Coast Mountain Bus Company route 480 'UBC / Bridgeport Station'
Service Suspended Effective April 24, 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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Service Area | University Endowment Lands Vancouver Richmond | |
Termini | University of British Columbia Bridgeport Station | |
Operations | Richmond Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI XD40 NFI XDE60 Nova Bus LFS Nova Bus LFS Suburban Orion V | |
Branches | 480 UBC Express 480 Bridgeport Station Express |
480 UBC/Bridgeport Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is an express service route providing limited stop service between UBC and Richmond via South Vancouver. Service is available Monday to Friday during peak hours only.
The route leaves the University Endowment Lands via Wesbrook Mall, 16th Avenue southbound and Southwest Marine Drive. It continues eastbound on 41st Avenue heading south down Granville Street to make a loop using Hudson Street northbound, east on 71st Avenue and back to southbound on Oak Street crossing the Oak Street Bridge. It exits the bridge onto Sea Island Way and uses Garden City to reach Bridgeport Station Canada Line.
Westbound trips use Sea Island Way on-ramp to enter Oak Street Bridge northbound and use the westbound off-ramp to access Marine Drive and Marpole Loop.
480 Express Stops
- UBC Exchange (Bay 5)
- Wesbrook Mall & Agronomy Road
- Wesbrook Mall & Thunderbird Boulevard
- Wesbrook Mall & 2100 Block (westbound only)
- W. 16th Avenue & Wesbrook Mall
- W. 41st Avenue & Dunbar Street
- W. 41st Avenue & Carnarvon Street
- W. 41st Avenue & West Boulevard
- Granville Street & W. 41st Avenue
- Granville Street & W. 49th Avenue
- Granville Street & W. 63rd Avenue (eastbound only)
- Granville Street at W. 64th Avenue (westbound only)
- Granville Street & W. 70th Avenue (eastbound only)
- Granville Street & W. 71st Avenue (westbound only)
- Marpole Loop (Bay 3 – Bridgeport Station) (Bay 4 – UBC)
- W. 71st Avenue & Oak Street (eastbound only)
- SW Marine Drive at Oak Street (westbound only)
- Bridgeport Station (Bay 4)
Points of Interest
- UBC Exchange (Bay 5)
- UBC Hospital
- Pacific Spirit Regional Park
- Dunbar Loop
- Kerrisdale Community Centre
- Marpole Loop (Bay 3 – Bridgeport Station) (Bay 4 – UBC)
- Vancouver Transit Centre
- Oak Street Bridge
- River Rock Casino
- Bridgeport Station (Bay 4)
History
- September 1979 - Service introduced as Richmond–UBC, running mornings only from Richmond Centre to UBC via Oak Street Bridge with local service in Richmond and non-stop service in Vancouver[1]
- September 1980 - Service reduced to two morning trips[2]
- September 1981 - Service discontinued due to low ridership (the service change notes a discontinuation of route 480 Richmond–UBC despite a route number not being assigned in 1979 and 1980)[3]
- September 1990 - Service re-introduced as 480 UBC/Steveston running during peak hours only when UBC was in session[4]
- April 1999 - Limited summer service introduced on a trial basis with one trip in each direction[5]
- September 2000 - Year-round service made concrete and revised to operate between UBC and Richmond Centre.[6][7] Operations transferred from Oakridge Transit Centre to Richmond Transit Centre
- 2003 - All day service introduced
- August 2007 - Routing revised to operate along Lansdowne Road instead of Alderbridge Way providing service to Kwantlen College[8]
- September 2010 - After 10 am, Mondays to Fridays, every second trip short-turned at Bridgeport Station and the Canada Line instead of continuing to Brighouse Station[9]
- April 2011 - Service between Bridgeport and Richmond–Brighouse stations discontinued due to service duplication.[10]
- August 2014 - UBC terminus moved onto Wesbrook Mall due to UBC Aquatic Centre construction work and bus loop reconstruction[11]
- June 2016 - Select stops removed west of Granville Street to improve consistency with the 43 Joyce Station/UBC[12]
- January 2020 - Service reduced to run during peak hours only as part of RapidBus program roll-out changes[13]
- April 2020 - Service suspended as part of cost saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic[14]
References
- ↑ The Buzzer September 7, 1979 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer September 19, 1980 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer September 18, 1981 translink.ca, retrieved 26-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer August 24, 1990 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer April 12, 1999 Issue, translink.ca, retreived 08-11-2014
- ↑ The Buzzer August 18, 2000 translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2020
- ↑ BC Transit Route Frequency, bctransit.com, retrieved 17-09-2009
- ↑ The Buzzer June 22, 2007 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 19-01-2017
- ↑ Fall Service Changes begin September 6, 2010, translink.ca, retrieved 27-08-2010
- ↑ The Buzzer April 1, 2011 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 11-10-2014
- ↑ The Buzzer August 22, 2014 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 27-05-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer June 17, 2016 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 27-06-2016
- ↑ The Buzzer December 20, 2019 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 1-1-2020
- ↑ TransLink implements cost saving measures The Buzzer, retrieved 22-04-2020