Coast Mountain Bus Company route 157 'Burquitlam Station / Lougheed Station'
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Service Area | Coquitlam Burnaby | |
Termini | Burquitlam Station Lougheed Station | |
Operations | Port Coquitlam Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | Girardin G5 NFI C40LFR (peak hours only) NFI XN40 (peak hours only) | |
Branches | 157 Burquitlam Station 157 Lougheed Station |
157 Burquitlam Station/Lougheed Station is a Community Shuttle route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This a circular route that connects Lougheed and Burquitlam stations to the Poirier Recreation Centre. Service is provided half hourly 7 days a week.
The route departs Lougheed Town Centre Station by Gatineau Place onto North Road southbound to take the Lougheed Highway east. From Lougheed the route exits onto Brunette Avenue taking Lebleu Street, Alderson Avenue east to Marmont, Rochester eastbound, Schoolhouse Street and then Winslow Avenue to Poirier Street and the Poirier Recreation Centre. From there, it takes a left onto Foster Avenue, right onto Blue Mountain Street, left onto Cottonwood Avenue, left onto Robinson Street, right onto Foster Avenue and again onto North and Clarke Roads to access Burquitlam Station.
Clockwise trips depart Burquitlam Station onto Clarke Road, left onto Como Lake Avenue and again onto Farrow Street. It takes a left onto Smith Avenue and a right onto Clarke Road where it imitates the counter-clockwise routing.
Points of Interest
- Lougheed Mall Shopping Centre
- Lougheed Town Centre Station (Bay 5)
- Cariboo Shopping Centre
- Maillard Middle School
- Rochester Park
- Poirier Sport and Leisure Complex
- Poirier Community Centre
- Poirier Forum
- Centennial Secondary School
- Dogwood Pavilion
- Como Lake Middle School
- Coquitlam Public Library Poirier Branch
- Burquitlam Station (Bay 2)
History
- September 2002 - Service introduced as 157 Coquitlam Rec Centre/Lougheed Station to cover discontinued sections of 151 Coquitlam Station/Vancouver and 155 Coquitlam Rec Centre/22nd Street Station
- December 2012 - Weekend/holiday trips revised to run Community Shuttles[1]
- December 2016 - Extended to Burquitlam Station via Foster Avenue and Cottonwood Avenue to connect with SkyTrain[2]; all off-peak trips converted to Community Shuttles
References
- ↑ The Buzzer December 7, 2012 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 12-06-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer Blog December 7, 2016 translink.ca retrieved 12-12-2016