West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 255 'Dundarave / Capilano University'
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Service Area | West Vancouver North Vancouver | |
Termini | Marine Drive at 25th Street Capilano University | |
Operations | West Vancouver Transit | |
Vehicles | NFI XD40 ![]() Nova Bus LFS ![]() | |
Branches | 255 Dundarave via 15th & Lonsdale 255 Capilano University via 15th & Lonsdale 255 Park Royal Only* | |
* Select westbound trips |
255 Dundarave/Capilano University is a bus route operated by West Vancouver Transit under contract with TransLink in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is an east-west route connecting Dundarave in West Vancouver and Capilano University in North Vancouver. Service runs daily every 20–30 minutes on weekdays, increasing to every 15 minutes during the PM peak hour. Service on weekends/holidays run every 30 minutes.
Eastbound trips depart from Dundarave at Marine Drive & 25th Street heading east on Marine, merging onto 3rd Street W., north on Lonsdale Avenue, east on 15th Street E., south on Grand Boulevard E., east on Keith Road E., merging onto Fern Street, then north on Lillooet Road, south on Monashee Drive to Capilano University.
Westbound trips depart from Capilano University heading north on Monashee Drive, west on Lillooet Road, merging onto Fern Street and Keith Road E., then north on Grand Boulevard E., west on 15th Street E., south on Lonsdale Avenue, west on 3rd Street W. becoming Marine Drive, north on 24th Street, west on Haywood Avenue, south on 25th Street, and west on Marine Drive to Dundarave at Marine & 25th Street.
The route departs Capilano University bus loop onto Lillooet Road by Monashee Drive to Selkirk Street followed by Fern Street, north along Mountain Highway, west on E. Keith Road, north on Grand Boulevard, west on 15th Street, south on Lonsdale Avenue, west on W. 3rd Street becoming Marine Drive continuing east until its terminus by Marine to 24th Street north, Haywood, 25th Street and then back onto Marine Drive.
Evening westbound trips terminate at Park Royal. Some eastbound trips start at Park Royal and some early morning westbound trips start at 15th Street E. & Grand Boulevard E..
Points of Interest
- Capilano University (Bay 4)
- Lillooet Park
- Seylynn Park
- Bridgman Park
- Victoria Park
- Boulevard Park
- Lions Gate Hospital
- Heywood Park
- Kiwanis Park
- Capilano Mall
- Pemberton Park
- Norgate Park
Park Royal (Bay 2 – Dundarave) (Bay 5 – Capilano University)
- Park Royal Shopping Centre
- Ambleside Park
- Memorial Park
- West Vancouver Memorial Library
- Dundarave Village
History
- May 1996 - Route introduced on a six-month trial as 255 Cedardale/Park Royal running during the day from Monday–Saturday[1]
- September 1996 - Trial service extended to January 1997 to assess route performance and allow residents more time to use the service[2]
- November 1999 - Route introduced as 255 Dundarave / Lynn Valley Centre
- November 2008 - Route extended from Lynn Valley Centre to Capilano University[3]
- April 2020 - Service to Lynn Valley Centre discontinued and replaced with an extension of the 240; route diverted to serve Lower Lonsdale[4]
References
- ↑ West Vancouver Report May 1996, vol. 17, no. 1 West Vancouver Archives, retrieved 30-01-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer September 20, 1996 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 27-03-2010
- ↑ New routes, expanded frequent transit, in largest-ever service increase, translink.ca, retrieved 19-11-2009
- ↑ Spring Transit Service Changes youtube.com, retrieved 05-04-2020
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Current Fleet | 701–706 901–909 1201–1217 1601–1605 1606–1614 | |||||||||||||||||
Community Shuttle Fleet | 17501–17505 18501–18509 19501–19502, 19536–19537 | |||||||||||||||||
Retired/ Transferred Fleet |
712–714 801–803 912–914 921–929 951–959, 961–968 971 981 990–998 S200 S201 S261 S305 S370 S1301–S1304, S1308, S1309, S1316–S1320 | |||||||||||||||||
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Routes | ||||||||||||||||||
Conventional | 250 250A 253 254 255 258 | |||||||||||||||||
Community Shuttle | 214 215 227 251 252 256 262 | |||||||||||||||||
Former Routes | 257 259 | |||||||||||||||||
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