5 Robson/Downtown 
is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
The route interlines with the 6 Davie/Downtown and together, provides circular service exclusively within the downtown core. Together, they are part of the Frequent Transit Network (FTN), providing service at every 15 minutes (or better) for 15 hours a day (or longer).
Trips signed as 5 Downtown begin from Davie Street at Denman travelling along Davie Street onto Denman, Robson Street, northbound along Burrard onto West Pender, and left on Cambie Street to its terminus at Dunsmuir Street. There, it becomes a 6 Davie service.
Service departs Cambie Street at Dunsmuir as 5 Robson routing by Cambie, Pender westbound, Burrard, Robson, Denman and then Davie Street to terminate at Davie at Denman to become 6 Downtown.
Points of Interest
History
- Previously part of Route 3 Main/Robson before creation of Coast Mountain Bus Company[1]
- October 2001 - Service terminates at Waterfront Station, service by Hamilton Street (Vancouver Public Library) eliminated[2]
- April 2006 - First accessible trolley route along with Route 6 Davie/Downtown using New Flyer E40LFRs; Service rerouted due to construction of the Canada Line; service revised to operate northbound along Seymour and southbound along Richards in lieu of service along Granville Street[3]
- April 2007 - Route made fully accessible[4][5]
- February 2010 - Route detoured due to the Olympics and the closing of Robson Street between Howe and Hornby with the Robson Square Mound Remediation Project; route revised to operate eastbound along Robson until Thurlow, Thurlow, Barclay/Smithe Diversion onto Burrard Street, Pender to Homer, a loop around Homer, Hastings and Richards back to Pender and then return service along Pender Street and Burrard back to Robson and its regular route[6]
- September 2016 - 800 Robson at Robson Square permanently closed to traffic, service re-routed from Robson and Burrard via Burrard, Pender, Homer, and Hastings to Richards Street [7]
- December 2016 - Eastern terminus moved to Cambie at Dunsmuir following simplifications and extension of line 6 Davie/Downtown to Yaletown Station and merging of C21 and C23 service.[8]
References
- ↑ BC Transit System Route Frequency, bctransit.com, retrieved 18-09-2009
- ↑ Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number, translink.ca, retrieved 02-07-2018
- ↑ The Buzzer April 24, 2006 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2010
- ↑ Metro-Vancouver buses break through barrier to achieve full accessibility, translink.bc.ca, retrieved 18-09-2009
- ↑ The Buzzer April 13, 2007 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 05-12-2009
- ↑ Long-Term Re-route #5/N6 Bus, translink.ca, retrieved 19-04-2010
- ↑ The Buzzer August 19, 2016 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 12/09/2016
- ↑ The Buzzer December 16, 2016 Issue, retrieved 19-01-2017
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