View source for Coast Mountain Bus Company route 106 'New Westminster Station / Edmonds Station'

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|'''Service Area'''
|New Westminster<br>Burnaby
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|'''Termini'''
|[[TransLink SkyTrain New Westminster Station|New Westminster Station]]<br>[[TransLink SkyTrain Edmonds Station|Edmonds Station]]
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|'''Operations'''
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company Hamilton Transit Centre|Hamilton Transit Centre]]
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|'''Vehicles'''
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries XN40|XN40]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<br>[[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS HEV|LFS HEV]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]
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|'''Branches'''
|106 New West Station<br>106 Edmonds Station
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'''106 New Westminster Station/Edmonds Station''' [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]] is a bus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

==Route Details==
This is an east-west route connecting New Westminster Station and Edmonds Station in Burnaby running primarily on 6th Street. It is a Frequent Transit Network route with service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more of the day, seven days a week.

Eastbound trips depart Edmonds Station heading east on 18th Avenue, north on Griffiths Drive, east on Edmonds Street continuing south on 6th Street, and west on Columbia Street to New Westminster Station.

Westbound trips depart New Westminster Station heading east on Carnarvon Street, south on 8th Street, east on Columbia Street, north on 6th Street continuing west on Edmonds Street, south on Griffiths Drive, and west on 18th Avenue to Edmonds Station.

===Points of Interest===
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Edmonds Station|Edmonds Station]] (Bay 4)
* Eastburn Park
* Mercer Stadium
* Moody Park Arena
* Royal City Centre
* Westminster Mall
* New Westminster City Hall
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain New Westminster Station|New Westminster Station]] (Bay 7)
* New Westminster Quay Public Market
* Douglas College

==History==
* Mid-1950s - Service operated as '''W2 6th Street''' running between Kingsway & Edmonds and Columbia & 8th Street
* Late 1950s - Service combined with the '''82 Burnaby–Stride''' and renumbered and renamed to '''82 6th Street–Stride–Kingsway''', running between Larwill Depot and New Westminster at Columbia & 8th Street
* Early 1960s - Service renumbered to '''54 Sixth Street–56 Stride–Kingsway'''
* Mid-1960s - Service revised to run between Fraser Mills and Edmonds Loop as the '''96 Sixth Street'''; reverse direction ran as '''97 Brunette'''
* July 1976 - Frequency increased to replace portions of the '''52 Nelson''' and '''53 Kingsway''' and service extended to Downtown Vancouver, providing direct service for 6th Street passengers to Downtown Vancouver
* January 1980 - Pender–Keefer Diversion closure: routing revised in Chinatown to take Pender Street and Keefer Street in both directions following changes to make Pender and Keefer two-way streets<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1980s/1980/Buzzer_1980_01_11.pdf The Buzzer January 11, 1980 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020</ref>
* April 1981 - Chinatown routing revised to take Pender Street in both directions<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1980s/1981/Buzzer_1981_04_03.pdf The Buzzer April 3, 1981 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020</ref>
* October 1984 - Route renumbered from '''96 Sixth Street''' to '''106 Sixth Street/Vancouver/Joyce Loop'''<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1980s/1984/Buzzer_1984_10_12.pdf The Buzzer October 12, 1984 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 28-01-2017</ref>
* January 1986 - Eastern terminus moved to New Westminster Station and operated as '''106 New Westminster Station/Vancouver'''<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1980s/1985/Buzzer_1985_12_20.pdf The Buzzer December 20, 1985 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 17-01-2017</ref>
* March 1986 - Service shortened to operate between New Westminster and Edmonds stations. Service west of Edmonds Station along Kingsway replaced by the '''107 Edmonds Station/Metrotown Station'''. On Sundays/holidays, service extended to Vancouver via Metrotown, bypassing Edmonds Station<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1980s/1986/buzzer_1986_02_28.pdf The Buzzer February 28, 1986 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 16-12-2017</ref>
* May 1986 - Western terminus moved from Edmonds Station to Metrotown Station, replacing route '''107 New Westminster Station/Metrotown Station''' to eliminate the need for a transfer at Edmonds Station<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1980s/1986/buzzer_1986_05_23.pdf The Buzzer May 23, 1986 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 24-09-2015</ref>
* October 1990 - Accessible service introduced<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1990s/1990/Buzzer_1990_09_21.pdf The Buzzer September 21, 1990 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 27-04-2020</ref>
* September 2001 - Metrotown Station reconstruction: terminus temporarily revised to Patterson Station<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2000s/2001/Buzzer_2001_09_14.pdf The Buzzer September 14, 2001 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 04-05-2020</ref>
* October 2001 - Funding shortfall forces cancellation of Suburban Owl (NightBus) services after 1:40 AM<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/about_translink/media/2001/oct01/servicecuts.pdf Service Cuts for Oct 15, 2001 Listed by Route], translink.ca, retrieved 19-10-2009</ref>
* November 2001 - Metrotown Station reopens; service to Patterson Station discontinued<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2000s/2001/Buzzer_2001_11_12.pdf The Buzzer November 12, 2001 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 04-05-2020</ref>
* September 2002 - All trips revised to go via 6th Street in New Westminster instead of on Owl trips only. Service on Agnes, Elliot, Carnarvon, 4th Street and Columbia Street between 4th and 6th streets discontinued<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020814043101/http://www.translink.bc.ca/New_Services/New_Bus_Routes.asp New Routes] translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 22-03-2021</ref>
* September 2007 - Service improved to 7-8 minutes westbound in the morning peak and eastbound for afternoon peak<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2000s/2007/Buzzer_2007_08_24.ashx The Buzzer September 2007 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 19-10-2009</ref>
* June 2008 - Route joins the Frequent Transit Network<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2000s/2008/Buzzer_2008_06_20.pdf The Buzzer June 20 2008 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 12-01-2017</ref>
* February 1–28, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Introduction of additional late-night trips to connect with extended late-night SkyTrain service<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100123043919/http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Service-Improvements.aspx February Bus Re-Routes And Additional Olympic Transit Services] translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 22-03-2021</ref>
* September 2016 - Route operations moved from [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Burnaby Transit Centre|Burnaby Transit Centre]] to [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Hamilton Transit Centre|Hamilton Transit Centre]] as part of a mass re-organization involving closure of [[Coast Mountain Bus Company North Vancouver Transit Centre|North Vancouver Transit Centre]] and the transfer of all its operations to [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Burnaby Transit Centre|Burnaby Transit Centre]]
* December 2017 - Portion between Metrotown and Edmonds stations replaced by the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 119 'Metrotown Station / Edmonds Station'|119 Metrotown Station/Edmonds Station]] to improve service reliability<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2010s/2017/buzzer_2017_12_15.pdf The Buzzer December 15, 2017 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 15-12-2017</ref>. Western terminus moved to Edmonds Station

==References==
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{{Coast Mountain Bus Company}}
[[Category:Coast Mountain Bus Company routes|106]]