Coast Mountain Bus Company route C37 'Port Coquitlam Station / Prairie / Riverside'
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Service Area | Port Coquitlam | |
Termini | Port Coquitlam Station Prairie Avenue at Fremont Street | |
Operations | Port Coquitlam Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | ElDorado National Aero Elite ![]() ElDorado National Aerotech ![]() Girardin G5 ![]() | |
Branches | C37 Poco Station via Lougheed* C37 Poco Station via Lincoln** C37 Prairie via Lincoln** C37 Riverside via Lougheed* | |
* Clockwise service |
C37 Port Coquitlam Station/Prairie/Riverside 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 Port Coquitlam. Service ran daily every 30 minutes. This route was divided into a clockwise and counterclockwise portion.
Counterclockwise trips departed Port Coquitlam Station as C37 Riverside heading west on Wilson Avenue, north on Shaughnessy Street, east on Lions Way and through the Shaughnessy Station Mall, east on Oxford Connector, north on Oxford Street, east on Coquitlam Avenue, south on Coast Meridian Road, east on Lougheed Highway, north on Ottawa Street, east on Riverside Drive, north on Fremont Street, and west on Prairie Avenue to Prairie & Fremont. Continuing from Prairie & Fremont, trips returned to Port Coquitlam Station as C37 Poco Station via Lincoln heading west on Praire and north on Coast Meridian Road to Coast Meridian & Laurier Avenue. Late morning to early evening trips went east on Laurier to Hyde Park Recreation Centre, then returned west on Laurier. Then all trips went north on Coast Meridian Road, west on Lincoln Avenue, south on Oxford Street, west on Prairie Avenue, south on Shaughnessy Street, and east on Wilson Avenue to Port Coquitlam Station.
Clockwise trips departed Port Coquitlam Station as C37 Prairie heading west on Wilson Avenue, north on Shaughnessy Street, east on Prairie Avenue, north on Oxford Street, east on Lincoln Avenue, and south on Coast Meridian Road to Coast Meridian & Laurier Avenue. Late morning to early evening trips went east on Laurier to Hyde Park Recreation Centre, then returned west on Laurier. Then all trips went south on Coast Meridian Road and east on Prairie Avenue to Prairie & Fremont Street. Continuing from Prairie & Fremont, trips returned to Port Coquitlam Station as C37 Poco Station via Lougheed heading south on Fremont, west on Riverside Drive, south on Ottawa Street, west on Lougheed Highway, north on Coast Meridian Road, west on Coquitlam Avenue, south on Oxford Street, west on Oxford Connector and through the Shaughnessy Station Mall, west on Lions Way, south on Shaughnessy Street, and east on Wilson Avenue to Port Coquitlam Station.
C37 Prairie and C37 Poco Station via Lougheed service did not run on evenings Monday–Saturday and on Sundays/holidays.
Points of Interest
- West Coast Express
Port Coquitlam Station (Bay 2)
- Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
- Rowland Park
- Port Coquitlam Recreation Centre
- Terry Fox Public Library
- Port Coquitlam Centre (Bay 1 - Port Coquitlam Station) (Bay 2 - Prarie/Riverside)
- Port Coquitlam City Hall
- Lions Way Park
- Shaughnessy Mall
- Cedar Drive Park
- Hyde Creek Recreation Centre
- Port Coquitlam Nature Area
- Wellington Park
- Agricultural Park
History
- September 2003 - Service introduced during Community Shuttle service rollout in the Tri-Cities, replacing portions of the 163 Prairie/Port Coquitlam Centre/Port Coquitlam Statiom and the 164 River Springs/Coast Meridian/Coquitlam Station
- September 2005 - Route became bike rack equipped
- December 2008 - Service along Mary Hill Road and McAllister Avenue discontinued; service revised to route along Shaughnessy and Wilson Avenue exclusively nearing Port Coquitlam Station[1]
- December 2016 - Service discontinued and replaced by the 171 Fremont/Coquitlam Central Station and 172 Riverside/Coquitlam Central Station to simplify route operations[2]
References
- ↑ The Buzzer December 5, 2008 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 25-04-2010
- ↑ The Buzzer Blog December 9, 2016, translink.ca retrieved 12-12-2016