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Service Area | Richmond | |
Termini | Brighouse Station Chatham Street at 2 Avenue | |
Operations | Richmond Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI XD40 Nova Bus LFS | |
Branches | 406 Brighouse Station 406 Steveston |
406 Brighouse Station/Steveston is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This route provides a north-south service in Richmond connecting Richmond Centre and Steveston. It is a Frequent Transit Network (FTN) route with service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more of the day, seven days a week.
The route departs Richmond–Brighouse Station heading south along No. 3 Road turning west onto Granville Avenue, south on Railway Avenue, west on Williams Road, south on Springmount Drive becoming Springmount Gate, becoming 7th Avenue, east on Chatham Street, north on 4th Avenue, east on Steveston Highway, south on No. 1 Road, west on Chatham Street to Chatham & 2 Avenue.
Points of Interest
- Richmond Centre
- Richmond–Brighouse Station (Bays 4a & 7)
- Brighouse Park
- Richmond City Hall
- Minoru Park
- Thompson Community Centre
- Mariners Village Park
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site
History
- Service introduced as 406 Railway / Vancouver: Service continued into downtown via Alderbridge, Garden City, Sea Island Way, Oak Street Bridge, Marine Drive, Granville Street, Seymour, and Dunsmuir to the terminus at Burrard Station. Trips departed Burrard via Dunsmuir, Thurlow, Hastings, Howe to Granville Bridge and the reverse of northbound routing. Express service in the Vancouver section was drop-off only northbound and pick-up only southbound at select stops. [1]
- December 1991 - Accessible service introduced on select trips [2]
- Sept 2000 - Operation transferred from Oakridge Transit Centre to newly opened Richmond Transit Centre
- April 2001 - Service to Vancouver discontinued and service taken over by 410 22nd Street Station/Railway following introduction of 98 Burrard Station/Richmond Centre B-Line[3]
- September 2018 - Service re-introduced to replace the Richmond–Brighouse Station and Steveston portion of the 410 22nd Street Station/Railway to improve route speed and reliability[4][5]
References
- ↑ 406 - RAILWAY/ VANCOUVER, web.archive.org, retrieved 22-09-2018
- ↑ The Buzzer August 30, 1991 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 14-11-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer March 30, 2001 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 22-09-2018
- ↑ Fall Service Changes 2018: the first SWATP improvements arrive buzzer.translink.ca, retrieved 23-08-2018
- ↑ The Buzzer August 24, 2018 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 28-08-2018