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'''257 Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver | '''257 Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver''' [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] is a bus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | ||
==Route Details== | ==Route Details== | ||
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===Route Stops=== | ===Route Stops=== | ||
====To Horseshoe Bay==== | ====To Horseshoe Bay==== | ||
* Georgia Street & Granville Street | * Georgia Street & Granville Street | ||
* Georgia Street & Burrard Street | * Georgia Street & Burrard Street | ||
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* [[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]] | * [[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]] | ||
* Marine Drive & 14th Street | * Marine Drive & 14th Street | ||
* 15th Street & Ottawa Avenue | * 15th Street & Ottawa Avenue | ||
====To Vancouver==== | ====To Vancouver==== | ||
* 15th Street & Ottawa Avenue | |||
* 15th Street & Ottawa Avenue | * Marine Drive & 14th Street | ||
* Marine Drive | * [[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]] | ||
* [[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]] | |||
* Georgia Street & Denman Street | * Georgia Street & Denman Street | ||
* Georgia Street & Burrard Street | * Georgia Street & Burrard Street | ||
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===Points of Interest=== | ===Points of Interest=== | ||
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Stadium – Chinatown Station|Stadium–Chinatown Station]] | |||
* Queen Elizabeth Theatre | * Queen Elizabeth Theatre | ||
* Vancouver Public Library Central Branch (Eastbound) | * Vancouver Public Library Central Branch (Eastbound) | ||
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* Park Royal Shopping Centre | * Park Royal Shopping Centre | ||
* Ambleside Park | * Ambleside Park | ||
* | * Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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* 2002–2009 - Route served by [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries D60|D60]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] articulated buses leased from TransLink | * 2002–2009 - Route served by [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries D60|D60]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] articulated buses leased from TransLink | ||
* 2009 - Route served by [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries D60LFR|D60LFR]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] articulated buses | * 2009 - Route served by [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries D60LFR|D60LFR]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] articulated buses | ||
* May 2016 - Horseshoe Bay Village portion of route eliminated | |||
* August 2017 - PNE special trips discontinued | * August 2017 - PNE special trips discontinued | ||
* September 2018 - Operations moved from [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit|West Vancouver Transit]] to [[Coast Mountain Bus Company|Coast Mountain Bus Company's]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Burnaby Transit Centre|Burnaby Transit Centre]] and all trips revised to operate with articulated buses. Frequency increased to every 20 minutes for most of the day and service extended to start earlier and end later. Interlining with [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 259 'Lions Bay / Horseshoe Bay'|259 Lions Bay/Horseshoe Bay]] discontinued | * September 2018 - Operations moved from [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit|West Vancouver Transit]] to [[Coast Mountain Bus Company|Coast Mountain Bus Company's]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Burnaby Transit Centre|Burnaby Transit Centre]] and all trips revised to operate with articulated buses. Frequency increased to every 20 minutes for most of the day and service extended to start earlier and end later. Interlining with [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 259 'Lions Bay / Horseshoe Bay'|259 Lions Bay/Horseshoe Bay]] discontinued | ||
* March 2019 - Pick up and drop off at all stops on all days at all times introduced to improve service operations | |||
===West Vancouver PNE Specials=== | ===West Vancouver PNE Specials=== |
Revision as of 14:30, 10 March 2019
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Service Area | Vancouver West Vancouver | |
Termini | Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal Dunsmuir Street at Cambie Street | |
Operations | Burnaby Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI D60LFR NFI DE60LFR NFI XDE60 Nova Bus LFS (during snowfall) | |
Branches | 257 Horseshoe Bay Express 257 Vancouver Express |
257 Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is an east-west express route providing service between Downtown Vancouver and the ferry terminal at Horseshoe Bay.
The route departs Downtown via Dunsmuir westbound turning onto Richards Street, West Georgia to Stanley Park via Stanley Park Causeway Road and the Lions Gate Bridge. The route exits the bridge onto Marine Drive westbound taking 15th Street north, Cross Creek Road to the on-ramp to access the Upper Levels Highway and then Horseshoe Bay via Keith Road to Keith Road & Bay Street.
Eastbound trips depart Horseshoe Bay along Keith Road to Bay Street, and onto the Upper Levels Highway. In Downtown the route takes Georgia Street until Cambie and then onto Dunsmuir where it terminates on Dunsmuir at Cambie.
Route Stops
To Horseshoe Bay
- Georgia Street & Granville Street
- Georgia Street & Burrard Street
- Georgia Street & Denman Street
- Park Royal
- Marine Drive & 14th Street
- 15th Street & Ottawa Avenue
To Vancouver
- 15th Street & Ottawa Avenue
- Marine Drive & 14th Street
- Park Royal
- Georgia Street & Denman Street
- Georgia Street & Burrard Street
- Georgia Street & Granville Street
Points of Interest
- Stadium–Chinatown Station
- Queen Elizabeth Theatre
- Vancouver Public Library Central Branch (Eastbound)
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Hotel Vancouver
- Pacific Centre
- Vancouver City Centre Station
- Lions Gate Bridge
- Park Royal Shopping Centre
- Ambleside Park
- Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal
History
- November 1987 - Due to low ridership, section between Gleneagles Park and Ride and Marine Drive & Gallagher eliminated[1]
- 1992 - Route is served by newly acquired Orion I units
- 2002–2009 - Route served by New Flyer Industries D60 articulated buses leased from TransLink
- 2009 - Route served by New Flyer Industries D60LFR articulated buses
- May 2016 - Horseshoe Bay Village portion of route eliminated
- August 2017 - PNE special trips discontinued
- September 2018 - Operations moved from West Vancouver Transit to Coast Mountain Bus Company's Burnaby Transit Centre and all trips revised to operate with articulated buses. Frequency increased to every 20 minutes for most of the day and service extended to start earlier and end later. Interlining with 259 Lions Bay/Horseshoe Bay discontinued
- March 2019 - Pick up and drop off at all stops on all days at all times introduced to improve service operations
West Vancouver PNE Specials
During The Fair at the Pacific National Exhibition from late August to early September, select trips extended to the PNE from Horseshoe Bay via regular route, Marine Drive becoming 3rd Street, Cotton Road, Main Street, Highway 1, McGill Street, Renfrew Street to Coliseum Loop. Return trips terminated at Park Royal. This service was discontinued in 2017 due to low ridership and more frequent connections with the 95 B-Line.
There were six PNE-bound trips daily. Four departed from Horseshoe Bay (two in the morning and two in the afternoon) two started from Marine Drive & 25 Street (one in the morning and one in the afternoon). Eight trips departed from the PNE, all in the afternoon. Two trips terminated at Park Royal and another two at Marine & 25. The rest terminated at Horseshoe Bay.
References
- ↑ The Buzzer October 23, 1987 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-11-2017
- 257 Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver Schedule, westvancouver.net, retrieved 09-28-09