Coast Mountain Bus Company route 188 'Port Coquitlam Station / Coquitlam Central Station'
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Service Area | Coquitlam Port Coquitlam | |
Termini | Port Coquitlam Station Coquitlam Central Station | |
Operations | Port Coquitlam Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI C40LFR ![]() NFI XN40 ![]() | |
Branches | 188 Port Coquitlam Station 188 Coquitlam Central Station |
188 Port Coquitlam Station/Coquitlam Central 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 connecting Port Coquitlam Station and Coquitlam Central Station via Burke Mountain running primarily on Coast Meridian Road. Service runs daily every 30 minutes, increasing to every 12–15 minutes during peak hours.
Eastbound trips depart Coquitlam Central Station heading north on access road, east on Barnet Highway, north on Pinetree Way, east on David Avenue, south on Coast Meridian Road, west on Kingsway Avenue, west on McLean Avenue becoming Pitt River Road, north on Shaughnessy Street, and east on Wilson Avenue to Port Coquitlam Station.
Westbound trips depart Port Coquitlam Station heading west on Wilson Avenue, south on Shaughnessy Street, east on Pitt River Road becoming McLean Avenue, east on Kingsway Avenue, north on Coast Meridian Road, west on David Avenue, and south on Pinetree Way becoming Lougheed Highway to Coquitlam Central Station.
Points of Interest
- Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
Port Coquitlam Station (Bay 5)
- Port Coquitlam Rec Centre
- Terry Fox Library
- Rowland Park
- Port Coquitlam Community Police Station
- Provincial Court of BC
- Port Coquitlam Heritage and Cultural Society
- Veteran's Park
- Port Coquitlam City Hall
- Elks Park
- Norm Staff Park
- Percy Perry Stadium
- Coquitlam Town Centre Firehall
- Douglas College – Coquitlam Campus
- Coquitlam City Hall
- Pinetree Secondary School
- Pinetree Community Centre
- City Centre Aquatic Complex
- Lafarge Lake
Lafarge Lake–Douglas Station (Bay 1 – Port Coquitlam Station) (Bay 2 – Coquitlam Central Station)
- Coquitlam City Hall
- Vancouver Career College
- Coquitlam Public Library
Lincoln Station (Bay 1 – Coquitlam Central Station) (Bay 2 – Port Coquitlam Station)
- Coquitlam Centre
Coquiltam Central Station (Bay 3)
History
- December 2013 - Service introduced to replace portions of the 179 Coquitlam Station/Johnson and 189 Coquitlam Station/Coast Meridian[1][2]
- April 2014 - Service revised to not route through Mary Hill, McAllister, and Port Coquitlam Centre to minimize travel times[3]
- December 2014 - All weekday mid-day trips revised to operate with conventional buses[4]
Photo Gallery
References
- ↑ The Buzzer December 13, 2013 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 12-2-2018
- ↑ Bus route changes, cbc.ca, retrieved 03-04-2014
- ↑ The Buzzer April 11, 2014 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 12-06-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer December 5, 2014 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 17-09-2018