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The route leaves Dunbar Loop taking Dunbar Street northbound and uses Dunbar Diversion to access Alma Street. It turns eastbound on West 4th Avenue at Alma and then uses Hemlock and 5th Avenue to loop onto Granville Street and the Granville Street Bridge. It exits the bridge and continues northbound along Granville to take Cordova using Cordova Diversion to acccess Powell Street and then Dundas Street. It turns onto Nanaimo from Dundas southbound and continues until reaching Nanaimo Station on Nanaimo at 24th Avenue. | The route leaves Dunbar Loop taking Dunbar Street northbound and uses Dunbar Diversion to access Alma Street. It turns eastbound on West 4th Avenue at Alma and then uses Hemlock and 5th Avenue to loop onto Granville Street and the Granville Street Bridge. It exits the bridge and continues northbound along Granville to take Cordova using Cordova Diversion to acccess Powell Street and then Dundas Street. It turns onto Nanaimo from Dundas southbound and continues until reaching Nanaimo Station on Nanaimo at 24th Avenue. | ||
Westbound trips use Nanaimo, Dundas, Powell until Main Street, West Pender into Downtown and then Granville to get onto Granville Bridge. It loops onto 4th Avenue from Granville Bridge via West Cloverleaf and Fir Street | Westbound trips use Nanaimo, Dundas, Powell until Main Street, West Pender into Downtown and then Granville to get onto Granville Bridge. It loops onto 4th Avenue from Granville Bridge via West Cloverleaf and Fir Street. | ||
Service in Downtown Vancouver will continue to route via Seymour Street and Howe Street instead of Granville on weekends, holidays, days preceding holidays and Fridays after 9pm when Granville Street access is restricted to pedestrians only. | Service in Downtown Vancouver will continue to route via Seymour Street and Howe Street instead of Granville on weekends, holidays, days preceding holidays and Fridays after 9pm when Granville Street access is restricted to pedestrians only. | ||
The first trip departing Nanaimo Station terminates at E. Hastings Street & Nanaimo Street while the last trip of the evening departing Nanaimo Station terminates at Dunsmuir Street & Howe Street. | The first trip departing Nanaimo Station on weekdays and Saturdays terminates at E. Hastings Street & Nanaimo Street and becomes a [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 16 '29th Avenue Stn / Arbutus'|16 29th Avenue Station]], while the last trip of the evening departing Nanaimo Station terminates at Dunsmuir Street & Howe Street. | ||
===Points of Interest=== | ===Points of Interest=== | ||
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* Pandora Park | * Pandora Park | ||
* John Hendry Park/Trout Lake | * John Hendry Park/Trout Lake | ||
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Nanaimo Station|Nanaimo Station]] | * [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Nanaimo Station|Nanaimo Station]] (Bay 3) | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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* June 2013 - Route revised to use Hastings between Clark and Granville due to closure of Powell Street | * June 2013 - Route revised to use Hastings between Clark and Granville due to closure of Powell Street | ||
* September 2013 - Detour route revised to only use Hastings between Heatley and Clark, service west of Heatley reverted to regular route on Powell/Cordova and Pender | * September 2013 - Detour route revised to only use Hastings between Heatley and Clark, service west of Heatley reverted to regular route on Powell/Cordova and Pender | ||
* December 2018 - Trolley buses replaced by diesel and hybrid conventional buses due to Nanaimo Station bus loop upgrades | * December 2018 - Trolley buses replaced by diesel and hybrid conventional buses due to Nanaimo Station bus loop upgrades; buses revised to temporarily layover at [[TransLink SkyTrain 29th Avenue Station|29th Avenue Station]] | ||
* June 2019 - | * June 2019 - Operations changed back to trolley buses after the relevant upgrades at Nanaimo Station completed and layovers reverted back to Nanaimo Station | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||