Coast Mountain Bus Company Port Coquitlam Transit Centre

Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
Address	2061 Kingsway Avenue, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Service Areas	Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Belcarra, Anmore, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, Mission
Opening Date	August 18, 1978
Operations
Models	ARBOC SOF 27 Chevrolet/Girardin G4500/G5 NFI C40LFR NFI D60LFR NFI XDE60 NFI XN40
Number of Routes	52

Coast Mountain Bus Company's Port Coquitlam Transit Centre (PTC or PCTC) is located at 2061 Kingsway Avenue and opened in August 1978 to coincide with the expansion and improvement of bus service in the Coquitlam area.

Up until the opening of Hamilton Transit Centre, PTC was the only yard with CNG fueling capabilities. CNG fueling stations were installed in 1991 during a joint pilot project between BC Transit and BC Gas to evaluate the use of CNG buses in Vancouver using three CNG-converted MCI Classics and later 25 New Flyer C40 units. The fueling facilities were expanded in the late-1990s as the CNG fleet grew with the arrival of the New Flyer C40LF units.

For about two to three years, PTC also had hydrogen fuel cell stations as part of the fuel cell-powered bus pilot project using three New Flyer F40LF units in 1998–2000.

This yard is primarily responsible for running routes in Belcarra, Anmore, Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, and Maple Ridge, with some routes in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, and Mission. It is also responsible for Community Shuttle operations in the Northeast Sector, with some routes in Burnaby and New Westminster.

In June 1991, PTC also became the first yard to maintain articulated buses following the delivery of the New Flyer D60 units.

In January 2009, PTC was used as an impromptu landing pad for a medevac operation due to a traffic accident nearby.

PTC was the home base for the IC Bus AC Series Community Shuttle units when they were active from 2013–2016. They were the subject of various mechanical problems during their time in service. The most apparent problem was exhaust fumes making their way into the interior of the buses, making bus operators ill. The problem was first apparent in May 2013. Many of these units were quickly withdrawn from service and older GMC shuttles were transferred in from various operations to replace them. Some were also pulled from storage at OTC. All IC shuttles were completely withdrawn from service by October 14, 2016, and completely replaced by a fleet of Girardin G5 buses.

Several C40LFR units in December 2016 suffered from cracked front axle beams resulting from a manufacturing defect during a period of heavy snowfall. This prompted all other garages to send in a contingency fleet for the time being. New Flyer later issued a recall for 1098 Low Floor buses from model years 2005–2007 which may have defective front axle beams.

In November 2019, during the Coast Mountain Bus Company workers strike, Port Coquitlam Transit Centre suffered fleet shortages due to the maintenance workers' overtime ban, C40LFR refurbishments, and the ongoing upgrades for three of the six maintenance bays. As a result, numerous XN40s were transferred from Hamilton Transit Centre and Surrey Transit Centre, as well as some XDE60s from Burnaby Transit Centre, to help fill the service void.

Routes

Conventional:

• R3 Lougheed Hwy RapidBus
• 143 Burquitlam Station/SFU
• 145 Production Station/SFU
• 150 White Pine Beach/Coquitlam Central Station
• 151 Coquitlam Central Station/Burquitlam Station
• 152 Coquitlam Central Station/Lougheed Station
• 153 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station (Weekdays only)
• 156 Braid Station/Lougheed Station
• 157 Burquitlam Station/Lougheed Station (Peak hours only)
• 159 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station
• 160 Port Coquitlam Station/Kootenay Loop
• 169 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station (Weekends only)
• 179 Coquitlam Central Station/Buntzen Lake
• 180 Moody Centre Station/Lougheed Station (Peak hours only)
• 183 Coquitlam Central Station/Moody Centre Station (Weekdays only)
• 188 Port Coquitlam Station/Coquitlam Central Station
• 189 Lafarge Park/Coquitlam Central Station (Peak hours only)
• 191 Coquitlam Central Station/Princeton
• 701 Coquitlam Central Station/Maple Ridge East
• 791 Haney Place/Braid Station
• N9 Coquitlam Central Station/Downtown NightBus

Community Shuttle:

• 109 New Westminster Station/Lougheed Station
• 134 Lake City Station/Brentwood Station (Weekends/holidays only)
• 136 Lougheed Station/Brentwood Station (Weekends/holidays only)
• 153 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station (Weekends/holidays only)
• 157 Burquitlam Station/Lougheed Station
• 169 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station (Weekdays only)
• 170 Port Coquitlam Station/Port Coquitlam South
• 171 Fremont/Coquitlam Central Station
• 172 Riverside/Coquitlam Central Station
• 173 Cedar/Coquitlam Central Station
• 174 Rocklin/Coquitlam Central Station
• 175 Meridian/Coquitlam Central Station
• 180 Moody Centre Station/Lougheed Station
• 181 Moody Centre Station/Ioco
• 182 Belcarra/Moody Centre Station
• 183 Coquitlam Central Station/Moody Centre Station (Weekends/holidays and select weekday trips)
• 184 Moody Centre Station/Noons Creek
• 185 Coquitlam Central Station/Lansdowne
• 186 Coquitlam Central Station/Hampton Park
• 187 Coquitlam Central Station/Parkway Boulevard
• 189 Lafarge Park/Coquitlam Central Station
• 719 Meadowtown/Fraser Way
• 722 Meadowtown//Bonson
• 733 Rock Ridge/Haney Place
• 741 Anderson Creek/Haney Place
• 743 Haney Place/Meadowtown/South Haney
• 744 Haney Place/Meadowtown
• 745 Cottonwood/Haney Place
• 746 Albion/Haney Place
• 748 Thornhill/Haney Place
• 749 Ruskin/Haney Place

Fleet

Conventional

Fleet Number Range	Manufacturer	Model Name	Total
3309–3358	NFI	C40LFR	50
8103–8115, 8117	NFI	D60LFR	14
14001–14045, 16048–16051	NFI	XN40	49
18038–18046, 18049, 18054, 18055, 18063	NFI	XDE60	13

Community Shuttle

Fleet Number Range	Manufacturer	Model Name	Total
16501–16504, 16506, 16507, 16509, 16510, 16513–16525, 16527–16538, 16540–16542, 16544–16550, 16552, 16553, 16555–16562, 17506–17513, 18517–18527, 19551, 19552	Chevrolet/Girardin	G4500/G5	73
21501–21509	Chevrolet/ARBOC	G4500/SOF 27	9

PTC has 99 CNGs, 13 hybrids and 14 diesel vehicles amounting to a total of 127 conventional units; this is in addition to 82 Community Shuttle vehicles as of July 17th, 2021.

References

• CMBC Bus Fleet, coastmountainbus.com, retrieved 30-10-2009
• Vancouver Transit Natural Gas Bus System, taylornoonan.com, retrieved 30-10-2009
• Medivac helicopter lands at PCTC, buzzer.translink.ca, retrieved 30-10-2009
• Fleet Allocation as of January 22, 2010, taylornoonan.com, retrieved 21-02-2010

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