Coast Mountain Bus Company route 110 'Lougheed Stn / Metrotown Stn'
110 Lougheed Station/Metrotown Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is an east-west route that provides feeder service for the Expo Line and Millenium Line SkyTrain systems.
The route departs Metrotown Station taking Central Boulevard to Bonsor Avenue, Bennett Street, Nelson Avenue northbound to Bond Street eastbound and then north along Willingdon until Deer Lake Parkway. The route follows Deer Lake eastbound to take Royal Oak Avenue north onto Gilpin Street and then Deer Lake Place becoming Norland Avenue. From Norland the route takes Sprott Street eastbound, Kensington Avenue north, Kensington off-ramp onto Sperling Avenue to Sperling SkyTrain Station. It departs Sperling Station by Winston Street, north along Phillips Avenue to Government Road, north along Brighton Avenue becoming Production Way where Brighton meets Lougheed Highway, Eastlake Drive to Beaverbrook Crescent, Beaverbrook Drive, Cameron Street, southbound along North Road to Government Place, Gatineau Place and Lougheed SkyTrain Station.
Westbound trips depart Sperling SkyTrain Station by Sperling northbound onto Kensington Avenue heading south.
In the mornings Monday to Friday when school is in session, one trip operates as 110 City Hall connecting Metrotown Station to Burnaby City Hall and the adjacent Burnaby Central Secondary School. In the afternoons, one trip operates as 110 To Sperling operating from Lougheed Station to Burnaby Mountain Secondary School connecting to Production and Sperling Stations. Routing for both special short turn trips does not change from the regular 110 routing.
Points of Interest
- Metropolis at Metrotown/Metrotown Shopping Centre
- Metrotown Station (Bay 8)
- Bonsor Park and Community Centre
- Forest Glen Park
- Moscrop Secondary School
- Burnaby City Hall
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- CG Brown Memorial Pool
- Bill Copeland Sports Centre
- Sperling-Burnaby Lake SkyTrain Station (Bay 3)
- Production Way-University SkyTrain Station (Bay 2 - Westbound) (Bay 3 - Eastbound)
- Burnaby Mountain Secondary School
- Lougheed Mall Shopping Centre
- Coquitlam College
- Cariboo Shopping Centre
- Lougheed SkyTrain Station (Bay 5)
History
- March 1986 - Route introduced and operated as 110 Municipal Hall/Metrotown Station, a clockwise loop service connecting to Burnaby City Hall (from Metrotown Station via Central Blvd., Beresford, Patterson, Moscrop, Gilpin, to Burnaby Municipal Hall. Then via Canada Way, Burris, Grange, Oakland, Nelson, Kingsway, McKay, to Metrotown Station), with 111 Municipal Hall/Metrotown Station operating the counterclockwise loop[1]
- September 1987 - Loop service revised after introduction of 144 SFU/Metrotown Station and cancellation of 111 Municipal Hall/Metrotown Station[2]
- September 1989 - Route revised to 110 Lougheed Mall/Metrotown Station and extended to Lougheed Mall from Burnaby City Hall via Norland, Sprott, Kensington, Broadway, Bainbridge, Government, to Lougheed Mall to replace portions of the 133 Lougheed Mall/Kootenay Loop.[3]
- April 1997 - Reroute via : Central Blvd (Toward East), Bonsor Ave, Bennett St, Nelson Ave, Bond St, Willingdon Ave to Deer Lake Parkway (Old route Eastbound via: Central Blvd (Toward West), Willingdon Ave, Beresford St, Patterson Ave, Grange St, Barker Ave, Sardis St, Patterson Ave, Moscrop St (Toward East) and Deer Lake Parkway; Westbound via: Deer Lake Parkway, Moscrop St, Patterson Ave, Grange St, Patterson Ave, Central Blvd (Patterson Station), Wilson Ave, Kemp St, Willingdon Ave & Central Blvd, this sector replaced by the new route 129)
- 1997 - Eastbound route diverted via : Broadway, Bainbridge Ave, Lougheed Hwy, Sperling Ave to Winston St instead Bainbridge Ave to Winston St
- September 1998 - Accessible services introduced
- September 2002 - Rationalisation for the bus service after Millenium Line commenced, reroute via: Kensington Overpass, Sperling Ave, Sperling-Burnaby Lake Station, Winston Ave, Philips Ave, Government Rd, Brighton Ave (Production Way Station), Eastlake Dr, Braverbrook Dr, Cameron St, North Rd, Gatineau Plave to Lougheed Station (Replace part of route 134 from Eastlake to Lougheed Mall)
- September 2016 - Route operations moved to Hamilton Transit Centre as part of a mass re-organization involving closure of North Vancouver Transit Centre and the transfer of all its operations to Burnaby Transit Centre
Vehicles
- This route runs out of Hamilton Transit Centre. Buses normally servicing the route include Nova Bus LFS HEV , New Flyer Industries D40LF , ex-CNG New Flyer Industries C40LF , and New Flyer Industries XN40 buses.
References
- ↑ The Buzzer February 28, 1986 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 24-09-2015
- ↑ The Buzzer August, 28 1987 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 02-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer August 25, 1989 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 02-01-2017