Coast Mountain Bus Company route 490 'Steveston / Burrard Station'

490 Steveston/Burrard Station
New Flyer C40LF – 3299 on the 490 Steveston merges onto the Granville Street Bridge.
Service Area	Richmond Vancouver
Termini	Moncton Street at No. 2 Road Howe Street at Davie Street*
Operations	Richmond Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI C40LF NFI D40 NFI D40LF NFI D60 NFI D60LF Orion V
Branches	490 Steveston 490 Burrard Station
* PM trips started from Seymour Street & Davie Street

490 Steveston/Burrard Station was a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, Briitsh Columbia, Canada.

Route Details

This was a north-south express route connecting Steveston in Richmond and Downtown Vancouver running primarily on Highway 99 and Granville Street. Service ran during peak hours only every 30 minutes. Morning service ran towards Downtown Vancouver and afternoon service ran towards Richmond. This route provided an alternative express service to the 98 B-Line, bypassing Richmond Centre.

Northbound trips departed Moncton Street & No. 2 Road heading west on Moncton, south on No. 1 Road, west on Chatham Street, north on 4th Avenue, east on Steveston Highway, merging onto Highway 99 heading north and across the Oak Street Bridge, then west on SW Marine Drive becoming Granville Street heading north and across the Granville Street Bridge, taking the Seymour Street exit heading north on Seymour, west on W. Hastings Street, and south on Burrard Street to Burrard Station. Continuing from Burrard Station, trips went south on Burrard, east on Nelson Street, and south on Howe Street to Howe & Davie Street.

Southbound trips departed from Seymour Street & Davie Street heading north on Seymour, west on W. Hastings Street, south on Burrard Street, east on Nelson Street, south on Howe Street merging onto Granville Street and across the Granville Street Bridge, then continued south on Granville becoming SW Marine Drive, north on Hudson Street, east on W. 71st Avenue, south on Oak Street and across the Oak Street Bridge becoming Highway 99, then west on Steveston Highway, south on 4th Avenue, east on Chatham Street, south on No. 1 Road, and east on Moncton Street to Moncton & No. 2 Road.

One AM trip terminated at Burrard Station and did not continue to Howe & Davie.

490 Stopping Procedures

Pick-up and drop-off service at all designated stops.

Stop Accessibility Bus Connections Notes Moncton Street & No. 2 Road 402 492 Northbound stop not accessible Local service between Moncton Street & No. 2 Road and SW Marine Drive & Hudson Street SW Marine Drive & Hudson Street Marpole Loop (Bay 4 – Steveston) (Bay 6 – Burrard Station) 10 17 100 311 351 352 354 480 601 602 603 604 Granville Street & W. 70th Avenue 10 98 100 311 351 352 354 480 491 496 601 602 603 604 N10 Granville Street & W. 49th Avenue 10 49 98 311 351 352 354 480 491 496 601 602 603 604 N10 Granville Street & W. 41st Avenue 10 41 43 98 311 351 352 354 480 491 496 601 602 603 604 N10 Granville Street & W. King Edward Avenue 10 25 98 311 351 352 354 491 496 601 602 603 604 N10 Granville Street & W. Broadway 9 10 16 17 98 99 311 351 352 354 491 496 601 602 603 604 N9 N10 N17 Granville Street & W. 5th Avenue 4 7 10 16 17 50 84 98 311 351 352 354 491 496 601 602 603 604 N9 N10 N17 Seymour Street & Davie Street 4 6 7 10 16 17 50 98 311 351 352 354 488 491 492 496 601 602 603 604 C21 C23 N9 N10 N17 Seymour Street & Smithe Street 4 6 7 10 16 17 50 98 311 351 352 354 491 496 601 602 603 604 N9 N10 N17 Granville Station 4 5 6 7 10 15 16 17 50 98 240 241 242 246 247 250 250A 251 252 253 254 257 311 351 352 354 491 496 601 602 603 604 N6 N8 N9 N10 N15 N17 N19 N20 N24 N35 W. Hastings Street & Granville Street 16 44 135 160 190 491 496 W. Hastings Street & Howe Street 16 44 135 160 190 491 496 Burrard Station 2 5 19 22 32 44 98 135 160 190 210 211 214 240 241 242 246 247 250 250A 251 252 253 254 257 311 351 352 354 488 491 492 496 601 602 603 604 C21 N22 N24 Burrard Street & Robson Street 2 5 22 32 44 98 488 491 492 496 C21 N6 N22 Southbound only Nelson Street & Hornby Street 98 488 491 492 496 Southbound only Howe Street & Davie Street 4 6 7 10 16 17 50 98 311 351 352 354 488 491 492 496 601 602 603 604 C21 C23 N9 N10 N17 Southbound only

Points of Interest

• Steveston Village
• Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site
• Steveston Museum
• Richmond Transit Centre
• Vancouver Transit Centre
• Marpole Loop (Bay 4 – Steveston) (Bay 6 – Burrard Station)
• Downtown Vancouver
• Burrard Station

History

• September 1986 - Service introduced as 490 Steveston/Vancouver, running three trips in each direction
• August 2001 - Route renamed from 490 Steveston/Vancouver to 490 Steveston/Burrard Station. Stopping procedures revised to do pick-up and drop-off service at all 98 B-Line stops; service change deferred from April due to transit strike. Routing in Downtown Vancouver revised to be consistent with other Richmond express services. Service discontinued along the following corridors:
  • Smithe Street between Seymour and Burrard
  • Burrard Street between Smithe and Hastings
  • Hastings Street between Burrard and Howe
  • Howe Street between Hastings and Granville
  • Also introduction of a staging area at NB Seymour & Davie to accommodate buses entering service during the PM peak hour
• September 2002 - Downtown routing revised to go via Pender Street to Burrard Station instead of via Waterfront Station to reduce travel times and improve service reliability
• April 2003 - Route became wheelchair accessible
• September 2009 - Service discontinued following the completion of the Canada Line

References

• Important changes in Richmond Transit Service, translink.ca, retrieved 25-09-09
• Metro Vancouver Translink Bus Network Map, trek.ubc.ca, retrieved 26-04-2010

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