Cambie Street, east on Nelson Street and across the Cambie Street Bridge heading south. Continuing on Cambie Street, trips continue south, west on W. 12th Avenue, south on Oak Street, east on SW Marine Drive, and south on Yukon Street to Marine Drive Station.

On Fridays, weekends/holidays, and days preceding holidays after 9pm, there is no service on Granville Street. Trips use Seymour Street.

When school is in session, a trip in the afternoon starts at SW Marine Drive & Oak Street and goes via regular route until W. Broadway & Oak Street where it terminates.

Points of Interest

• Marine Drive Station (Bay 1)
• Marine Gateway Shopping Complex
• Marpole Community Centre
• Van Dusen Botanical Gardens
• BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre
• BC Children's Hospital
• GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre Vancouver Hospital and Health Science
• Vancouver General Hospital
• Broadway–City Hall Station (Bay 2 – Downtown) (Bay 3 – Oak)
• Vancouver Central Public Library
• Robson Square
• Vancouver Art Gallery
• Vancouver City Centre Station
• Granville Station
• Pacific Centre
• BCIT Downtown Campus
• Queen Elizabeth Theatre

History

Route History 1957–2011

Tenth Branch

Year	Route name	Notes
1957	10 Tenth/14 Hastings/16 Renfrew	Same route: westbound as 10 Tenth; eastbound as 14 Hastings or 16 Renfrew. Served with trolley buses. Via Broadway, Tenth.
1968	10 Tenth-UBC/14 Hastings/45 UBC Express	Served with diesel buses. Extended to East Mall in UBC via University Dr; replaced 43/44 University. Some trips as 10 UBC via Chancellor.
?	10 Tenth-UBC/14 Hastings	45 UBC Express discontinued.
1974?		10 UBC via Chancellor paired with 42 Spanish Banks.
1977?		10 UBC via Chancellor split off as 44 UBC via Chancellor.
1977		Evenings to Totem Park.
1983	10 Tenth-UBC/34 Hastings Express	To University Loop. Totem Park service replaced by 41.
1984?	10 UBC/34 Hastings Express	Evenings as 10 UBC/14 Hastings.
1986	10 UBC/Hastings Express	34 Hastings Express renumbered 10. Evenings as 10 UBC/14 Hastings.
		Evenings as 10 UBC/Downtown.
		Evenings as 10 UBC/14 Hastings.
1988		Served with Trolly buses. Evenings as 10 UBC/14 Hastings.
1997	10 UBC/Downtown	Hastings Express discontinued.
	10 UBC/Hastings	Combined with Hastings section of 14 Hastings/Arbutus. Evenings as 10 UBC/Downtown.
2003	17 UBC/Oak	Merged with 17 Oak. Late night service as N17 UBC/Downtown.
2004		To War Memorial Loop in UBC.
2006		Re-routed in Downtown via Seymour northbound and Howe southbound instead of Granville.
2007		Re-routed in Downtown via Seymour, Robson, Howe.
2010		Re-routed in Downtown via Granville, Cordova, Richards, Pender, Granville.

Oak Branch

• Prior to 2003, the route was interlined with the #15 Cambie/Downtown.

Year	Route name	Notes
2003	17 Oak/UBC	Merged with Tenth section of 10 UBC/Hastings.
2007		Re-routed via Granville Street Bridge; re-routed in Downtown via Seymour, Robson, Howe.
2009		Terminus moved to Marine Drive Station via Marine.
2010		Re-routed in Downtown via Granville, Cordova, Richards, Pender, Granville.
2011	17 Oak/Downtown	Re-introduced after splitting portion of route to become 14 Hastings/Downtown/UBC

Route History 2011–

• June 2007 - Route becomes fully accessible with service provided by New Flyer Industries E40LFR trolleys
• In the late 2000s, there was one morning trip serviced by a New Flyer Industries E60LFR from Marpole Loop to 41st Avenue to help with student load. The vehicle then deadheaded and continued service on the #20 line.
• April 2014 - Service temporarily revised to terminate at Marpole Loop instead of Marine Drive Station due to Marine Gateway construction
• April 2015 - Service to Marine Drive Station restored
• June 2020 - Broadway Subway construction: Routing revised to go via Cambie Street and 12th Avenue; service on Broadway between Cambie and Oak and on Oak between Broadway and 12th Avenue temporarily discontinued
• April 2021 - 15 stops in both directions removed as part of the bus stop balancing project to improve bus travel times. Initially, 18 stops were to be removed but three were reinstated (NB Oak & W. 22nd; SB Oak & Balfour; NB Cambie & 8th) following a pre-project public consultation period and their removal would have resulted in a spacing that was too wide or they served an essential purpose for the community

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. 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