601 South Delta/Boundary Bay/Bridgeport Station is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is a north-south route that connects Tsawwassen and Ladner with the City of Richmond as well as the Canada Line to Downtown Vancouver. Early morning service is provided starting from approximately 4:30 am to Bridgeport everyday. The last trip leaves Bridgeport Station at approximately 2:00 am.
The route exits Bridgeport Station to access Highway 99 by way of Great Canadian Way and Sea Island Way eastbound. It continues along Highway 99 through the George Massey Tunnel until turning south along Highway 17 to take Ladner Trunk Road westbound and arrive at Ladner Exchange. From there it travels on Ladner Trunk, turns south onto Arthur Drive and then 53 Street where Arthur meets 34B Avenue, east along 28 Avenue and then south on 56 Street. It turns onto 12th Avenue westbound, 53A Street south until 8A Avenue, 52nd Street onto 6th Avenue, Milsom Wynd which becomes 4th Avenue and performs a loop by 54th Street, 2nd Avenue and onto 52A Street where it terminates.
Trips northbound to Bridgeport leave South Delta by 2nd Avenue onto 56 Street to South Delta Exchange. From there, it heads up 56th street, down Highway 17 to 52nd Street at the Tsawassen Mills Shopping Mall. Then it takes a right onto 28th Avenue and a left onto 52nd Street, which turns into Arthur Drive. Next, it takes a right turn at Ladner Trunk Road, and again at Harvest Drive and into Ladner Exchange. It then leaves out to Ladner Trunk and then performs a loop by on-ramp from Highway 17 to access Highway 99 and the George Massey Tunnel. It then makes a stop after exiting the off-ramp on Steveston Highway at Highway 99. It exits Highway 99 to access Bridgeport Road to arrive at Bridgeport Station Canada Line.
Peak hour service is provided to and from the Maple Beach area by buses taking 56th Street southbound until 12th Avenue, taking 12th Avenue eastbound onto Boundary Bay Road, 3rd Avenue and then 67th Street to 1A Avenue where it terminates. Select trips northbound terminate at Massey Exchange where Highway 99 crosses Steveston Highway. Select southbound trips begin or terminate at South Delta Exchange or route from South Delta Exchange as other routes such as route 603 Beach Grove/Bridgeport Station , route 604 English Bluff/Bridgeport Station and route 606 Ladner Ring .
Route Stops
To South Delta
- Local service begins at Massey Exchange
To Bridgeport
- Local stops up to and including Ladner Trunk Road on Highway 17
- Massey Exchange on Steveston Highway at Highway 99
Points of Interest
- River Rock Casino and Resort
- Bridgeport Station (Bay 7)
- Fantasy Gardens
- George Massey Tunnel
- Ladner Exchange
- Delta Hospital
- Rotary Park
- Grauer Park
- South Delta Exchange (Bay 1 - Bridgeport Stn) (Bay 2 - South Delta/Boundary Bay Peak Only)
- South Delta Park
- Dieffenbaker Park
History
- April 1975 - Route introduced as 601 South Delta FastBUS, connecting Tsawwassen to Richmond Centre. Route was one of the first FastBUS services introduced[1]
- 1996 - One of the first of three routes to feature bike rack service provided by several New Flyer Industries D40 buses operated by Oakridge Transit Centre
- September 2000 - Operation transferred to the brand new Richmond Transit Centre
- 2001 - Service begins use of Orion V coaches
- September 2009 - Route shortened to terminate at Bridgeport Station ending express bus service between Downtown and South Delta
- September 2016 - Re-routed to 52nd Street and Highway 17 to serve the newly constructed Tsawassen Mills Shopping Centre [2]
References
Transit Centres
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Burnaby – Hamilton – Port Coquitlam – Richmond – Surrey – Vancouver
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Closed Transit Centres
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North Vancouver – Oakridge
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Under Contract
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First Transit – West Vancouver Transit
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Former Contractors
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Bonny's Taxi Ltd. – Bowen Island Community Transit – DW Services Ltd. – Metro Shuttle Service Ltd. – First Canada
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Other
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List of Current TransLink Ad-Wraps – List of Former TransLink Ad-Wraps – RapidBus – TransLink Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic – TransLink Vancouver 2010 Olympic Operations – Trolleybuses in Vancouver
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SeaBus
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Current Fleet
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Burrard Beaver – Burrard Pacific Breeze – Burrard Otter II – Burrard Chinook
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Burrard Otter
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Terminals
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Lonsdale Quay – Waterfront Station
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Bus Loops and Exchanges
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Vancouver
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29th Avenue Station – Blanca Loop – Boundary Loop – Burrard Station – Commercial–Broadway Station – Dunbar Loop – Joyce Station – Knight Street–Marine Drive – Kootenay Loop – Main Street Station – Marine Drive Station – Marpole Loop – Nanaimo Station – Stanley Park Loop – UBC Exchange – Waterfront Station
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Burnaby & New West
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22nd Street Station – Braid Station – Brentwood Station – Edmonds Station – Lougheed Station – New Westminster Station – Production Way Station – Metrotown Station – SFU Exchange – Sperling Station
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Tri-Cities
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Burquitlam Station – Coquitlam Central Station – Moody Centre Station – Port Coquitlam Station
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Richmond
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Bridgeport Station – Richmond–Brighouse Station – Steveston Exchange
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North Shore
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Capilano University – Lonsdale Quay – Lynn Valley Centre – Park Royal – Phibbs Exchange
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Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge
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Haney Place – Maple Meadows Station – Pitt Meadows Station
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South of Fraser
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Carvolth Exchange – Guildford Exchange – Ladner Exchange – Langley Centre – Newton Exchange – Scott Road Station – Scottsdale Exchange – South Delta Exchange – South Surrey Park and Ride – Surrey Central Station – White Rock Centre
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Former Exchanges
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Airport Station – Brentwood Mall – Coquitlam Station – Coquitlam Recreation Centre – Coquitlam Town Centre – East Guildford Park and Ride – Lougheed Mall – Lougheed Park and Ride – Matthews Exchange – Meadow Ridge Centre – Pitt Meadows Park and Ride – Port Moody Station – PNE Park and Ride – Port Coquitlam Centre – Renfrew Loop – Richmond Centre – Richmond Exchange – Sexsmith Park and Ride – South Richmond Park and Ride – Upper Zoo Loop – Walnut Grove Park and Ride
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