Coast Mountain Bus Company route 562 'Langley Centre / Walnut Grove'
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Service Area | Langley | |
Termini | Langley Centre Carvolth Exchange | |
Operations | First Transit Surrey Transit Centre* | |
Vehicles | Girardin G5 ![]() NFI D40LFR ![]() NFI XN40 ![]() | |
Branches | 562 Langley Centre via TWU 562 Langley Centre via Fort Langley** 562 Langley Centre* 562 Walnut Grove via TWU 562 Walnut Grove** | |
* School Special service and select trips |
562 Langley Centre/Walnut Grove is a Community Shuttle route contracted to First Transit from Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is a north-south route running in Langley connecting Langley Centre and Carvolth Exchange via Fort Langley. Service runs daily every 30 minutes and every hour on Sundays/holidays and daily in the evenings.
Northbound trips depart Langley Centre heading east on Logan Avenue, north on Glover Road, east on University Drive to Trinity Western University to turn around at the cul-de-sac, then north on Glover Road, west on 96th Avenue, south on Trattle Street, west on 88th Avenue, north on Walnut Grove Drive, north on 212th Street, west on 96rd Avenue, north on 210th Street, west on 96th Avenue, south on 204th Street, west on 88th Avenue, and south on 202nd Street to Carvolth Exchange.
Southbound trips depart Carvolth Exchange heading north on 202nd Street, east on 88th Avenue, north on 204th Street, east on 96th Avenue, south on 210th Street, east on 93rd Avenue, south on 212th Street, west on Walnut Grove Drive, east on 88th Avenue, north on Trattle Street, east on 96th Avenue, south on Glover Road east on University Drive to Trinity Western University to turn around at the cul-de-sac, then south on Glover Road, west on Locke Lane, north on 203A Street and east on Logan Avenue to Langley Centre.
Trips on early weekday mornings, weekday and Saturday evenings, and all day Sunday/holidays do not service Trinity Western University and continue on Glover Road instead.
On weekdays when school is in session, one school special trip in the afternoon departs from 9000 Block on Trattle Street heading east on 96th Avenue, south on Glover Road, west on 88th Avenue and continues on the regular routing to Carvolth Exchange. In the morning, one school special trip departs from Trattle Street & 88th Avenue and goes to Langley Centre with no changes in routing.
One weekday morning trip in both directions runs with conventional buses with no changes in routing and bypasses Trinity Western University.
Points of Interest
Carvolth Exchange (Bay 11)
- Walnut Grove Community Centre
- Walnut Grove Town Centre
- Redwoods Golf Course
- Fort Langley Cemetery
- Belmont Golf Course
- Trinity Western University
- Milner Park
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University – Langley Campus
- Langley Centre (Bay 6)
- Cascades Casino
History
- December 2002 - Route introduced to replace portions of the 507 Walnut Grove/Langley Centre[1]
- December 2012 - Route rerouted to Carvolth Exchange to connect with the 555 Port Mann Express. Service to Walnut Grove Park and Ride was cut as a result[2]
- June 2018 - Community Shuttle branding dissolved: service renumbered from C62 to 562 with no changes in routing or frequency[3]
- September 2019 - School special trips introduced following the discontinuation of the Langley Fine Arts School Special
- September 2020 - Introduction of service into Trinity Western University on Monday to Saturday trips and introduction of conventional buses on select weekday morning trips
References
- ↑ The Buzzer December 23, 2002 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 13-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer December 7, 2012 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 07-12-2012
- ↑ The Buzzer June 15, 2018 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 22-06-2018