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|align="left" valign="top"|<span style="background-color:#00355e; border:0.1em solid #00355e;"><font color=white>'''<big>Service Suspended</big>'''</font></span><br>Effective June 22, 2020, this bus route is temporarily suspended as part of cost saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| style= width="122px" colspan=2 align="center" |[[Image:Coast Mountain Bus Company 8002-a.jpg|300px|thumb|center|New Flyer D60LF – 8002 spotted in Downtown Vancouver on route 44.]]
| style= width="122px" colspan=2 align="center" |[[Image:Coast Mountain Bus Company 8002-a.jpg|300px|thumb|center|New Flyer D60LF – 8002 spotted in Downtown Vancouver on route 44 in 2009.]]
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|'''Service Area'''
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|'''Operations'''
|'''Operations'''
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company Burnaby Transit Centre|Burnaby Transit Centre]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company Burnaby Transit Centre|Burnaby Transit Centre]]
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|'''Vehicles'''
|'''Vehicles'''
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New_Flyer_Industries_D60LF|D60LF]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New_Flyer_Industries_D60LFR|D60LFR]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New_Flyer_Industries_DE60LFR|DE60LFR]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries XDE60|XDE60]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]]<br>[[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] <small>(select trips)</small>
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New_Flyer_Industries_DE60LFR|DE60LFR]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<br>[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]] [[New Flyer Industries XDE60|XDE60]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]]<br>[[Nova Bus]] [[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]] <small>(select trips)</small>
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|'''Branches'''
|'''Branches'''
|44 UBC<br>44 Downtown
|44 UBC Express<br>44 Downtown Express
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'''44 UBC/Downtown''' [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] is a bus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
'''44 UBC/Downtown''' [[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 provides limited stop service between UBC and Downtown Vancouver. It does not run on weekends or evenings past 8:00.  
The route provides limited stop service between UBC and Downtown Vancouver. It does not run on weekends or evenings past 8:00.  


Beginning at Waterfront Station (Seymour Street), the route travels down West Cordova Street onto Burrard, crossing the Knight Street Bridge, and making a turn onto West 4th Avenue. The route follows West 4th Avenue as it becomes Chancellor Boulevard and turns south onto Wesbrook Mall to the UBC Exchange.  
Beginning at Waterfront Station (Seymour Street), the route travels down West Cordova Street onto Burrard, crossing the Burrard Street Bridge, and making a turn onto West 4th Avenue. The route follows West 4th Avenue as it becomes Chancellor Boulevard and turns south onto Wesbrook Mall to the UBC Exchange.  


On trips to Downtown the route turns west onto West Pender from Burrard Street, north onto Seymour Street and west to Cordova to arrive back at Waterfront Station.
On trips to Downtown the route turns west onto West Pender from Burrard Street, north onto Seymour Street and west to Cordova to arrive back at Waterfront Station.


===44 UBC/Downtown Stops===
===[[File:TransLink Buses bullet-b.png|20px|link=]] 44 Express Stops===
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Waterfront Station|Waterfront Station]]
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* [[TransLink SkyTrain Burrard Station|Burrard Station]] (Bay 5) (westbound only)
!style="width: 250px;"|Stop
* W. Pender Street at Granville Street (eastbound only)
!style="width: 100px;"|Accessibility
* Burrard Street at Alberni Street (westbound only)
!style="width: 250px;"|[[File:TransLink Buses bullet-a.png|20px|link=]] Bus Connections
* Burrard Street at W. Georgia Street (eastbound only)
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* Burrard Street at Robson Street (eastbound only)
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* Burrard Street at Nelson Street
|[[TransLink SkyTrain Waterfront Station|Waterfront Station]]<br>[[File:TransLink Canada Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]][[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink SeaBus bullet-a.png|20px|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company SeaBus|SeaBus]][[File:TransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.png|20px|link=West Coast Express]][[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|20px|R5 Hastings St]]
* Burrard Street at Davie Street
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
* Burrard at W. 3rd Avenue
|<span style="background-color:#008327; border:0.1em solid #008327; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|<font color=white>R5</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 3 'Main / Downtown'|3]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 8 'Fraser / Downtown'|8]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 10 'Granville / Downtown'|10]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 50 'Waterfront Stn / False Creek South'|50]] <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N8 'Fraser / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N8</font>]]</span>
* W. 4th Avenue at Vine Street
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* W. 4th Avenue at Macdonald Street
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* W. 4th Avenue at Alma Street
|W. Pender Street & Granville Street
* W. 4th Avenue at Blanca Street  
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
* Chancellor Blvd. at Hamber Road
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 5 'Robson / Downtown'|5]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 10 'Granville / Downtown'|10]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 14 'Hastings / Downtown / UBC'|14]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 16 '29th Avenue Stn / Arbutus'|16]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 17 'Oak / Downtown'|17]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 19 'Metrotown Stn / Stanley Park'|19]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 20 'Victoria / Downtown'|20]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 22 'Knight / Downtown'|22]]<br>[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 50 'Waterfront Stn / False Creek South'|50]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 209 'Upper Lynn Valley / Burrard Station'|<font color=#426e94>209</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Upper Lynn Valley / Burrard Station'|210]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 211 'Seymour / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|211]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 214 'Blueridge / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|<font color=#426e94>214</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N19 'Surrey Central Station / New Westminster / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N19</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N24 'Lynn Valley / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N24</font>]]</span>
* Chancellor Blvd. at Allison Road
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* [[Translink UBC Exchange|UBC Exchange]] (Bay 3)
* Eastbound trips only
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|[[TransLink SkyTrain Burrard Station|Burrard Station]]<br><small>(Bay 5 – UBC)<br>(Bay 8 – Downtown)</small><br>[[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|20px|R5 Hastings St]]
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|<span style="background-color:#008327; border:0.1em solid #008327; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|<font color=white>R5</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 2 'Macdonald / Downtown'|2]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 5 'Robson / Downtown'|5]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 22 'Knight / Downtown'|22]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 209 'Upper Lynn Valley / Burrard Station'|<font color=#426e94>209</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 210 'Upper Lynn Valley / Burrard Station'|210]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 211 'Seymour / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|211]]<br><span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 214 'Blueridge / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|<font color=#426e94>214</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 240 'Lynn Valley / Downtown'|240]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 241 'Upper Lonsdale / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>241</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 246 'Highland / Downtown'|246]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 247 'Grouse Mountain / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>247</font>]]</span> [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 250 'Horseshoe Bay / Dundarave / Vancouver'|250]]<br>[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 250 'Horseshoe Bay / Dundarave / Vancouver'|250A]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 253 'Caulfeild / Vancouver / Park Royal'|<font color=#426e94>253</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 254 'British Properties / Park Royal / Vancouver'|<font color=#426e94>254</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 257 'Horseshoe Bay / Vancouver Express'|257]] <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N24 'Lynn Valley / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N24</font>]]</span>
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|Burrard Street & Robson Street
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 2 'Macdonald / Downtown'|2]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 5 'Robson / Downtown'|5]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span>
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* Eastbound trips only
|- align="center"
|Burrard Street & Smithe Street
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 2 'Macdonald / Downtown'|2]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span>
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* Eastbound trips only
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|Burrard Street & Nelson Street<br><small>(westbound)</small><br>Burrard Street & Comox Street<br><small>(eastbound)</small>
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 2 'Macdonald / Downtown'|2]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span>
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|- align="center"
|Burrard Street & Burnaby Street<br><small>(westbound)</small><br>Burrard Street & Davie Street<br><small>(eastbound)</small>
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 2 'Macdonald / Downtown'|2]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 6 'Davie / Downtown'|6]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span>
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|- align="center"
|Burrard Street & W. 3rd Avenue
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
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|- align="center"
|W. 4th Avenue & Vine Street
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 14 'Hastings / Downtown / UBC'|14]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 84 'UBC / VCC-Clark Station'|84]]
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|- align="center"
|W. 4th Avenue & MacDonald Street
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 2 'Macdonald / Downtown'|2]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 14 'Hastings / Downtown / UBC'|14]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 84 'UBC / VCC-Clark Station'|84]] <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N22 'MacDonald / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N22</font>]]</span>
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|- align="center"
|W. 4th Avenue & Alma Street
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 7 'Nanaimo Stn / Dunbar'|7]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 32 'Dunbar / Downtown'|<font color=#426e94>32</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 42 'Alma / Spanish Banks'|<font color=#426e94>42</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 84 'UBC / VCC-Clark Station'|84]]
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|- align="center"
|W. 4th Avenue & Blanca Street<br><small>(westbound)</small><br>W. 4th Avenue & Tolmie Street<br><small>(eastbound)</small>
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|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 84 'UBC / VCC-Clark Station'|84]]
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* Westbound stop not accessible
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|Chancellor Boulevard & Hamber Road
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 84 'UBC / VCC-Clark Station'|84]]
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|- align="center"
|Chancellor Boulevard & Allison Road<br><small>(westbound)</small><br>Chancellor Boulevard & Western Parkway<br><small>(eastbound)</small>
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 84 'UBC / VCC-Clark Station'|84]]
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|- align="center"
|[[Translink UBC Exchange|UBC Exchange]]<br><small>(Bay 3)</small><br>[[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]]
|[[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|25px|link=]]
|<span style="background-color:#008327; border:0.1em solid #008327; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route R4 '41st Ave RapidBus'|<font color=white>R4</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 4 'Powell / Downtown / UBC'|4]] <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 9 'Boundary / Commercial-Broadway Station / Granville / Alma / UBC'|<font color=#426e94>9</font>]]</span> [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 14 'Hastings / Downtown / UBC'|14]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 25 'Brentwood Stn / UBC'|25]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 33 '29th Ave Stn / UBC'|33]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 49 'Metrotown Stn / UBC'|49]]<br>[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 68 'UBC Exchange / Lower Mall'|68]] [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 84 'UBC / VCC-Clark Station'|84]] <span style="background-color:#f47922; border:0.1em solid #f47922; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 99 'Commercial - Broadway Station / UBC (B-Line)'|<font color=white>99</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 258 'UBC / West Vancouver'|<font color=#426e94>258</font>]]</span> <span style="border:0.15em solid #426e94; padding: 1px; border-style: dashed;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 480 'UBC / Richmond-Brighouse Stn'|<font color=#426e94>480</font>]]</span> <span style="background-color:#074f78; border:0.1em solid #074f78; padding: 1px;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route N17 'UBC / Downtown Nightbus'|<font color=white>N17</font>]]</span>
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===Points of Interest===
===Points of Interest===
Line 63: Line 138:
* Vanier Park
* Vanier Park
* Scotiabank Theatre
* Scotiabank Theatre
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Burrard Station|Burrard Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|20px|R5 Hastings St]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Burrard Station|Burrard Station]] (Bay 5 – UBC) (Bay 8 – Downtown)
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Waterfront Station|Waterfront Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Canada Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]][[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink SeaBus bullet-a.png|20px|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company SeaBus|SeaBus]][[File:TransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.png|20px|link=West Coast Express]][[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R5 'Hastings St RapidBus'|20px|R5 Hastings St]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Waterfront Station|Waterfront Station]]


==History==
==History==
* September 1997 - Route introduced to replace the '''85 UBC'''<ref>[http://www.translink.ca/~/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/1990s/1997/Buzzer_1997_08_22.ashx The Buzzer August 22, 1997 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 09-10-2014</ref>
* September 1997 - Route introduced to replace the '''85 UBC''' and also replaces portions of the '''286 North Vancouver/UBC'''<ref>[http://www.translink.ca/~/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/1990s/1997/Buzzer_1997_08_22.ashx The Buzzer August 22, 1997 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 09-10-2014</ref>
* September 1998 - Morning peak hour trips revised to start from Cordova Street & Granville Street going eastbound to accommodate articulated buses<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/1990s/1998/Buzzer_1998_09_04.pdf The Buzzer September 4, 1998 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2020</ref>
* November 1999 - Route became wheelchair accessible<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/1990s/1999/Buzzer_1999_10_29.pdf The Buzzer October 29 1999 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 19-11-2017</ref>
* November 1999 - Route became wheelchair accessible<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/1990s/1999/Buzzer_1999_10_29.pdf The Buzzer October 29 1999 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 19-11-2017</ref>
* October 2001 - Route revised to maintain service in certain areas affected by canceled route [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 42 'Spanish Banks / Chancellor'|42 Spanish Banks/Chancellor]]
* October 2001 - Route revised to maintain service in certain areas affected by canceled route [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 42 'Spanish Banks / Chancellor'|42 Spanish Banks/Chancellor]]
* 2006 - The route was serviced by [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries D40LFR|D40LFR]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] prior to their transfer to [[Coast Mountain Bus Company Surrey Transit Centre | Surrey Transit Centre]].
* September 2003 - Articulated buses introduced for all trips and introduction of midday service<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/2000s/2003/Buzzer_2003_08_25.pdf The Buzzer August 25, 2003 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 05-05-2020</ref>
* [[New Flyer Industries]] [[New Flyer Industries D60|D60]] buses served the route
* October 2006 - Downtown routing revised due to Canada Line construction to turn off Hastings Street onto Seymour instead of Granville; terminus moved from Cordova & Seymour to Seymour & Hastings<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/2000s/2006/Buzzer_2006_10_12.pdf The Buzzer October 12, 2006 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 11-05-2020</ref>
* September 2009 - Eastern terminus moved to Waterfront Station<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/2000s/2009/Buzzer_2009_09_04.pdf The Buzzer September 4, 2009 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 05-12-2009</ref>
* September 2009 - Eastern terminus moved to Waterfront Station and routing revised<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/2000s/2009/Buzzer_2009_09_04.pdf The Buzzer September 4, 2009 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 05-12-2009</ref>
* August 2014 - UBC terminus moved onto Wesbrook Mall due to UBC Aquatic Centre construction work and bus loop reconstruction<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/~/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/2010s/2014/Buzzer_2014_08_22.ashx The Buzzer August 22, 2014 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 27-05-2020</ref>
* June 2016 - UBC terminus moved from Wesbrook Mall onto Student Union Bouelvard<ref>[https://faculty-staff.ubc.ca/2016/06/12/ubc-v-bus-stop-relocations-including-84-and-44-routes/ UBC-V: BUS STOP RELOCATIONS, INCLUDING 84 AND 44 ROUTES], retrieved 19-05-2020</ref>  
* June 2018 - Express service introduced in Downtown Vancouver with the removal of five stops<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/2010s/2018/Buzzer_06_15_2018.pdf The Buzzer June 15, 2018 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 01-07-2018</ref>
* June 2018 - Express service introduced in Downtown Vancouver with the removal of five stops<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer-Vault/2010s/2018/Buzzer_06_15_2018.pdf The Buzzer June 15, 2018 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 01-07-2018</ref>
* April 2019 - UBC terminus moved from Student Union Boulevard to inside UBC Exchange
* June 2020 - Service suspended as part of cost saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:30, 13 July 2020

TransLink Buses bullet-b.png Service Suspended
Effective June 22, 2020, this bus route is temporarily suspended as part of cost saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.


44 UBC/Downtown
TransLink Accessible bullet-a.png TransLink Bike bullet-a.png
New Flyer D60LF – 8002 spotted in Downtown Vancouver on route 44 in 2009.
Service Area University Endowment Lands
Vancouver
Termini University of British Columbia
Waterfront Station
Operations Burnaby Transit Centre
Vehicles NFI DE60LFR TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png
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Branches 44 UBC Express
44 Downtown Express

44 UBC/Downtown TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Route Details

The route provides limited stop service between UBC and Downtown Vancouver. It does not run on weekends or evenings past 8:00.

Beginning at Waterfront Station (Seymour Street), the route travels down West Cordova Street onto Burrard, crossing the Burrard Street Bridge, and making a turn onto West 4th Avenue. The route follows West 4th Avenue as it becomes Chancellor Boulevard and turns south onto Wesbrook Mall to the UBC Exchange.

On trips to Downtown the route turns west onto West Pender from Burrard Street, north onto Seymour Street and west to Cordova to arrive back at Waterfront Station.

TransLink Buses bullet-b.png 44 Express Stops

Stop Accessibility TransLink Buses bullet-a.png Bus Connections Notes
Waterfront Station
Canada LineExpo LineSeaBusTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.pngR5 Hastings St
TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png R5 3 4 7 8 10 50 N8
W. Pender Street & Granville Street TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 4 5 7 10 14 16 17 19 20 22
50 209 210 211 214 N19 N22 N24
  • Eastbound trips only
Burrard Station
(Bay 5 – UBC)
(Bay 8 – Downtown)

Expo LineR5 Hastings St
TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png R5 2 5 22 32 209 210 211
214 240 241 246 247 250
250A 253 254 257 N22 N24
Burrard Street & Robson Street TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 2 5 32 N22
  • Eastbound trips only
Burrard Street & Smithe Street TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 2 32 N22
  • Eastbound trips only
Burrard Street & Nelson Street
(westbound)
Burrard Street & Comox Street
(eastbound)
TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 2 32 N22
Burrard Street & Burnaby Street
(westbound)
Burrard Street & Davie Street
(eastbound)
TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 2 6 32 N22
Burrard Street & W. 3rd Avenue TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png
W. 4th Avenue & Vine Street TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 4 7 14 84
W. 4th Avenue & MacDonald Street TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 2 4 7 14 32 84 N22
W. 4th Avenue & Alma Street TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 4 7 32 42 84
W. 4th Avenue & Blanca Street
(westbound)
W. 4th Avenue & Tolmie Street
(eastbound)
4 84
  • Westbound stop not accessible
Chancellor Boulevard & Hamber Road TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 84
Chancellor Boulevard & Allison Road
(westbound)
Chancellor Boulevard & Western Parkway
(eastbound)
TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png 84
UBC Exchange
(Bay 3)
R4 41st Ave99 B-Line
TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png R4 4 9 14 25 33 49
68 84 99 258 480 N17

Points of Interest

  • UBC Aquatic Centre
  • AMS Student Nest
  • Gage Apartments at UBC
  • University Hill Elementary School
  • Pacific Spirit Regional Park
  • Jericho Hill Grounds
  • West Point Grey Academy
  • Jericho Beach Park
  • McBride Park
  • Vanier Park
  • Scotiabank Theatre
  • Expo LineR5 Hastings St Burrard Station (Bay 5 – UBC) (Bay 8 – Downtown)
  • Canada LineExpo LineSeaBusTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.pngR5 Hastings St Waterfront Station

History

  • September 1997 - Route introduced to replace the 85 UBC and also replaces portions of the 286 North Vancouver/UBC[1]
  • September 1998 - Morning peak hour trips revised to start from Cordova Street & Granville Street going eastbound to accommodate articulated buses[2]
  • November 1999 - Route became wheelchair accessible[3]
  • October 2001 - Route revised to maintain service in certain areas affected by canceled route 42 Spanish Banks/Chancellor
  • September 2003 - Articulated buses introduced for all trips and introduction of midday service[4]
  • October 2006 - Downtown routing revised due to Canada Line construction to turn off Hastings Street onto Seymour instead of Granville; terminus moved from Cordova & Seymour to Seymour & Hastings[5]
  • September 2009 - Eastern terminus moved to Waterfront Station and routing revised[6]
  • August 2014 - UBC terminus moved onto Wesbrook Mall due to UBC Aquatic Centre construction work and bus loop reconstruction[7]
  • June 2016 - UBC terminus moved from Wesbrook Mall onto Student Union Bouelvard[8]
  • June 2018 - Express service introduced in Downtown Vancouver with the removal of five stops[9]
  • April 2019 - UBC terminus moved from Student Union Boulevard to inside UBC Exchange
  • June 2020 - Service suspended as part of cost saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

  1. The Buzzer August 22, 1997 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 09-10-2014
  2. The Buzzer September 4, 1998 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2020
  3. The Buzzer October 29 1999 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 19-11-2017
  4. The Buzzer August 25, 2003 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 05-05-2020
  5. The Buzzer October 12, 2006 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 11-05-2020
  6. The Buzzer September 4, 2009 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 05-12-2009
  7. The Buzzer August 22, 2014 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 27-05-2020
  8. UBC-V: BUS STOP RELOCATIONS, INCLUDING 84 AND 44 ROUTES, retrieved 19-05-2020
  9. The Buzzer June 15, 2018 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 01-07-2018
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Current Fleet Burrard BeaverBurrard Pacific BreezeBurrard Otter IIBurrard Chinook
Retired Fleet Burrard Otter
Terminals R2 Marine Dr Lonsdale QuayCanada LineExpo LineTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.pngR5 Hastings St Waterfront Station
Bus Loops and Exchanges
Vancouver Expo Line 29th Avenue StationBlanca Loop99 B-Line Boundary LoopExpo LineR5 Hastings St Burrard StationExpo LineMillennium Line99 B-Line Commercial–Broadway StationR4 41st Ave Dunbar LoopExpo LineR4 41st Ave Joyce StationKnight Street–Marine DriveR5 Hastings St Kootenay LoopExpo Line Main Street StationCanada Line Marine Drive StationMarpole LoopExpo Line Nanaimo StationStanley Park LoopR4 41st Ave99 B-Line UBC ExchangeCanada LineExpo LineSeaBusTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.pngR5 Hastings St Waterfront Station
Burnaby &
New West
Expo Line 22nd Street StationExpo Line Braid StationMillennium Line Brentwood StationExpo Line Edmonds StationExpo LineMillennium Line66 Fraser Valley Express Lougheed StationExpo Line New Westminster StationExpo LineMillennium Line Production Way StationExpo Line Metrotown StationR5 Hastings St SFU ExchangeMillennium Line Sperling Station
Tri-Cities Millennium Line Burquitlam StationMillennium LineTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.pngR3 Lougheed Hwy Coquitlam Central StationMillennium LineTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.png Moody Centre StationTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.png Port Coquitlam Station
Richmond Canada Line Bridgeport StationCanada Line Richmond–Brighouse StationSteveston Exchange
North Shore Capilano UniversitySeaBusR2 Marine Dr Lonsdale QuayLynn Valley CentreR2 Marine Dr Park RoyalR2 Marine Dr Phibbs Exchange
Pitt Meadows
& Maple Ridge
R3 Lougheed Hwy Haney PlaceTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.png Maple Meadows StationTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.png Pitt Meadows Station
South of Fraser 66 Fraser Valley Express Carvolth ExchangeR1 King George Blvd Guildford ExchangeLadner ExchangeLangley CentreR1 King George BlvdR6 Scott Rd Newton ExchangeExpo LineR6 Scott Rd Scott Road StationScottsdale ExchangeSouth Delta ExchangeSouth Surrey Park and RideExpo LineR1 King George Blvd Surrey Central StationWhite Rock Centre
Former Exchanges Airport StationBrentwood MallCoquitlam StationCoquitlam Recreation CentreCoquitlam Town CentreEast Guildford Park and RideLougheed MallLougheed Park and RideMatthews ExchangeMeadow Ridge CentrePitt Meadows Park and RidePort Moody StationPNE Park and RidePort Coquitlam CentreRenfrew LoopRichmond CentreRichmond ExchangeSexsmith Park and RideSouth Richmond Park and RideUpper Zoo LoopWalnut Grove Park and Ride
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NightBus N8 N9 N10 N15 N17 N19 N20 N22 N24 N35
School Trips 840 848 855 861 863 864 865 880 881
Discontinued/ Renumbered 1 23 35 42 43 51 70 95 96 97 98 102 103 108 114 115 125 131 133 135 137 139 142 147 148 149 150 154 158 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 177 178 179 189 190 197 222 226 226 239 242 258 259 274 290 292 310 317 318 328 330 332 353 355 356 357 358 390 411 420 421 424 425 488 490 491 492 496 506 507 511 590 617 705 709 712 721 722 804 807 828 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C15 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C35 C36 C37 C38 C40 C41 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C60 C61 C62 C63 C64 C70 C71 C73 C74 C75 C76 C84 C86 C87 C88 C89 C90 C92 C93 C94 C95 C96 C98 C99 N6 N16Games ExpressMetrotown ShuttleNorth Vancouver Games ExpressSexsmith Park & Ride ShuttleTransLink West Coast Express bullet-a.png TrainBus