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 ==Route Details==
-This is an east-west express route providing service between Downtown Vancouver and the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal.
+This is an east-west express route connecting the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal in West Vancouver and Downtown Vancouver. Service runs daily every 20 minutes, with increased weekend/holiday service. Saturday daytime service and Sunday/holiday afternoon service is increased run every 15 minutes.
-Westbound trips depart from Dunsmuir Street & Cambie Street heading west on Dunsmuir, south on Richards Street, west on W. Georgia Street to Stanley Park via Stanley Park Causeway Road and across 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 from the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal heading north on Keith Road, east on Bay Street looping around the ferry terminal to merge onto Highway 1 heading east, then taking the 15th Street exit heading south on 15th Street, east on Marine Drive, south across the Lions Gate Bridge through the Stanley Park Causeway becoming W. Georgia Street, north on Cambie Street, and west on Dunsmuir Street to Dunsmuir & Cambie Street.
-Eastbound trips depart Horseshoe Bay heading north on Keith Road, east on Bay Street, and onto the Upper Levels Highway. Then it takes the 15th Street exit heading south on 15th, east on Marine Drive and across the Lions Gate Bridge and through the Stanley Park Causeway onto W. Georgia Street. Then it goes north on Cambie Street and west on Dunsmuir Street to its terminus.
+Westbound trips depart from Dunsmuir Street & Cambie Street heading west on Dunsmuir, south on Richard Street, west on W. Georgia Street becoming the Stanley Park Causeway and across the Lions Gate Bridge, then west on Marine Drive, north on 15th Street, west on Highway 1 taking the Horseshoe Bay Village exit, and north on Keith Road to the Horseshoe Bay Ferry Terminal.
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 * 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. Stop introduced at 15th & Ottawa to be serviced by one PM weekday trip
 * March 2019 - Stopping procedures revised to pick-up and drop-off at all stops on all days at all times to improve service operations. Stop at 15th & Ottawa revised to be serviced by all trips daily
+* January 2021 - Weekend/holiday evening service increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. Daytime Saturday and PM Sunday/holiday service increased from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes
 ===West Vancouver PNE Specials===