Coast Mountain Bus Company route 116 'Edmonds Stn / Metrotown Stn'
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Service Area | Burnaby | |
Termini | Edmonds Station Metrotown Station | |
Operations | Hamilton Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI D40LF NFI XN40 Nova Bus LFS HEV ElDorado National Aerotech (weekends/holidays) Girardin G5 (weekends/holidays) | |
Branches | 116 Edmonds Station 116 Metrotown Station |
116 Edmonds Station/Metrotown Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This east-west route services residential and industrial neighbourhoods in southern Burnaby. It is a SkyTrain feeder route.
The route departs Metrotown Station by heading east on Central Boulevard taking Imperial Street westbound, Sussex Avenue south, Portland Street, Patterson Avenue, Marine Drive to Roseberry Avenue, Marine Way heading westbound, Boundary Road south onto North Fraser Way, west on marine Way, east on Byrne Road becoming Southridge Drive, Griffiths Drive and finally 18th Avenue to Edmonds Station.
Westbound trips exit Marine Way by Greenall Avenue northbound, Keith Street east onto Roseberry and then west along Marine Drive to take Joffre Avenue north followed by Rumble Street eastbound onto Sussex Avenue, west on Imperial, north on Willingdon Avenue and east on Central Boulevard to Metrotown Station.
Points of Interest
- Metropolis at Metrotown
- Metrotown Station (Bay 12)
- Bonsor Park and Community Centre
- Ocean View Cemetary (Westbound)
- Kaymar Ravine Park
- Edmonds Station (Bay 6)
History
- March 1986 - Service introduced as 116 Suncrest/Metrotown Station, connecting Metrotown Station with the Suncrest community and replaced portions of the 130 Suncrest/Kootenay Loop south of Metrotown[1]
- October 2001 - Service after 10:00 PM eliminated and weekend service reduced due to budget shortfall[2]
- December 2005 - Extended to Edmonds Station and the daily service of North Fraser Industrial Park area, partial portion of route taken over by Community Shuttle C6 Metrotown Station/Suncrest[3]
- April 2011 - Weekend and holiday service revised to operate with Community Shuttles[4]
- December 2014 - Service along Byrne Road between North Fraser Way and Marine Way discontinued and extended further south along North Fraser Way and Marine Way to better serve the Big Bend industrial area[5][6]
- September 2016 - Route operations moved from Burnaby Transit Centre 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
- September 2017 - Metrotown Station renovations: Metrotown Station terminus moved from Bay 5 inside the bus loop to Bay 12 along Central Boulevard
References
- ↑ The Buzzer February 28, 1986 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 24-09-2015
- ↑ Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number, translink.ca, retrieved 02-07-2018
- ↑ TransLink launches three new Community Shuttle minibus routes in South Burnaby, translink.ca, retrieved 03-10-2009
- ↑ The Buzzer April 1, 2011 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 11-10-2014
- ↑ The Buzzer December 5, 2014 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 2-2-2018
- ↑ 116 Edmonds Station/Metrotown Station Customer Information Notice translink.ca, retrieved 2-2-2018