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'''33 29th Avenue Station/UBC''' is a bus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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| align="center" | <big>'''<font color="white">33 16th & 33rd Avenue</big>'''<br>''29th Avenue Station/UBC Exchange''</font></big><br>[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-a.png|30px|link=]] [[File:TransLink Bike bullet-a.png|30px|link=]]
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| style= width="122px" colspan=2 align="center" |[[Image:Coast Mountain Bus Company 18309-a.JPG|300px|thumb|center|Nova Bus LFS HEV – 18309 on layover at 29th Avenue Station, ready for its departure back to UBC Exchange.]]
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|'''Service Area'''
|Vancouver<br>University Endowment Lands
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|'''Termini'''
|[[TransLink SkyTrain 29th Avenue Station|29th Avenue Station]]<br>[[Translink UBC Exchange|University of British Columbia]]
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|'''Operations'''
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company Vancouver Transit Centre|Vancouver Transit Centre]]
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|'''Vehicles'''
|[[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS HEV|LFS HEV]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]
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|'''Branches'''
|33 29th Avenue Station<br>33 UBC Exchange
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'''33 16th & 33rd Avenue''' [[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==
The route was introduced in 2008 to reduce east-west congestion and to provide alternatives for the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 99 'Broadway Stn / UBC (B-line)'|99 B-Line]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]].
This is an east-west route running in Vancouver connecting 29th Avenue Station in East Vancouver and the University of British Columbia running primarily on 16th Avenue and 33rd Avenue. Service runs daily every 15 minutes on weekdays<!---, increasing to every 10–15 minutes during peak hours--->. Service on weekends/holidays run every 30 minutes.  


The route begins on East 29th Avenue turning onto Slocan Street before continuing east on 33rd Avenue which becomes Midlothian Avenue. From Midlothian it heads north on Cambie Street, west onto West 16th Avenue all the way to Wesbrook Mall before entering UBC Loop.
Eastbound trips depart from the University of British Columbia heading south on Wesbrook Mall, east on W. 16th Avenue, south on Cambie Street, east on W. 29th Avenue becoming Midlothian Avenue becoming E. 33rd Avenue, north on Slocan Street, and east on E. 29th Avenue to 29th Avenue Station.
 
Westbound trips depart from 29th Avenue Station heading west on E. 29th Avenue, south on Slocan Street, west on E. 33rd Avenue becoming Midlothian Avenue becoming W. 29th Avenue, north on Cambie Street, west on W. 16th Avenue, and north on Wesbrook Mall to the University of British Columbia.


===Points of Interest===
===Points of Interest===
* [[TransLink SkyTrain 29th Avenue Station|29th Avenue Station]] (Bay 1)
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain 29th Avenue Station|29th Avenue Station]] (Bay 1)
* Slocan Park
* Slocan Park
* Kensington Park
* Kensington Park
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* Nat Bailey Stadium
* Nat Bailey Stadium
* Hillcrest Park
* Hillcrest Park
* [[File:TransLink Canada Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain King Edward Station|King Edward Station]] (Bay 2 – UBC) (Bay 4 – 29th Avenue Station)
* Riley Park and Rink
* Riley Park and Rink
* Carnarvon Park
* Carnarvon Park
* UBC Hospital
* UBC Hospital
* [[Translink UBC Loop|UBC Loop (Bay 9)]]
* [[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R4 '41st Ave RapidBus'|20px|R4 41st Ave]][[File:TransLink B-Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route 99 'Commercial - Broadway Station / UBC (B-Line)'|99 B-Line]] [[Translink UBC Exchange|UBC Exchange]] (Bay 1)


==History==
==History==
* September 2008 - Route began service Monday to Friday from 6:00 AM to 7:30 PM with four trips an hour<ref>[http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:b10iQgSehlEJ:www.coastmountainbus.com/news/news_releases/2008/08/21/70_0808211334-089%3FpageNumber%3D5+cmbc+route+33&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari September 2008 Bus Service Improvements], coastmountainbuscompany.com, retrieved 05-09-2009</ref>
* July 2005 - Service proposed as a new crosstown service connecting the SkyTrain network with UBC and bringing transit along the 33rd Avenue corridor. The proposal included potential eastern terminus being at Main Street Station instead of 29th Avenue but was shelved due to problems with the road width on 16th Avenue between Cambie Street and Main Street, as well as a lack of a Canada Line connection<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/plans-and-projects/area-planning/vancouver-ubc/vancouver-ubc-area-transit-plan.pdf Vancouver/UBC Transit Plan] translink.ca, retrieved 10-03-2021</ref>
* September 2008 - Service introduced as an alternative to the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 99 'Broadway Stn / UBC (B-line)'|99 B-Line]] and to reduce east-west congestion, with service running Monday to Friday from 6:00 AM to 7:30 PM with four trips an hour<ref>[http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:b10iQgSehlEJ:www.coastmountainbus.com/news/news_releases/2008/08/21/70_0808211334-089%3FpageNumber%3D5+cmbc+route+33&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&client=safari September 2008 Bus Service Improvements], coastmountainbuscompany.com, retrieved 05-09-2009</ref>
* December 2008 - Service expanded to later hours and on weekends<ref>[http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/12/more-about-the-december-29-bus-service-improvements/#more-1423 December 2008 Bus Service Improvements], buzzer.translink.ca, retrieved 05-09-2009</ref>
* December 2008 - Service expanded to later hours and on weekends<ref>[http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2008/12/more-about-the-december-29-bus-service-improvements/#more-1423 December 2008 Bus Service Improvements], buzzer.translink.ca, retrieved 05-09-2009</ref>
 
* February 1–March 2, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Service rerouted near the Vancouver Olympic Centre and routing rerouted between Main & 33rd and King Edward Station via Main and King Edward instead of 33rd, Midlothian, 29th and Cambie<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100123043919/http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Service-Improvements.aspx February Bus Re-Routes And Additional Olympic Transit Services] translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 22-03-2021</ref>
==Vehicles==
* February 1–March 21, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Service rerouted near UBC and rerouted off of Wesbrook Mall and 16th Avenue via University Boulevard and Blanca<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20100123043919/http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Service-Improvements.aspx February Bus Re-Routes And Additional Olympic Transit Services] translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 22-03-2021</ref>
* The route runs out of [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Vancouver Transit Centre|Vancouver Transit Centre]]. Buses normally servicing the route include [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]], ex-CNG [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries C40LF|C40LF]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]], [[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] and [[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS HEV|LFS HEV]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] models.
* January 2021 - COVID-19 service adjustment: Peak hour service reduced from every 10–15 minutes to every 15 minutes
* April 2023 - Service renamed from '''33 29th Avenue Station/UBC''' to '''33 33rd Avenue'''
* June 2023 - Service renamed from '''33 33rd Avenue''' to '''33 16th & 33rd Avenue''' for clarity. Initially scheduled for rollout on June 26, destination signs were already being updated as early as June 14


==References==
==References==
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