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|'''Vehicles'''
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|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries DE60LFR|DE60LFR]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries XDE60|XDE60]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]]<br>[[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] <small>(during snowfall)</small>
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'''257 Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver''' [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] is a bus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
'''257 Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver''' [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]] is a bus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


==Route Details==
==Route Details==
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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.
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===
===[[File:TransLink Buses bullet-b.png|20px|link=]] 257 Horseshoe Bay/Vancouver Express Stops===
====To Horseshoe Bay====
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] Dunsmuir Street & Cambie Street
* Georgia Street & Granville Street  
* [[File:TransLink Canada Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]][[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] W. Georgia Street & Granville Street  
* Georgia Street & Burrard Street  
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink B-Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route 95 'SFU / Burrard Station (B-Line)'|95 B-Line]] W. Georgia Street & Burrard Street  
* Georgia Street & Denman Street  
* W. Georgia Street & Denman Street  
* [[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  
 
* Horseshoe Bay
====To Vancouver====
* 15th Street & Ottawa Avenue
* Marine Drive & 14th Street
* [[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]]
* Georgia Street & Denman Street
* Georgia Street & Burrard Street
* Georgia Street & Granville Street


===Points of Interest===
===Points of Interest===
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Stadium – Chinatown Station|Stadium–Chinatown Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Stadium – Chinatown Station|Stadium–Chinatown Station]]
* Queen Elizabeth Theatre
* Queen Elizabeth Theatre
* Vancouver Public Library Central Branch
* Vancouver Public Library Central Branch
* Vancouver Art Gallery
* Vancouver Art Gallery
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink B-Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route 95 'SFU / Burrard Station (B-Line)'|95 B-Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Burrard Station|Burrard Station]]
* Hotel Vancouver
* Hotel Vancouver
* Pacific Centre
* Pacific Centre
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Vancouver City Centre Station|Vancouver City Centre Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Granville Station|Granville Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Canada Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Vancouver City Centre Station|Vancouver City Centre Station]]
* Royal Centre Mall
* Royal Centre Mall
* Stanley Park
* Stanley Park
* Coal Harbor
* Coal Harbor
* Lions Gate Bridge
* Lions Gate Bridge
* [[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]]
* Park Royal Shopping Centre
* Park Royal Shopping Centre
* Ambleside Park
* Ambleside Park
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==History==
==History==
* November 1987 - Due to low ridership, section between Gleneagles Park and Ride and Marine Drive & Gallagher eliminated<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/1980s/1987/Buzzer_1987_10_23.pdf The Buzzer October 23, 1987 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 26-11-2017</ref>
* November 1987 - Due to low ridership, section between Gleneagles Park and Ride and Marine Drive & Gallagher eliminated<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/1980s/1987/Buzzer_1987_10_23.pdf The Buzzer October 23, 1987 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 26-11-2017</ref>
* 1992 - Route is served by newly acquired [[Orion_Bus_Industries_'Orion_I'|Orion I]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] units
* 1992 - Route is served by newly acquired [[Orion_Bus_Industries_'Orion_I'|Orion I]] units
* 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]] 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]] articulated buses
* May 2016 - Horseshoe Bay Village portion of route eliminated
* May 2016 - Horseshoe Bay Village portion of route eliminated
* August 2017 - PNE special trips discontinued
* August 2017 - PNE special trips discontinued
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