Coast Mountain Bus Company route 320 'Langley Centre / Fleetwood / Surrey Central Station'

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320 Langley Centre/Fleetwood/
Surrey Central Station

New Flyer XN40 – 18101 on the 320 Langley Centre at Surrey Central Station.
Service Area Langley
Surrey
Termini Langley Centre
88 Avenue at 156 Street
Surrey Central Station
Operations Surrey Transit Centre
Vehicles NFI D40LFR
NFI XD40
NFI XN40
Branches 320 Langley Centre
320 Fleetwood
320 Surrey Central Station

320 Langley Centre/Fleetwood/Surrey 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 Langley Centre and Surrey Central Station via Fleetwood and Cloverdale. It is part of the Frequent Transit Network (FTN) with service provided seven days a week, 15 hours or more at frequencies of 15 minutes.

Eastbound trips depart Surrey Central Station heading north on University Drive, east on 104 Avenue, south on 152 Street, east on Fraser Highway, south on 168 Street, east on 60 Avenue, south on 176 Street becoming the Cloverdale Bypass, east on 58 Avenue, north on 177B Street, east on 60 Avenue, north on 196 Street, east on Fraser Highway, south on 200 Street, east on 56 Avenue, north on 203 Street, and east on Logan Avenue to Langley Centre.

Westbound trips depart Langley Centre heading east on Logan Avenue, south on Glover Road becoming 204 Street, west on Douglas Crescent becoming 56 Avenue, north on 200 Street, west on Fraser Highway, south on 196 Street, west on 60 Avenue, south on 177B Street, west on 58 Avenue, north on the Cloverdale Bypass becoming 176 Street, west on 60 Avenue, north on 168 Street, west on Fraser Highway, north on 152 Street, west on 104 Avenue, and south on City Parkway to Surrey Central Station.

Eastbound trips (except during PM peak hours) alternate between travelling the full distance to Langley Centre and short-turning in Fleetwood. Short-turn trips route via regular route until Fraser Highway & 88 Avenue where trips head east on 88 Avenue to 88 Avenue & 156 Street, where they return to Surrey Central Station by heading east on 88 Avenue, south on 156 Street, west on Fraser Highway, and regular route to Surrey Central Station.

Points of Interest

  • Expo LineR1 King George Blvd Surrey Central Station (Bay 5)
  • Simon Fraser University – Surrey Campus
  • Surrey Public Library
  • Hawthorne Park
  • Hjorth Road Park
  • Guildford Town Centre
  • R1 King George Blvd Guildford Exchange (Bay 1 – Langley Centre & Fleetwood) (Bay 2 – Surrey Central Station)
  • Fleetwood Mall
  • Evergreen Mall
  • Surrey Golf Course
  • Fraser Downs Racetrack & Casino
  • Langley Centre (Bay 2)
  • Langley City Hall
  • Langley Mall

History

  • May 1975 - Route introduced as 620 Hjorth FastBUS, running between Downtown Vancouver and Guildford Mall, via Pattullo Bridge and Hjorth Road (104th Avenue) [1]
  • October 1975 - Western terminus revised to New Westminster and extended east to Cloverdale[2]
  • July 1976 - Service extended east from Cloverdale to Langley
  • October 1976 - Service revised to take Highway 1 and Hastings[3]
  • August 1978 - Route renumbered from 620 to 320 and off-peak trips revised to terminate in New Westminster at 8th Street & 6th Avenue[4]
  • December 1981 - Service rerouted in the Cloverdale area[5]
  • January 1986 - Off-peak trips revised to terminate at New Westminster Station and peak hour trips to Vancouver revised to route via New Westminster Station[6]
  • March 1986 - Northern terminus moved to New Westminster Station and service to Vancouver discontinued[7]
  • June 1987 - Service in Langley extended to the Langley Bus Depot via New McLellan, 203 Street, 53 Avenue, 204 Street, Douglas Crescent, 206 Street, and Logan Avenue to provide connections with Fraser Valley and Greyhound services[8]
  • September 1988 - Short-turn service between New Westminster Station and Guildford discontinued. Service replaced with the 321 between New Westminster and Whalley Exchange and the 312 between Whalley Exchange and Guildford[9]
  • March 1990 - Terminus revised to Scott Road Station, service to New Westminster discontinued; evening service extended past Guildford to Fleetwood[10]
  • December 1992 - Alternating daytime trips Monday–Saturday revised to go via 60 Avenue and Willowbrook Mall to Langley Centre[11]
  • March 1994 - Routing in both directions revised to go via Surrey Central Station following the completion of the SkyTrain extension to King George[12]
  • April 1994 - Service revised to operate as 320 Langley Centre/Surrey Central Station as the terminus is moved from Scott Road Station to Surrey Central Station
  • April 1995 - Evening service extended to Fraser highway & 156 Street[13]
  • November 1997 - Introduction of Fleetwood short-turn trips on weekdays and discontinuation of interlining with the 345 at Guildford Exchange to continue to White Rock Centre[14]
  • Previously route 320 Langley/Guildford/Scott Road Station[15]
  • April 2002 - Fleetwood short-turn routing simplified and all trips to operate the "evening" routing. Previously, there were two short-turn routings:
    • Daytime short-turn was via regular route, 152 Street, 91 Avenue to layover on Fleetwood Way. Then return via Fleetwood Way, Fraser Highway, 152 Street
    • Evening short-turn was via regular route, 152 Street, Fraser Highway, 88 Avenue, 156 Street, to Fraser Highway
  • December 2002 - Langley Centre routing revised to no longer service the Nicomekl River area south of Langley Centre between 203 and 208 Street following the introduction of the C60 and C61 and a redesign of the 502
  • December 2004 - Service between Surrey Central and Fleetwood increased to every 15 minutes during midday, with some Guildford short-turn trips revised to run to Fleetwood. This is part of a plan to eventually have the 320 to service the Fleetwood Community Centre on 84 Avenue near 160 Street
  • June 2005 - Routing revised to go via Highway 15 and 58 Avenue instead of 57 Avenue and 176 Street in both directions due to the reconfiguration of Highway 15 & 176 Street
  • September 2005 - Midday service between Surrey Central and Fleetwood increased from every 15 minutes to every 10 minutes
  • April 2006 - Re-routed down Fraser Highway, Highway 15 to 64 due to construction.[16] Also various service increases:
    • Weekday PM peak shoulder service between Surrey Central Station and Fleetwood revised to operate every 10 minutes until approximately 1900
    • Saturday early morning service increased from every hour to every 30 minutes between Fleetwood and Surrey Central Station
  • December 2007 - All trips to operate along 60 Avenue with the previous Highway 10 portion of service taken over by 341 Guildford/Langley Centre[17]
  • September 2008 - Bus bay at Surrey Central Station relocated to Bay 2[18]
  • February 1–28, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Introduction of additional late-night trips to connect with extended late-night SkyTrain service[19]
  • September 2016 - Re-routed from 64 Avenue to 60 Avenue between 168 and 176 streets to replace portions of the 341[20]
  • January 2023 - AM peak hour service between Fleetwood and Surrey Central reduced from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes in both directions. Introduction of a Saturday westbound trip from Fleetwood running five minutes ahead of the first Saturday westbound trip from Langley Centre
  • April 2023 - Various daily service adjustments
    • All PM peak hour eastbound trips revised to travel the full distance to Langley Centre instead of short-turning in Fleetwood
    • Extension of one evening Saturday eastbound trip from Fleetwood to Langley Centre
    • Late-night Sunday/holiday service increased from every 45 minutes to every 30 minutes

References

  1. The Buzzer May 23 1975 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 18-11-2014
  2. The Buzzer October 24, 1975 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 25-04-2020
  3. The Buzzer October 15, 1976 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 25-04-2020
  4. The Buzzer August 11 1978 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 18/11/2014
  5. The Buzzer December 11, 1981 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 16-05-2020
  6. The Buzzer December 20, 1985 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020
  7. The Buzzer February 28, 1986 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 06-05-2021
  8. The Buzzer June 19, 1987 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020
  9. The Buzzer August 26, 1988 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 02-02-2021
  10. The Buzzer March 9, 1990 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 27-04-2020
  11. The Buzzer December 4, 1992 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 01-05-2020
  12. The Buzzer March 11, 1994 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 17-03-2021
  13. The Buzzer March 24, 1995 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 02-05-2020
  14. The Buzzer November 14, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 17-03-2021
  15. The Buzzer March 29 1991 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 12-01-2016
  16. The Buzzer April 24, 2006 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 23-08-2015
  17. The Buzzer December 2007 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 07-11-2009
  18. Surrey Central Station Bus Bay Reassignments, translink.ca, retrieved 07-11-2009
  19. February Bus Re-Routes And Additional Olympic Transit Services translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 22-03-2021
  20. The Buzzer August 19, 2016 issue, translink.ca, retrieved 05-09-2016
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