Coast Mountain Bus Company route 8 'Fraser / Downtown'
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Service Area | Vancouver | |
Termini | SE Marine Drive at Poplar Street* Waterfront Station | |
Operations | Vancouver Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI E40LFR ![]() NFI E60LFR ![]() Nova Bus LFS ![]() Nova Bus LFS HEV ![]() | |
Branches | 8 Fraser 8 Fraser to 41st! 8 Downtown | |
* Early morning weekday trips terminate at Fraser Street & SE Marine Drive |
8 Fraser/Downtown is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is a north-south circular route running in Vancouver primarily along Fraser Street. Service runs daily every 15 minutes, increasing to every 12 minutes during peak hours. It is part of the Frequent Transit Network (FTN) providing service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more of the day.
Trips depart from SE Marine Drive & Poplar Street heading west on SE Marine, north on Poplar Street, east on E. 65th Avenue, north on Fraser Street, west on E. Broadway, north on Kingsway merging onto Main Street, west on E. Hastings Street, north on Seymour Street, and east on W. Cordova Street to W. Cordova & Seymour Street. Continuing from W. Cordova & Seymour, trips continue east on W. Cordova, south on Main Street merging onto Kingsway, east on E. Broadway, south on Fraser Street, and west on SE Marine Drive to SE Marine & Poplar Street.
Early morning weekday trips terminate at Fraser Street & SE Marine Drive. Select northbound trips at the end of peak hour service and in the evening on weekends/holidays short-turn at Fraser Street & E. 41st Avenue.
Points of Interest
Waterfront Station (Bay 3)
- Gastown
- Victoria Square
- Chinatown
Main Street–Science World Station (Bay 1 – Fraser) (Bay 2 – Downtown)
- Pacific Central Station (Amtrak)
- Mount St. Joseph Hospital
- Robson Park
- Mountainview Cemetary
- John Oliver Secondary School
History
- 1952 - Service ran as the 6 Fraser/8 Davie
- August 1957 - 8 Davie interlined with the 19 Kingsway and 6 Fraser with 15 Cambie[1]
- April 1981 - 6 Fraser interlining with 15 Cambie and 8 Davie interlining with 19 Kingsway ends and revised to become the 6 Fraser/8 Davie[2]
- March 1986 - Service renumbered to 8 in both directions from 6 Fraser and 8 Davie[3]
- April 1991 - Sunday/holiday evening service in the West End revised to run as 8 Davie/Downtown[4]
- September 1997 - Service to Downtown/West End renumbered to create route 6 Davie/Downtown.[5] Service revised to operate as 8 Fraser/Granville, replacing portions of the 20 Victoria/Granville
- October 2001 - Midday service adjusted to reduce service duplication following the introduction of the 98 B-Line. Late-night Owl Service after 1:40 am discontinued due to funding shortfall[6][7]
- September 2003 - Service revised to run as 8 Fraser/Downtown. Granville portion of the route replaced by the 10 Granville/Hastings. Service rerouted from Waterfront Station to Burrard Station and revised to travel on Pender Street instead of Cordova Street[8]
- September 2005 - Interlining with the 15 ends and service is revised to interline with the 20 Victoria/Downtown. Downtown terminus revised from Pender & Hamilton to Robson & Granville. Downtown starting point remains as Robson & Granville. Service on Pender Street discontinued and outbound routing revised to take Cordova Street once again
- April 2006 - Service rerouted due to the construction of the Canada Line. Service to run southbound by Richards, Robson and the north along Seymour instead of along Granville Street[9]
- April 2008 - Interlining with the 20 Victoria/Downtown ended to introduce articulated trolley service on the 20[10]
- September 2009 - Downtown routing revised to go via regular route, Hastings, Seymour, Cordova, and then regular outbound routing to replace portions of the 3 Main/Downtown as the 3 and 20 begin interlining with each other[11]
- December 2009 - New Flyer Industries E60LFR buses are introduced making the route an entirely articulated trolley service[12]
References
- ↑ The Buzzer August 23, 1957 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 09-09-2010
- ↑ The Buzzer April 3, 1981 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 16-05-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer February 28, 1986 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer April 12, 1991 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 01-05-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer August 8, 1997 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 08-11-2014
- ↑ Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number, translink.ca, retrieved 21-04-2020
- ↑ Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 26-02-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer September 5, 2003 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 27-02-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer April 24, 2006 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2010
- ↑ TransLink approves $150 million fleet expansion; BC gives $47 million, translink.bc.ca, retrieved 24-09-09
- ↑ Other September 7 bus adjustments 3, 8, 160 discontinued service, plus bus bay changes, buzzer.translink.ca, retrieved 07-09-09
- ↑ Bus service changes coming December 14: new 99 B-Line stops and more, buzzer.translink.ca, retrieved 10-12-2009