Coast Mountain Bus Company Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
Coast Mountain Bus Company's Port Coquitlam Transit Centre is located at 2061 Kingsway Avenue and opened in August 1978[1]. Nicknamed "PTC", "PCT", or "PCTC" by locals. Prior to the opening of Hamilton Transit Centre and upgrade of Surrey Transit Centre to allow CNG fueling, it was the only facility in Metro Vancouver capable of servicing CNG vehicles.
In June 1991, Port Coquitlam became the first transit centre in the history of Metro Vancouver transit to operate and store articulated buses, or "SuperBuses".[2]
In January 2009, the centre was pressed into service as an impromptu landing pad for a medevac operation due to a traffic accident nearby.
It is responsible for running routes in Anmore, Belcarra, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, Mission, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Port Moody, as well as parts of Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver.
Routes
Conventional:
- R3 Lougheed Hwy RapidBus
- 143 Burquitlam Station/SFU
- 145 Production Station/SFU (Weekdays only)
- 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
- 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 and Holidays only)
- 136 Lougheed Station/Brentwood Station (Weekends and Holidays only)
- 153 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station (Weekends and 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 (Select trips only)
- 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
The former Community Shuttle fleet at PCTC, specifically those of the IC Bus variety, was the subject of mechanical problems over the past years they have been in service. As of October 14, 2016, there are no shuttle buses of the IC variety in service. [3] The problem was first apparent in May 2013. To compensate for this problem, older GMC shuttles have been transferred in from various operations. Some were also pulled from storage at OTC.
All of the replacements, manufactured by Girardin, have been placed in service.
Fleet Number Range | Manufacturer | Model Name | Total |
---|---|---|---|
3309–3358 | NFI | C40LFR | 50 |
8102–8117 | NFI | D60LFR | 16 |
14001–14045 | NFI | XN40 | 45 |
16501–16511, 16513-16562, 17506–17514, 18517–18527 |
Chevrolet/Girardin | G4500/G5 | 81 |
18038–18046, 18049, 18051, 18054–18055 |
NFI | XDE60 | 13 |
PTC has 95 CNGs, 13 hybrids and 16 diesel vehicles amounting to a total of 124 conventional units; this is in addition to 81 Community Shuttle vehicles as of July 6th, 2020.
Temporary fleet
In December 2016, several C40LFR units 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.[4]
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. [5]
References
- ↑ The Buzzer August 18, 1978, translink.ca, retrieved 05-10-2014
- ↑ The Buzzer June 21, 1991 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 15-11-2017
- ↑ Bus Drivers sick from exhaust fumes from Navistar Shuttles, cbc.ca, retrieved 15-09-2015
- ↑ https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/detail.aspx?lang=eng&mk=5680&md=0&fy=0&ty=9999&ft=&ls=0&sy=0&rn=2017105&cf=SearchResult&pg=0
- ↑ https://www.tricitynews.com/news/port-coquitlam-bus-riders-could-be-hit-hard-by-transit-strike-1.23998787
- 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