Coast Mountain Bus Company route 49 'Metrotown Stn / UBC'

49 Metrotown Station/UBC
New Flyer XDE60 – 16210 operating on route 49 Metrotown Station at UBC.
Service Area	Burnaby Vancouver University Endowment Lands
Termini	Metrotown Station University of British Columbia
Operations	Richmond Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI XDE60 Nova Bus LFS * Nova Bus LFS HEV *
Branches	49 Metrotown Station 49 UBC 49 To Granville**
* On rare occasions due to a bus shortage or during snowfall ** Select evening and late-night westbound trips returning to RTC

49 Metrotown Station/UBC 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 Metrotown Station in Burnaby and the University of British Columbia running primarily on 49th Avenue. It is a Frequent Transit Network (FTN) route providing service 15 minutes or better, 15 hours or more of the day, seven days a week.

Eastbound trips depart from the University of British Columbia heading south on Wesbrook Mall, east on SW Marine Drive, east on W. 41st Avenue, south on Dunbar Street, east on SW Marine Drive, east on W. 49th Avenue becoming Imperial Street, north on Willingdon Extension becoming Willingdon Avenue, and east on Central Boulevard to Metrotown Station.

Westbound trips depart from Metrotown Station heading east on Central Boulevard, west on Imperial Street becoming E. 49th Avenue, west on SW Marine Drive, north on Dunbar Street, west on W. 41st Avenue, west on SW Marine Drive, and north on Wesbrook Mall to the University of British Columbia.

Select evening and late-night westbound trips terminate at Granville Street & W. 49th Avenue.

Some early morning eastbound trips start at Dunbar Loop or W. 49th Avenue & Granville Street.

Points of Interest

• Metrotown Station (Bay 11)
• Burnaby Public Library
• Oceanview Cemetary
• Central Park and Swanguard Stadium
• Killarney Secondary School
• David Thompson Secondary School
• Langara College
• Langara–49th Avenue Station (Bay 2 – UBC) (Bay 3 – Metrotown Station)
• Magee Secondary School
• Dunbar Loop (Bay 1 – Metrotown Station) (Bay 4 – UBC)
• Pacific Spirit Regional Park
• UBC Hospital
• UBC Exchange (Bay 5)

History

• March 1975 - Route introduced as 49 Forty-Ninth and connected Kingsway & Nelson in Burnaby with the University of British Columbia at University Blvd. & East Mall, with frequency every 15 minutes between Burnaby and Dunbar Loop and every 30 minutes to UBC
• October 1976 - UBC service revised to run only when UBC was in session following an extension of the 41 to UBC
• May 1984 - Destination sign simplification: Service renamed from 49 Forty-Ninth to 49 Burnaby South/Dunbar Loop/UBC
• March 1986 - Service rerouted to service Metrotown Station with new service along Imperial, Willingdon and Central Boulevard to Metrotown Station. Service to Kingsway & Nelson discontinued
• September 1986 - Service rerouted via Imperial, McKay, Maywood, Willingdon, Central Boulevard to Metrotown Station
• September 1990 - Accessible service introduced for select trips
• April 2000 - Peak hour service to UBC revised to run year-round
• September 2000 - Operations transferred to Oakridge Transit Centre from Burnaby Transit Centre
• September 2001 - Metrotown Station reconstruction: Terminus temporarily revised to Patterson Station
• November 2001 - Metrotown Station reopens; service to Patterson Station discontinued
• December 2003 - Introduction of a westbound AM weekday trip from 48th & Boundary and an additional PM eastbound tripper from UBC Loop when UBC and Langara College are in session to address overcrowding
• September 2004 - Introduction of Langara College short-turn service during peak hours when Langara College was in session. Westbound service terminated at 49th & Alberta and eastbound service started at 49th & Cambie. All trips bypassed the 54th Avenue routing and remained on 49th Avenue in both directions except for one eastbound trip, which started at 49th & Oak
• December 2004 - Introduction of additional Langara short-turn trips running in the peak direction between Cambie & 49th and Metrotown Station to address overcrowding
• September 2005 - Service and frequency increased for trips starting/ending at UBC
• December 2005 - Routing near Metrotown revised in both directions to remain on Willingdon Avenue to Imperial Street. Service along Maywood Street, McKay Avenue, and on Imperial Street between Willingdon Extension and McKay Avenue discontinued and replaced by portions of the C6 and C7. Every second midday trip revised to extend to UBC instead of terminating at Dunbar Loop to address midday overcrowding on the 41
• April 2006 - Layover at Dunbar Loop moved to 41st Avenue & Crown Street due to construction and trolley overhead work to accommodate extra buses due to the extension of the 22 to Dunbar Loop
• September 2007 - Weekday operations transferred to Richmond Transit Centre
• June 2008 - Route added to Frequent Transit Network (FTN)
• September 2008 - Select westbound Langara short-turn trips extended from 49th & Alberta to 49th & Maple and revised to run as 49 49 & Maple. Eastbound Langara short-turn trip that started at 49th & Oak revised to start at 49th & East Boulevard and routing revised to bypass the 54th Avenue routing to be consistent with other Langara short-turn trips. Introduction of one eastbound AM Langara short-turn trip from UBC to 49th & Manitoba
• December 2008 - Introduction of additional AM eastbound Langara short-turn trips running between 49th & Granville and 49th & Manitoba and additional AM westbound Langara short-turn trips running between 49th & Victoria and 49th & Maple
• September 2009 - Introduction of midday service to/from UBC on weekdays, alternating between UBC and Dunbar Loop. All Langara College short-turn trips restructured: All westbound trips to start from Metrotown Station bypassing 54th Avenue and terminate at 49th & Cambie; discontinuation of all 49 49 & Maple trips. All eastbound trips to run in the PM peak hours from 49th & Cambie to Metrotown Station bypassing 54th Avenue, except for one trip that started at 49th & East Boulevard; discontinuation of AM eastbound Langara short-turn trips
• February 1–March 21, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Service rerouted near UBC and rerouted off of Wesbrook Mall and 16th Avenue via NW Marine Drive, SW Marine Drive and Wesbrook Mall north of UBC Loop
• September 2010 - Articulated bus service introduced for select peak hour trips due to overcrowding
• April 2015 - All mid-day weekday trips extended to run full route to UBC
• November 2015 - Service proposed to bypass Champlain Heights to improve travel times and due to low ridership in Champlain Heights
• June 2016 - Routing revised to bypass Champlain Heights; service on Tyne Street, E. 54th Avenue, and Kerr Street discontinued. Discontinuation of peak hour, peak direction short-turn Langara College–Metrotown Station trips that ran non-stop on 49th Avenue between Tyne Street and Kerr Street
• September 2016 - All operations transferred to Vancouver Transit Centre along with 28 New Flyer Industries XDE60 buses, providing exclusive service of articulated buses on the route. All weekend and holiday service extended to UBC with a 12.5-minute frequency.
• September 2017 - Route operations transferred back to Richmond Transit Centre
• September 2017 - Metrotown Station renovations: Metrotown Station terminus moved from Bay 3 inside the bus loop to Bay 11 along Central Boulevard
• January 2020 - Service along W. 16th Avenue in UEL discontinued and rerouted to Wesbrook Mall as part of RapidBus service roll-out changes to replace UBC portions of the 41. Introduction of a second westbound short-turn trip starting at E. 49th Avenue & Tyne Street terminating at Langara–49th Avenue Station
• September 2020 - Discontinuation of an eastbound PM school special starting from Dunbar Loop operated by Hamilton Transit Centre using 40-foot conventional buses
• January 2021 - Saturday midday service increased from every 12 minutes to every 10 minutes; afternoon service from every 12 minutes to every 8–9 minutes; evening service from every 15 minutes to every 10–12 minutes. Sunday/holiday PM service increased from every 12–15 minutes to every 10 minutes
• January 2022 - AM peak hour Langara–49th Avenue Station short-turn trips starting from E. 49th Avenue & Tyne Street revised to travel the full distance to UBC. Introduction of peak hour westbound trips starting from W. 49th Avenue & Oak Street. COVID-19 service adjustments for weekend/holiday trips:
  • Saturday morning service reduced from every 10–12 minutes to every 15 minutes. Saturday afternoon service reduced from every 8–10 minutes to every 12 minutes and Saturday evening service reduced from every 10–12 minutes to every 15 minutes
  • Sunday/Holiday mid-morning service reduced from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes. Late-morning to late-afternoon Sunday/holiday service reduced from every 10 minutes to every 12 minutes and Sunday/Holiday late-afternoon to evening service reduced from every 12 minutes to every 15 minutes
• September 2022 - Various weekday frequency adjustments resulting in creased PM peak service and reduced weekday morning/evening service due to changing ridership demands
  • Reverse-peak early morning service towards Metrotown reduced from every 3–10 minutes to every 6–15 minutes
  • PM peak service towards Metrotown increased from every 5–8 minutes to every 4–7 minutes
  • PM peak service towards UBC decreased from every 5 minutes to every 6–9 minutes
  • Early evening service towards UBC decreased from every 6–10 minutes to every 12 minutes
• April 2023 - Various daily service increases
  • Weekday late evening service increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes
  • Saturday afternoon and evening service increased from every 12–15 minutes to every 10–12 minutes
  • Sunday/holiday afternoon and evening service increased from every 12–15 minutes to every 10–12 minutes
• September 2023 - Discontinuation of all 49 Dunbar Loop trips – four weekday evening westbound short-turn trips – as they are extended to travel the full distance to UBC to provide free-up layover space at Dunbar Loop for articulated buses on the 2 Macdonald. PM westbound school tripper starting from E. 49th Avenue & Boundary Road terminating at Dunbar Loop also discontinued
• October 10, 2023 - Introduction of unscheduled eastbound overload trips running from UBC to Metrotown Station during PM peak hours to address overcrowding
• October 11, 2023 - Introduction of unscheduled westbound overload trips running between Metrotown Station or 49th & Tyne to Langara–49th Avenue Station or UBC during AM peak hours to address overcrowding
• October 30, 2023 - Unscheduled overload peak hour trips restructured and added to the timetable for the remainder of the year
• April 2024 - Overall reduction of overload trips: Overload blocks introduced during the September 2023 and January 2024 sheets were discontinued and timetables were restructured into a single block running various short-turn, peak-direction trips
• September 2024 - Various daily service adjustments:
  • AM peak hour service increased from every 3–12 minutes to every 4–8 minutes
  • PM peak hour service increased from every 5–12 minutes to every 5–10 minutes
  • Weekday midday service increased from every 8–9 minutes to every 7–8 minutes
  • Discontinuation of all Langara–49th Avenue Station overload trips due to overall service improvement
  • Discontinuation of an eastbound PM school tripper starting from W. 49th Avenue & East Boulevard
  • Discontinuation of two morning weekday westbound trips starting from E. 49th Avenue & Tyne Street
  • Early morning westbound weekday trip starting from W. 49th Avenue & Oak Street revised to start from Metrotown Station
  • Saturday morning service increased from every 10–15 minutes to every 12 minutes
  • Sunday/holiday midday service increased from every 12–15 minutes to every 10 minutes
• October 9, 2024 - Westbound routing at Metrotown temporarily revised to go via Central Boulevard, Bonsor Avenue, Bennett Street, Nelson Avenue, Imperial Street due to construction
• December 9, 2024 - Completion of construction on Imperial Street. Westbound service returns to regular routing
• January 13, 2025 - Reintroduction of the temporary westbound reroute via Central Boulevard, Bonsor Avenue, Bennett Street, Nelson Avenue, Imperial Street due to construction for approximately 6 weeks. This change was rescinded effective January 20, 2025, to maintain service consistency for passengers
• January 2025 - Introduction of a paralleling express service proposed as part of a long-term service change in the Burrard Peninsula Area Transport Plan to address high ridership on the 49

Photo Gallery

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  1975 Flyer E800 (diesel converted)– 1142 at Metrotown Station.
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  1998 New Flyer C40LF (diesel converted) – 3305 arriving at UBC Loop.
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  2001 New Flyer D40LF – 7446 at Metrotown Station as a 49 Dunbar Loop.
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  2012 New Flyer XDE60 – 12005 at Metrotown Station.

References

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