Coast Mountain Bus Company route 340 'Scottsdale / 22nd Street Station'

340 Scottsdale/22nd Street Station
Alexander Dennis Enviro500 – 19421 getting off the Queensborough Bridge near 22nd Street Station.
Service Area	Surrey Delta New Westminster
Termini	Scottsdale Exchange 22nd Street Station
Operations	Richmond Transit Centre
Vehicles	ADL Enviro500 NFI XD40 * Nova Bus LFS * Nova Bus LFS HEV * Nova Bus LFS Suburban * Orion V *
Branches	340 Scottsdale 340 22nd Street Station
* On rare occasions or in the event of a bus shortage

340 Scottsdale/22nd Street Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Route Details

This is a north-south route running in Surrey, Delta, and New Westminster running primarily on Highway 91. Service runs daily every 20–30 minutes increasing to every 15 minutes during peak hours.

Northbound trips depart from Scottsdale Exchange heading west on 74 Avenue, south on Scott Road, west on 64 Avenue becoming Kittson Parkway, north on Highway 91 and across the Alex Fraser Bridge taking the Annacis Island and Cliveden Avenue exit to the Cliveden Interchange. Continuing from the Cliveden Interchange, trips merge back onto Highway 91 taking the Highway 91A exit heading east on Highway 91A, then taking the Howes Street exit. Continuing from the Howes Street exit, trips merge back onto Highway 91A and go across the Queensborough Bridge taking the 23rd Street exit, and east on 7th Avenue to 22nd Street Station.

Southbound trips depart from 22nd Street Station heading east on 7th Avenue, south on 20th Street, west on Stewardson Way and onto Highway 91A heading south across Queensborough Bridge taking the Howes Street exit. Continuing from the Howes Street exit, trips merge back onto Highway 91A and take the Highway 91 exit, then continue south to take the Annacis Island and Cliveden Avenue exit to the Cliveden Interchange. Continuing from the Cliveden Interchange, trips merge back onto Highway 91 heading south and across the Alex Fraser Bridge, then taking the 64 Avenue exit and head east on Kittson Parkway becoming 64 Avenue, north on Scott Road, and east on 74 Avenue to Scottsdale Exchange.

Points of Interest

• 22nd Street Station (Bay 1)
• Annacis Island Industrial Area
• Scottsdale Mall
• Scott 72 Centre
• Scottsdale Exchange (Bay 3)
• Surrey Public Library Strawberry Hill Branch
• Strawberry Hill Mall

History

• April 1987 - Service introduced as 340 Newton Exchange/22nd Street Station as a peak hour only service. Frequency was every thirty minutes
• March 1990 - All-day service introduced to replace portions of the 323 and 324 between Scottsdale Mall and Newton Exchange and the 312 between Scottsdale Mall and 22nd Street Station
• September 1990 - Select peak hour trips extended along 72 Avenue and 144 Street from Newton Exchange to the Surrey Civic Centre and operated as 340 Sullivan Heights/Newton Exchange/22nd Street Station
• September 1991 - Service revised to run as 340 Cloverdale/Newton Exchange/22nd Street Station as the eastern terminus is extended to Cloverdale via Surrey Civic Centre to provide improved service within Cloverdale and connections with the 320 and 395
• October 1991 - Accessible service introduced on select trips
• April 1993 - Re-routed to 60 Avenue and 152 Street to Cloverdale
• December 2000 - Introduction of an AM tripper departing from 152 Street & 64 Avenue to service the new Sullivan Heights Secondary School
• September 2007 - Route divided into two sections and service to Guildford Exchange and Cloverdale discontinued. Newton Exchange, Guildford, and Cloverdale portions of the route replaced by the 341 Guildford/Newton Exchange/Cloverdale. Service revised to run as 340 Newton Exchange/Scottsdale/22nd Street Station with improved 15-minute service between Scottsdale and Newton Exchange
• June 2008 - Route shortened to run between Scottsdale and 22nd Street Station. Service between Scottsdale and Newton Exchange replaced by an extension of the 319 and service increased on all days
• April 2012 - Orion V coaches introduced to the route for added passenger comfort
• December 2012 - Removal of Orion V coaches on weekday service
• September 2019 - Route operations moved from Surrey Transit Centre to Hamilton Transit Centre
• January 2021 - Weekday evening service increased from every 30 minutes to every 15–20 minutes; late-night service increased from every hour to every 30 minutes
• April 2021 - Early morning Sunday/holiday service increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes
• September 2021 - Operations moved from Hamilton Transit Centre to Richmond Transit Centre to introduce double decker bus service

References

v·d·e Transit Centres Burnaby – Hamilton – Port Coquitlam – Richmond – Surrey – Vancouver Closed Transit Centres North Vancouver – Oakridge Under Contract First Transit – West Vancouver Transit Former Contractors Bonny's Taxi Ltd. – Bowen Island Community Transit – DW Services Ltd. – Metro Shuttle Service Ltd. – First Canada Current Fleet 2101–2199, 2201–2289 2501–2540 2541–2574 3309–3358 7447–7499, 7501–7504 8102–8117 8118–8156 9277–9285 9401–9499, 9501–9542 9543–9581, 9583–9590 9605–9699, 9701–9725 9726–9791 9797–9799 12001–12025 14001–14045 15001–15021 16001–16051 16101–16130, 16137 16201–16226 18001–18063 18101–18206 18301–18404 18451–18473 19001–19047 19101–19147 19301–19302 19303–19304 19401–19432 21001–21025 21401–21425 22001–22015 23001–23015 23201–23215 Community Shuttle Fleet 16501–16562 17506–17564 18510–18527 19503–19535, 19538–19549 19550–19554 21501–21562 23601–23606 23651–23665 24601–24634 Retired Fleet 1158–1192 1205–1223 1209–1210 2701–2947 3001–3021 3101–3210 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Station – Blanca Loop – Boundary Loop – Burrard Station – Commercial–Broadway Station – Dunbar Loop – Joyce Station – Knight Street–Marine Drive – Kootenay Loop – Main Street Station – Marine Drive Station – Marpole Loop – Nanaimo Station – Stanley Park Loop – UBC Exchange – Waterfront Station Burnaby & New West 22nd Street Station – Braid Station – Brentwood Station – Edmonds Station – Lougheed Station – New Westminster Station – Production Way Station – Metrotown Station – SFU Exchange – Sperling Station Tri-Cities Burquitlam Station – Coquitlam Central Station – Moody Centre Station – Port Coquitlam Station Richmond Bridgeport Station – Richmond–Brighouse Station – Steveston Exchange North Shore Capilano University – Lonsdale Quay – Lynn Valley Centre – Park Royal – Phibbs Exchange Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge Haney Place – Maple Meadows Station – Pitt Meadows Station South of Fraser Carvolth Exchange – Guildford Exchange – Ladner Exchange – Langley Centre – Newton Exchange – Scott 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