Coast Mountain Bus Company route 135 'SFU / Burrard Stn'
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Service Area | Burnaby Vancouver | |
Termini | Simon Fraser University Burrard Station | |
Operations | Burnaby Transit Centre Port Coquitlam Transit Centre (select AM peak hour trips) | |
Vehicles | NFI C40LFR * NFI D60LF NFI D60LFR * NFI DE60LFR NFI XDE60 NFI XN40 * Nova Bus LFS ** | |
Branches | 135 SFU 135 Burrard Station 135 To Willingdon (select PM peak hour trips) 135 To Duthie and Hastings ** | |
* on select AM peak hour trips |
135 SFU/Burrard Station was a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
The 135 provided limited stop service (express service) seven days a week, 15 minutes or better, 15 hours a day or more as an east-west Frequent Transit Network (FTN) route. It provided service between Downtown Vancouver and Simon Fraser University atop Burnaby Mountain.
The route exited SFU Exchange by South Campus Road and heads north along Gaglardi, west along University Drive West onto the Burnaby Mountain Parkway to reach Hastings Street. It traveled west on Hastings Street and takes Howe and West Georgia to arrive on Burrard Street at its Downtown terminus.
Eastbound trips traveled down Burrard back onto Hastings Street. It used Burnaby Mountain Parkway to access Gaglardi, University Drive East and then East Campus Road to terminate at SFU Exchange.
Route Stops
Local service between SFU Exchange and Hastings at Windermere
- Hastings at Renfrew
- Nanaimo
- Commercial
- Main
- Abbott
- Homer
- Hastings at Granville
- Howe at Pender
- Burrard Station
Points of Interest
- Simon Fraser University Exchange (Bay 2)
- Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area
- Kensington Park
- Pacific National Exhibition/Hastings Park
- Hastings Community Park
- Kootenay Loop (Bays 7 & 8)
- Chinatown
- Victoria Square
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Hotel Vancouver
- Burrard Station (Bay 6)
History
- July 1961 - Service introduced as 35 Westridge, connecting Kootenay Loop to Pandora at Inlet[1]
- September 1965 - Service extended up Burnaby Mountain during peak hours to coincide with the opening of Simon Fraser University[2]
- October 1984 - Service rebranded from 35 Westridge–SFU to 135 SFU/To Duthie/Kootenay Loop[3]
- March 1986 - Late night service re-routed from Kootenay Loop to Hastings, Inlet, Ridge, Duthie, Curtis. Sperling, Hastings and back to Kootenay Loop [4]
- October 1990 - Accessible service introduced[5]
- April 1997 - Route extended to Stanley Park, with express service between Hastings & Main and PNE Park and Ride. Local service provided by 35 SFU/Stanley Park running during evenings and on Sundays/holidays[6][7]
- (Westbound) via: East Campus Rd, South Campus Rd, Gaglardi Way, University Drive, Burnaby Mountain Parkway, Hastings, Duthie, Ridge, Inlet, Hastings, Richards, Pender, Georgia, Chilco to Stanley Park Loop
- (Eastbound) via: Chilco, Georgia, Pender, Seymour, Hastings, Inlet, Ridge, Duthie, Hastings, Burnaby Mountain Parkway, Gaglardi Way, University Drive, East Campus Rd
- December 1997 - Due to traffic delays on Pender Street between Burrard and Seymour, routing revised to operate via Burrard and Hastings in both directions[8]
- September 1998 - Articulated buses introduced. The introduction of articulated buses also replaces portions of the 285 SFU/Capilano College[9]
- September 1999 - Stop procedures in express portion in Vancouver revised to allow for pick-up and drop-off in both directions. Service replaces the 35 on Sundays/holidays during the daytime[10]
- November 1999 - Route became equipped with bike racks[11]
- December 1999 - Downtown routing diverted via Burrard Street, AM peak via: Hastings, Burrard to Dunsmuir and PM peak via: Pender, Burrard, Hastings
- June 2002 - Western terminus moved to current Stanley Park loop due to closure of Chilco Loop[12]
- September 2002 - Service through Westridge discontinued and evening service introduced to replace the 35[13]
- September 2003 - Western terminus revised to Burrard Station for all trips. Service to Stanley Park discontinued. Westbound routing revised to go via Hastings, Howe, Georgia, Burrard[14]
- December 2016 - Route replaced by the 95 SFU/Burrard Station B-Line [15]
References
- ↑ The Buzzer July 14, 1961 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer August 27, 1965 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer October 12, 1984 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 04-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer February 28, 1986 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 13-11-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer September 21, 1990 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 27-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer March 7, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer April 4, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer November 28, 1997 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 03-05-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer August 21, 1998 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 09-10-2014
- ↑ The Buzzer August 20, 1999 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 05-09-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer October 29 1999 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 19-11-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer June 14, 2002 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 06-01-2017
- ↑ New Routes translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 06-05-2020
- ↑ September 2003 service changes Web Archive, retrieved 27-01-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer Blog November 29, 2016 translink.ca retrieved 12-12-2016