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[[Image:Coast Mountain Bus Company 9704.jpg|thumb|250px|right|<br>Novabus LFS - 9704 operating on route 424 heading to Vancouver International Airport]]
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'''424 Airport Station-Airport Terminal''' is operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, BC Canada.
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| style= width="122px" colspan=2 align="center" |[[Image:Coast Mountain Bus Company 9704-a.jpg|thumb|300px|center|Nova Bus LFS – 9704 operating on route 424 heading to Vancouver International Airport.]]
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|'''Service Area'''
|Richmond
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|'''Termini'''
|Vancouver International Airport<br>[[TransLink Airport Station|Airport Station]]
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|'''Operations'''
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company Vancouver Transit Centre|Vancouver Transit Centre]]
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|'''Vehicles'''
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<nowiki>*</nowiki><br>[[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]
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|'''Branches'''
|424 Airport<br>424 Airport Station
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<small><nowiki>*</nowiki> Rare occasions</small>
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'''424 Airport/Airport Station''' [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]] was a bus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


==Route Details==
==Route Details==
This route used to be part of 100 (New Westminster Station to Vancouver International Airport - YVR), it was separated to 100 & 424 since Nov, 2001.  
This was an east-west route connecting Vancouver International Airport and Airport Station to connect with various bus services towards Vancouver, Richmond and beyond. Service ran daily every 7–8 minutes on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends/holidays.
'''NOTE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 7 2009: Route 424 has since been CANCELLED. For service to YVR Airport, please see [[Canada Line]] '''
 
Eastbound trips departed from the Domestic Arrivals Level 1 at Vancouver International Airport heading south on Grant McConachie Way, south on South Perimeter Road, and east on Miller Road to Airport Station.
 
Westbound trips departed Airport Station heading north on Russ Baker Way, west on Miller Road, north on Templeton Street, west on North Service Road, south on Connector 2, and west on Grant McConachie Way to the Domestic Arrivals Level 1 at Vancouver International Airport.


===History===
===Points of Interest===
* Nov, 2001 - 424 begin operation, the routing is Cessna Way - Miller Rd - Crossover Rd - North Service Rd (Air Canada Building) - Connector 2 - Grant McConachie Way - Vancouver International Airport Domestic Arrival Level 1 - Grant McConachie Way - South Perimeter Rd - Miller Rd - Vessna Way to Airport Station, operated by Oakridge Transit Centre.
* [[TransLink Airport Station|Airport Station]] (Bay 5)
* Sept, 2003 - Richmond Transit Centre operating this route at peak hour.
* Sea Island Community Centre
* Apr, 2004 - Begin with Community Shuttle vehicle operating in daily evening and late night, the Community Shuttle vehicles are operated by Richmond Transit Centre.
* Miller Neighbourhood Park
* Sept 2006 - Operation moved to Vancouver Transit Centre after the closure of Oakridge Transit Centre.
* Sea Island Elementary School
* Dec, 2006 - Resumed back to conventional bus service operating in daily evening and late night.
* Vancouver International Airport
* 2007 - Diverted to Templeton Street - North Service Rd
* End 2007 - Brand new [[Nova Bus LFS]][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] operating this service
* September 2009- Route will Discontinue, and Airport loop will close as replaced by [[Canada Line]]


===Vehicles===
==History==
* October 2001 - Service introduced to provide reliable and frequent airport service and replaced the airport portions of the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 100 '22nd St Stn / Marpole Loop'|100 22nd Street Station/Airport]] and [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 404 'Four Road / Richmond-Brighouse Station'|404 Ladner Exchange/Richmond Centre/Airport]]<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/about_translink/media/2001/oct01/servicecuts.pdf Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number], translink.ca, retrieved 21-04-2020</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200131040703/https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/about_translink/media/2001/oct01/servicecuts.pdf Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number] translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 26-02-2021</ref>
* September 2003 - Peak hour trips operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Richmond Transit Centre|Richmond Transit Centre]], with service every 10–15 minutes
* April 2004 - Evening and late-night trips revised to run with Community Shuttle vehicles operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Richmond Transit Centre|Richmond Transit Centre]]
* September 2006 - Operations moved from [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Oakridge Transit Centre|Oakridge Transit Centre]] to [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Vancouver Transit Centre|Vancouver Transit Centre]]
* December 2006 - Evening service improved to 15-minute frequencies; service revised to run with conventional buses instead of Community Shuttles.<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2000s/2006/Buzzer_2006_12_08.ashx The Buzzer December 8, 2006 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 26-01-2017</ref> Westbound routing revised to go on Templeton Street and North Service Road instead of Crossover Road and North Perimeter Road
* End of 2007 - [[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] models introduced
* September 2009 - Service discontinued and Airport Station closed following the completion of the [[SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]]<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2000s/2009/Buzzer_2009_09_04.ashx The Buzzer September 4, 2009 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 11-10-2014</ref>


* 424 is interline with 100 (22nd Street Station-Airport Station), [[Nova Bus LFS]][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] is the majority vehicle on this route, rarely [[New_Flyer_Industries_D40LF|New Flyer D40LF]][[Image:Wc15.JPG]] may appearing on this route.
==References==
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