617 East Ladner/Ladner Exchange was a Community Shuttle route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This was an east-west circular route running in the Ladner area of Delta. Service ran daily every 30 minutes and every 40 minutes on Sundays/holidays.
Trips departed Ladner Exchange heading north on Harvest Drive, east on Ladner Trunk Road, south on 66 Street, west on Holly Park Drive, north on 62 Street, west on Ladner Trunk Road, and south on Harvest Drive to Ladner Exchange.
One roundtrip starting at Ladner Exchange during the AM peak ran with conventional buses in the form of a New Flyer D40LFR , New Flyer XD40 or New Flyer XN40 .
When school was in session, one afternoon trip that went towards East Ladner only came off from a 606 Ladner Ring school trip in the form of a Nova Bus LFS Suburban or Orion V (or on rare occasions, a New Flyer XD40 or Nova Bus LFS ).
Points of Interest
Ladner Exchange (Bay 3)
Paterson Park
Delta Hospital
Kensington Park
Ladner Community Garden
Holly Park
History
March 1990 - Parts of what would become significant portions of today's 617 routing was proposed as 615 Ladner Ring , a peak-hour service to the Sunrise housing development in East Ladner running along Holly Park Drive and Brodie Road every 30 minutes[1]
May 1990 - Plans for introducing the 615 Ladner Ring shelved after heavy residential opposition to bus service on Holly Park Drive[2]
December 2005 - Service introduced as C87 East Ladner/Ladner Exchange [3]
Fall 2008 - Operations transferred from Richmond Transit Centre to Surrey Transit Centre
May 2017 - Service proposed to be discontinued due to extremely low ridership[4]
September 2018 - Community Shuttle branding dissolved: Route renumbered from C87 to 617 with no changes in routing or frequency[5]
September 2020 - Shuttle operations transferred from Surrey Transit Centre to Hamilton Transit Centre
January 18–June 20, 2021 - Introduction of an overload trip running with New Flyer XD40 or Nova Bus LFS units on weekday afternoons that came off from an overload 601 Ladner Exchange trip
September 2021 - Route discontinued due to extremely low ridership and the extension of the 310 Scottsdale/Ladner further west into Ladner Village
References
Transit Centres
Burnaby – Hamilton – Port Coquitlam – Richmond – Surrey – Vancouver
Closed Transit Centres
North Vancouver – Oakridge
Under Contract
First Transit – West Vancouver Transit
Former Contractors
Bonny's Taxi Ltd. – Bowen Island Community Transit – DW Services Ltd. – Metro Shuttle Service Ltd. – First Canada
Current Fleet
2101–2199, 2201–2289
2501–2540
2541–2574
3309–3358
7447–7499, 7501–7504
8118–8156
9277–9285
9401–9499, 9501–9542
9543–9581, 9583–9590
9605–9699, 9701–9725
9726–9791
9797–9799
12001–12025
14001–14045
15001–15021
16001–16051
16101–16130, 16137
16201–16226
18001–18063
18101–18206
18301–18404
18451–18473
19001–19047
19101–19147
19301–19302
19303–19304
19401–19432
21001–21025
21401–21425
22001–22015
23001–23015
23201–23215
24001–24016
24101–24150
Community Shuttle Fleet
19503–19535, 19538–19549 19550–19554 21501–21562 23601–23606 23651–23665 24506–24548 24601–24634
Retired Fleet
1158–1192 1205–1223 1209–1210 2701–2947 3001–3021 3101–3210 3211–3257 3258–3282 3283–3299, 3301–3308 4101–4115 4116–4143 4144–4192 4193–4199, 4201–4278 5501–5508 5509–5521 6601–6630 7101–7150 7151–7197, 7199–7243 7244–7246 7247–7297 7298 7301–7374 7375–7399, 7401–7429 7430–7446 8001–8021 8022–8047 8048–8099, 8101 8102–8117 9101–9115 9116–9127 9201–9276
Retired Community Shuttle Fleet
S001 S002 (1st) S002 (2nd) S003–S004 S006–S012 S013–S016 S017 S018–S056 S057–S059 S060–S061 S062–S102 S200–S236 S237–S257 S258–S301 S302–S356 S357–S380 S381 S382–S393 S410–S434 S435–S464 S465–S471 S501–S544 S1301–S1320 S1321 S1322–S1325 16501–16562 17506–17564 18510–18527
Paint Schemes
Other
List of Current TransLink Ad-Wraps – List of Former TransLink Ad-Wraps – RapidBus – TransLink Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic – TransLink Vancouver 2010 Olympic Operations – Trolleybuses in Vancouver
SeaBus
Current Fleet
Burrard Beaver – Burrard Pacific Breeze – Burrard Otter II – Burrard Chinook
Retired Fleet
Burrard Otter
Terminals
Lonsdale Quay – Waterfront Station
Bus Loops and Exchanges
Vancouver
29th Avenue Station – Blanca Loop – Boundary Loop – Burrard Station – Commercial–Broadway Station – Dunbar Loop – Joyce Station – Knight Street–Marine Drive – Kootenay Loop – Main Street Station – Marine Drive Station – Marpole Loop – Nanaimo Station – Stanley Park Loop – UBC Exchange – Waterfront Station
Burnaby & New West
22nd Street Station – Braid Station – Brentwood Station – Edmonds Station – Lougheed Station – New Westminster Station – Production Way Station – Metrotown Station – SFU Exchange – Sperling Station
Tri-Cities
Burquitlam Station – Coquitlam Central Station – Moody Centre Station – Port Coquitlam Station
Richmond
Bridgeport Station – Richmond–Brighouse Station – Steveston Exchange
North Shore
Capilano University – Lonsdale Quay – Lynn Valley Centre – Park Royal – Phibbs Exchange
Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge
Haney Place – Maple Meadows Station – Pitt Meadows Station
South of Fraser
Carvolth Exchange – Guildford Exchange – Ladner Exchange – Langley Centre – Newton Exchange – Scott Road Station – Scottsdale Exchange – South Delta Exchange – South Surrey Park and Ride – Surrey Central Station – White Rock Centre
Former Exchanges
Airport Station – Brentwood Mall – Coquitlam Station – Coquitlam Recreation Centre – Coquitlam Town Centre – East Guildford Park and Ride – Lougheed Mall – Lougheed Park and Ride – Matthews Exchange – Meadow Ridge Centre – Pitt Meadows Park and Ride – Port Moody Station – PNE Park and Ride – Port Coquitlam Centre – Renfrew Loop – Richmond Centre – Richmond Exchange – Sexsmith Park and Ride – South Richmond Park and Ride – Upper Zoo Loop – Walnut Grove Park and Ride
Routes
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Community Shuttle
23 31 42 68 102 103 105 109 131 132 146 147 148 157 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 180 181 182 184 185 186 187 189 214 215 227 251 252 256 262 280 281 282 322 360 361 362 363 370 371 372 373 412 413 414 416 560 561 562 563 564 609 614 616 618 619 719 722 733 741 743 744 745 746 748 749
NightBus
N8 N9 N10 N15 N17 N19 N20 N22 N24 N35
School Trips
840 855 864 865 880 881
Discontinued/ Renumbered
1 23 35 42 43 51 70 95 96 97 98 102 103 108 114 115 125 131 133 135 137 139 142 147 148 149 150 154 158 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 177 178 179 189 190 197 222 226 226 239 242 258 259 274 290 292 310 317 318 328 330 332 353 355 356 357 358 390 411 420 421 424 425 488 490 491 492 496 506 507 511 590 617 705 709 712 721 722 804 807 828 848 861 863 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C15 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C35 C36 C37 C38 C40 C41 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C60 C61 C62 C63 C64 C70 C71 C73 C74 C75 C76 C84 C86 C87 C88 C89 C90 C92 C93 C94 C95 C96 C98 C99 N6 N16 – Games Express – Metrotown Shuttle – North Vancouver Games Express – Sexsmith Park & Ride Shuttle – TrainBus