Coast Mountain Bus Company route 509 'Walnut Grove / Surrey Central Station'
509 Walnut Grove/Surrey Central Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Service Area | Langley Surrey | |
Termini | 88th Avenue at 212th Street Surrey Central Station | |
Operations | Surrey Transit Centre | |
Vehicles | NFI D40LFR NFI XD40 NFI XN40 | |
Branches | 509 Walnut Grove Express 509 Surrey Central Station Express 509 Carvolth Exchange Express (one trip) |
Route Details
This is an east-west inter-regional route running between Surrey and the Walnut Grove community in Langley. Service runs every 20 minutes during peak hours only from 5:30AM to 7:30AM towards Surrey Central and from 3:30PM until 6:00PM towards Walnut Grove.
Eastbound trips depart Surrey Central Station heading north on University Drive, east on 104th Avenue, north on 156th Street, followed by Highway 1 heading east. The route exits Highway 1 onto 202nd Street southbound to Carvolth Exchange. Continuing from Carvolth Exchange, the route heads northbound on 202nd Street, east on 88th Avenue, north on 204th Street, 96th Avenue eastbound onto 213th Street heading south, west on 92nd Avenue, south on 212th Street, west on Walnut Grove Drive, east on 88th Avenue, south on 216th Street, west on Telegraph Trail and onto 86A Crescent, and then north on 212th Street and east on 88th Avenue where it terminates at 88th & 212th Street.
Westbound trips to Surrey Central depart 88th Avenue & 212th heading east on 88th Avenue, south on 216th Street, west on Telegraph Trail and onto 86A Crescent, and then north on 212th Street, west on 88th Avenue, north on Walnut Grove Drive, north on 212th Street, east on 92nd Avenue, north on 213th Street, west on 96th Avenue, south on 204th Street, west on 88th Avenue, south on 202nd Street to Carvolth Exchange. Continuing from Carvolth Exchange, the route heads north on 202nd Street, west on Highway 1 taking the 156th Street exit heading south on 156th, west on 104th Avenue, south on City Parkway to Surrey Central Station.
The first eastbound trip terminates at Carvolth Exchange.
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Points of Interest
- North Surrey Recreation Centre
- Central City Shopping Centre
- Surrey Public Library City Centre Branch
- Surrey Central Station (Bay 4)
- Simon Fraser University – Surrey Campus
- Guildford Exchange (Bay 1 – Walnut Grove) (Bay 2 – Surrey Central Station)
- Carvolth Exchange (Bay 2 – Walnut Grove) (Bay 8 – Surrey Central Station)
- Walnut Grove Community Centre
- Walnut Grove Town Centre
History
- September 1990 - Route introduced as 509 Walnut Grove/Scott Road Station, with two AM and two PM trips. [1]
- June 2004 - Routing revised to run along 91A Avenue with construction forcing the closure of Walnut Grove Park and Ride on 88th at 202nd Street[2]
- December 2012 - Route re-routed to Carvolth Exchange for connections to recenty implemented 555 Port Mann Express[3]
- September 2014 - Stop introduced at Highway 1 offramp (HOV) at 156 Street for connections to the 555;[4] routing revised to take 156th Street onto Highway 1 instead of continuing on 104th. Service to East Guildford Park and Ride discontinued
References
- ↑ The Buzzer August 24, 1990 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 02-01-2017
- ↑ The Buzzer June 25, 2004 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 19-01-2010
- ↑ The Buzzer December 7, 2012 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 07-12-2012
- ↑ The Buzzer August 22, 2014 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 22-09-2014