Coast Mountain Bus Company route 103 'Quayside'
This article is about the discontinued one-way circular bus route in New Westminster between New Westminster Station and the Quayside, not to be confused with the similar 103 New Westminster Station/Quayside service.
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Service Area | New Westminster | |
Termini | Quayside Drive at Reliance Court New Westminster Station | |
Operations | Surrey Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | General Motors T6H-4523N | |
Branches | 103 Quayside |
103 Quayside was a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This was an east-west circular route connecting New Westminster Station and the nearby Westminster Quay area. Service ran daily every 30 minutes on weekdays and every hour on weekends.
Trips departed New Westminster Station heading north on McNeely Street, east on Carnarvon Street, south on Eighth Street, west on Columbia Street becoming Stewardson Way, south on Third Street becoming Quayside Drive and bending to the right upon approaching the McInnes Overpass. After crossing the overpass, the route went east on Carnarvon Street, south on Eighth Street, west on Columbia Street, and north on McNeely Street to New Westminster Station.
Points of Interest
- New Westminster Station (Bay 7)
- Columbia Square
- Renaissance Square
- New Westminster Quay
- Westminster Quay Public Market
- Douglas College
History
- September 1996 - Orion II models introduced to the route under BC Transit's short-lived CUB (CommUnity Bus) program[1]
- April 1999 - Orion II buses withdrawn and accessible service discontinued[2]
- October 2001 - Weekday and Saturday midday and all-day Sunday/holiday service and reduced to every hour due to funding shortfall and low ridership
- September 2002 - One morning and evening trip revised to route directly to/from the Westminster Quay market routing via Carnarvon Street and the McInnes Overpass, omitting most of the route[3]
- December 2002 - Due to the construction of a roundabout at Carnarvon Street & 10th Street, routing revised to go via McNeely Street, Carnarvon Street, 8th Street, Columbia Street to 10th Street instead of via Carnarvon Street south of McNeely Street when leaving New Westminster Station
- April 2003 - Service to Westminster Quay discontinued due to safety concerns at the Inn at the Quay. Service on 10th Street/Quayside Drive, under the McInnes Overpass, and in the Inn at the Quay and Westminster Quay Market area discontinued[4]
- September 2003 - Service discontinued as part of Community Shuttle service rollout in New Westminster. Portions of route now served by C3 Quayside/Fraserview and C4 Uptown/Quayside.
References
- ↑ The Buzzer September 6, 1996 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 12-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer April 1, 1999 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 03-05-2020
- ↑ Attention #103 Quayside Customers translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 03-03-2021
- ↑ Attention #103 Quayside Customers translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 03-03-2021