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This is a north-south route connecting Downtown Vancouver and the Upper Lynn Valley in North Vancouver via the Second Narrows Crossing. Service runs daily during the evenings only. The 209 replaces the daytime [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Mountain Highway Express'|210 Mountain Highway Express]] service and the eastern portions of the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4 Powell/UBC]].
This is a north-south route connecting Downtown Vancouver and the Upper Lynn Valley in North Vancouver via the Second Narrows Crossing. Service runs daily during the evenings only. The 209 replaces the daytime [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Mountain Highway Express'|210 Mountain Highway Express]] service and the eastern portions of the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4 Powell/UBC]].


Northbound trips depart from Burrard Station at Dunsmuir Street & Burrard Street heading west along Dunsmuir, north onto Thurlow Street, and then east on W. Pender Street, north on Homer Street, and east onto E. Cordova Street. Trips continue along Cordova becoming Powell Street to Dundas Street, north on N. Nanaimo Street becoming McGill Street and then Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing by on-ramp and then Main Street off-ramp to Phibbs Exchange in North Vancouver. Trips continue from Phibbs Exchange heading west on Main Street, north along Mountain Highway, then west on E. Keith Road and back onto Mountain Highway heading north all the way to McNair Drive becoming Hoskins Road, east on Dempsey Road and then north on Underwood Avenue to Underwood Avenue & Evelyn Street where it terminates.
Northbound trips depart from Burrard Station at Dunsmuir Street & Burrard Street heading west along Dunsmuir Street, north onto Thurlow Street, and then east on W. Pender Street, north on Homer Street, and east onto E. Cordova Street. Trips continue along E. Cordova Street becoming Powell Street to Dundas Street, north on N. Nanaimo Street becoming McGill Street and then Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing by on-ramp and then Main Street off-ramp to Main Street heading west, then north on Orwell Street to Phibbs Exchange in North Vancouver. Trips continue from Phibbs Exchange heading north on Orwell Street, west on Oxford Street, north along Mountain Highway, then west on E. Keith Road and back onto Mountain Highway heading north all the way to McNair Drive becoming Hoskins Road, east on Dempsey Road and then north on Underwood Avenue to Underwood Avenue & Evelyn Street where it terminates.


Southbound trips depart Underwood Avenue & Evelyn Street by heading north on Underwood Avenue, west on Coleman Street, north on Hoskins Road becoming McNair Drive, then south on Mountain Highway, east on E. Keith Road, south on Mountain Highway, east on Oxford Street, and north on Orwell Street to Phibbs Exchange. Continuing from Phibbs Exchange, the route uses the bus access road onto Highway 1 where it crosses the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge, taking the McGill Street exit heading west on McGill, becoming N. Nanaimo Street, then west on Dundas Street becoming Powell Street, then south on Main Street, west on E. Pender Street, south on Howe Street, west on Dunsmuir Street to Burrard Station.
Southbound trips depart Underwood Avenue & Evelyn Street by heading north on Underwood Avenue, west on Coleman Street, north on Hoskins Road becoming McNair Drive, then south on Mountain Highway, east on E. Keith Road, south on Mountain Highway, and east on Oxford Street to Phibbs Exchange. Continuing from Phibbs Exchange, the route uses the bus access road onto Highway 1 where it crosses the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge, taking the McGill Street exit heading west on McGill Street, becoming N. Nanaimo Street, then west on Dundas Street becoming Powell Street, then south on Main Street, west on E. Pender Street, south on Howe Street, west on Dunsmuir Street to Burrard Station.


Select late-night southbound trips terminate at Phibbs Exchange.  
Select late-night southbound trips terminate at Phibbs Exchange.  
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|align="center"|[[File:TransLink Buses bullet-b.png|20px|link=]] '''209 Stopping Procedures''' 
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|Pick-up and drop-off service at all stops. For trips towards Burrard Station, drop-off only from W. Pender Street & Hamilton Street to Burrard Station.
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|Underwood Avenue & Evelyn Street
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|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Mountain Highway Express'|210]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 228 'Lynn Valley / Lonsdale Quay'|228]]
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| colspan=4|[[File:TransLink Buses bullet-a.png|20px|link=]] Local service between Underwood Avenue & Evelyn Street and W. Pender Street & Abbott Street
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|W. Pender Street & Hamilton Street
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|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 5 'Robson / Downtown'|5]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 19 'Metrotown Stn / Stanley Park'|19]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 22 'Knight / Downtown'|22]]<br><span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N15 'Cambie / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N15</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N19 'Surrey Central Station / New Westminster / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N19</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N24 'Lynn Valley / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N24</font>]]</span>
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|W. Pender Street & Richards Street
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|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 5 'Robson / Downtown'|5]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 10 'Granville / Downtown'|10]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 14 'Hastings / Downtown / UBC'|14]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 17 'Oak / Downtown'|17]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 19 'Metrotown Stn / Stanley Park'|19]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 20 'Victoria / Downtown'|20]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 22 'Knight / Downtown'|22]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Mountain Highway Express'|210]]<br>[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 211 'Seymour / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|211]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 214 'Blueridge / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|<font color=#426e94>214</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N15 'Cambie / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N15</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N19 'Surrey Central Station / New Westminster / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N19</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N24 'Lynn Valley / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N24</font>]]</span>
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|W. Pender Street & Granville Street
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|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 5 'Robson / Downtown'|5]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 10 'Granville / Downtown'|10]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 14 'Hastings / Downtown / UBC'|14]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 16 '29th Avenue Stn / Arbutus'|16]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 17 'Oak / Downtown'|17]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 19 'Metrotown Stn / Stanley Park'|19]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 20 'Victoria / Downtown'|20]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 22 'Knight / Downtown'|22]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 44 'UBC / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>44</font>]]</span><br>[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 50 'Waterfront Stn / False Creek South'|50]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Mountain Highway Express'|210]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 211 'Seymour / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|211]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 214 'Blueridge / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|<font color=#426e94>214</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N19 'Surrey Central Station / New Westminster / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N19</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N24 'Lynn Valley / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N24</font>]]</span>
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|Howe Street & W. Pender Street
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|<span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|<font color=#426e94>4</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|<font color=#426e94>7</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 10 'Granville / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>10</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 14 'Hastings / Downtown / UBC'|<font color=#426e94>14</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 16 '29th Avenue Stn / Arbutus'|<font color=#426e94>16</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 50 'Waterfront Stn / False Creek South'|<font color=#426e94>50</font>]]</span><br><span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N15 'Cambie / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N15</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N19 'Surrey Central Station / New Westminster / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N19</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N20 'Victoria / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N20</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N24 'Lynn Valley / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N24</font>]]</span>
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|[[TransLink SkyTrain Burrard Station|Burrard Station]]<br><small>(Bay 2)</small><br>[[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|20px|R5 Hastings St]]
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|<span style="background-color:#008327; border:0.1em solid #008327; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|<font color=white>R5</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 2 'Macdonald / Downtown'|2]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 5 'Robson / Downtown'|5]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 22 'Knight / Downtown'|22]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 44 'UBC / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>44</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Mountain Highway Express'|210]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 211 'Seymour / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|211]]<br><span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 214 'Blueridge / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|<font color=#426e94>214</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 240 'Lynn Valley / Downtown'|240]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 241 'Upper Lonsdale / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>241</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 246 'Highland / Downtown'|246]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 247 'Grouse Mountain / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>247</font>]]</span> [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 250 'Horseshoe Bay / Dundarave / Vancouver'|250]]<br>[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 250 'Horseshoe Bay / Dundarave / Vancouver'|250A]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 253 'Caulfeild / Vancouver / Park Royal'|<font color=#426e94>253</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 254 'British Properties / Park Royal / Vancouver'|<font color=#426e94>254</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 257 'Horseshoe Bay / Vancouver'|257]] <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N24 'Lynn Valley / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N24</font>]]</span>
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===Points of Interest===
===Points of Interest===
Line 90: Line 44:
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Granville Station|Granville Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Granville Station|Granville Station]]
* Queen Elizabeth Theatre
* Queen Elizabeth Theatre
* Little Tokyo
* Japantown パウエル街
* Chinatown 溫哥華唐人街/華埠
* Oppenheimer Park
* Oppenheimer Park
* Pacific Coliseum
* Pacific Coliseum
* New Brighton Park
* New Brighton Park
* [[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R2 'Marine Dr RapidBus'|20px|R2 Marine Dr]] [[Translink Phibbs Exchange|Phibbs Exchange]] (Bay 4 – Upper Lynn Valley) (Bay 6 – Burrard Station)  
* [[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R2 'Marine Dr RapidBus'|20px|R2 Marine Dr]] [[Translink Phibbs Exchange|Phibbs Exchange]] (Bay 4 – Upper Lynn Valley) (Bay 7 – Burrard Station)  
* Seylynn Park
* Seylynn Park
* Bridgman Park
* Bridgman Park
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* April 2022 - Service renamed from '''209 Upper Lynn Valley/Burrard Station''' to '''209 Mountain Highway'''
* April 2022 - Service renamed from '''209 Upper Lynn Valley/Burrard Station''' to '''209 Mountain Highway'''
* July 24, 2023 - Phibbs Exchange upgrades: Terminus moved onto street-side exchange on Orwell Street. Northbound routing revised to continue on Main Street instead of using Oxford Street
* July 24, 2023 - Phibbs Exchange upgrades: Terminus moved onto street-side exchange on Orwell Street. Northbound routing revised to continue on Main Street instead of using Oxford Street
* January 15, 2024 - Phibbs Exchange upgrades: Terminus moved from Orwell Street to inside Phibbs Exchange following the partial completion of the new loop
* May 6, 2024 - Completion of Phibbs Exchange upgrades. Stop relocated inside the new loop


===4 Upper Lynn Valley/Downtown===
===4 Upper Lynn Valley/Downtown===
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