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'''N20 Victoria/Downtown NightBus''' [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] is a NightBus route operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
'''N20 Victoria/Downtown NightBus''' [[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==
This is an overnight bus route providing service 7 days a week in lieu of regular [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 20 'Victoria / Downtown' | 20 Victoria/Downtown]] [[Image:Wc15.JPG]] service. Service runs every 30 minutes in each direction (every 20 minutes for the first three trips in each direction on weekdays and Saturdays) with 8 trips in each direction (3 trips each direction on Sundays/holidays).
This is a north-south NightBus route connecting Marine Drive Station and Downtown Vancouver running primarily on Victoria Drive. Service runs daily every 30 minutes during the late-night and early morning hours in lieu of regular [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 20 'Victoria / Downtown' | 20 Victoria/Downtown]] service. On weekdays and Saturdays, the first three trips run 20 minutes apart. On Sundays/holidays, service runs in the late-night hours only with three trips 30 minutes apart.


The route departs Howe at Dunsmuir along Howe to West Georgia, Seymour northbound and Hastings eastbound until Commercial Drive. It continues south along Commercial to Victoria Drive all the day to Marine Drive and Marine Drive Station. Northbound trips use Hastings to turn onto Howe to reach its Downtown terminus.
Northbound trips depart Marine Drive Station heading north on Yukon Street, east on SE Marine Drive, north on Victoria Drive becoming Commercial Drive, west on E. Hastings Street, south on Granville Street, west on W. Pender Street, and south on Howe Street to Howe Street & Dunsmuir Street.
 
Southbound trips depart from Howe Street & Dunsmuir Street heading south on Howe Street, east on W. Georgia Street, north on Seymour Street, east on W. Hastings Street, south on Commercial Drive becoming Victoria Drive, west on SE Marine Drive, and south on Yukon Street to Marine Drive Station.


===Points of Interest===
===Points of Interest===
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Granville Station|Granville Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Granville Station|Granville Station]]
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Vancouver City Centre Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Canada Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Vancouver City Centre Station|Vancouver City Centre Station]]
* Chinatown
* Chinatown
* Little Italy  
* Commercial Drive/Little Italy  
* [[TransLink Skytrain Commercial – Broadway Station|Commercial–Broadway Station]]
* [[File:TransLink Expo Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Expo Line|Expo Line]][[File:TransLink Millennium Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Millennium Line|Millennium Line]][[File:TransLink B-Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route 99 'Commercial - Broadway Station / UBC (B-Line)'|99 B-Line]] [[TransLink Skytrain Commercial – Broadway Station|Commercial–Broadway Station]] (Bay 2 – Victoria) (Bay 3 – Downtown)
* Harrison Loop
* [[File:TransLink Canada Line bullet-a.png|20px|link=SkyTrain Canada Line|Canada Line]] [[TransLink SkyTrain Marine Drive Station|Marine Drive Station]] (Bay 1)
* [[TransLink SkyTrain Marine Drive Station|Marine Drive Station]] (Bay 1)
* Marine Gateway Retail Complex
* Marine Gateway Retail Complex


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* Pre-2001 - Service operated as an Owl Service component of the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 20 'Victoria / Downtown'|20 Victoria/Downtown]]
* Pre-2001 - Service operated as an Owl Service component of the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 20 'Victoria / Downtown'|20 Victoria/Downtown]]
* October 2001 - All Owl routes cancelled due to funding shortfall<ref>[http://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Media/2004/June/NightBus-service-expanded-to-six-nights-a-week.aspx NightBus Service Expanded to Six Nights a Week], translink.bc.ca, retrieved 13-09-2009</ref>
* October 2001 - All Owl routes cancelled due to funding shortfall<ref>[http://www.translink.ca/About-Us/Media/2004/June/NightBus-service-expanded-to-six-nights-a-week.aspx NightBus Service Expanded to Six Nights a Week], translink.bc.ca, retrieved 13-09-2009</ref>
* September 2004 - Service introduced under NightBus branding and ran until 3:10AM from Monday to Saturday
* September 2004 - Service introduced under NightBus branding and ran until 3:10AM from Monday to Saturday. Service ran from Downtown Vancouver to Harrison Loop with three trips in each direction
* December 2004 - Sunday service introduced
* December 2004 - Sunday service introduced
* June 2016 - Extended to Marine Drive Station from Harrison Loop to provide improved connections to other NightBus routes and better passenger safety<ref>[http://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/2010s/2016/Buzzer_06_17_2016.pdf The Buzzer June 17, 2016 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 27-06-2016</ref>
* April 2006 - Service revised to terminate at new bays on Howe Street between Georgia and Hastings due to the construction of the Canada Line.<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2000s/2006/Buzzer_2006_04_24.ashx The Buzzer April 24, 2006 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 11-02-2021</ref> Terminus revised from Granville & Pender to Howe & Dunsmuir and service on Granville Street discontinued
* April 2012 - Last southbound trip daily revised to operate with an articulated bus to address overcrowding
* June 2016 - Extended to Marine Drive Station from Harrison Loop to provide improved connections to other NightBus routes and better passenger safety<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/2016/Buzzer_2016_06_17.pdf The Buzzer June 17, 2016 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 27-06-2016</ref>


==References==
==References==
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