Coast Mountain Bus Company route 280 'Bluewater / Snug Cove'
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Service Area | Bowen Island | |
Termini | Windjammer Road at Arbutus Point Road Snug Cove | |
Operations | Transdev | |
Vehicles | Girardin G5 | |
Branches | 280 Bluewater 280 Snug Cove |
280 Bluewater/Snug Cove is a Community Shuttle route contracted to Transdev from Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is an east-west circular route running on Bowen Island, connecting Bowen Bay on the western side of the island and Snug Cove on the eastern side. Service runs daily every hour on weekdays and every two hours on weekends/holidays.
Westbound trips depart Snug Cove heading south on Cardena Road, west on Bowen Island Trunk Road becoming Grafton Road, east on Artisan Lane to Artisan Square, then west on Artisan Lane, west on Grafton Road, west on Adams Road to Adams Road & Tunstall Boulevard. By request, trips can go west on Tunstall Boulevard, south on Reef Road, east on Whitesails Drive, east on Tunstall Boulevard to Tunstall & Adams Road. Then all trips go north on Bowen Bay Road becoming Windjammer Road to Windjammer Road & Arbutus Point Road.
Eastbound trips depart from Windjammer Road & Arbutus Point Road heading north on Windjammer Road, north on Spy Glass Road, turning around at Spy Glass Road & Bluewater Promenade and continuing south on Spy Glass Road, west on Windjammer Road, west on Captains Way Road, south on Windjammer Road becoming Bowen Bay Road, west on Tunstall Boulevard, south on Reef Road, east on Whitesails Drive, east on Tunstall Boulevard, east on Adams Road, east on Grafton Road, east on Artisan Lane to Artisan Square, then west on Artisan Lane, east on Grafton Road becoming Bowen Island Trunk Road, and north on Cardena Road to Snug Cove.
Some early morning trips and evening weekend/holiday trips bypass Artisan Square.
Flag-stop procedures are in effect at all stops in both directions except at Snug Cove, Spyglass Road & Windjammer Road, and Adams Road & Bowen Bay Road.
Points of Interest
- Snug Cove Ferry Terminal
- Bowen Island Library
- Artisan Square
- Grafton Lake
- Bowen Bay
- Mt Gardner Trailhead at Laura Rd
History
- May 1999 - Service introduced after 10 years of consultation[1] and operated with no route number, running on weekdays only during peak hours[2]
- April 2002 - Service numbered C25[3][4][5]
- September 2003 - Service renumbered from C25 to C10[6][7][8]
- June 2005 - Midday service introduced[9]
- January 2017 - Operations transferred from Bowen Island Community Transit to First Transit[1]
- April 2018 - Community Shuttle branding dissolved: service renumbered from C10 to 280 with no changes in routing or frequency[10]
- May 2–11, 2020 - Service suspended as part of cost-saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic
- March 2023 - Operations of First Transit Canada acquired by Transdev
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peter King lets go of Bowen’s bus service Bowen Island Undercurrent, retrieved 19-06-2020
- ↑ Bowen Island Community Shuttle translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 06-05-2020
- ↑ C25 Bluewater/Snug Cove April 2002 translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 15-02-2021
- ↑ Bowen Island October 2002 translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 06-05-2020
- ↑ Bowen Island December 2002 translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 06-05-2020
- ↑ September 2003 System Map translink.ca, retrieved 19-06-2020
- ↑ Bowen Island 2003 translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 06-05-2020
- ↑ Bowen Island 2004 translink.bc.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 06-05-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer June 10, 2005 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 08-04-2010
- ↑ The Buzzer April 13, 2018 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 22-04-2018