Coast Mountain Bus Company route N9 'Coquitlam Central Station / Downtown Nightbus'

N9 Coquitlam Central Station/Downtown NightBus TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

N9 Coquitlam Central Station/Downtown
NightBus

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New Flyer C40LFR – 3310 on the N9 Coquitlam Station NightBus departing Lougheed Station.
Service Area Coquitlam
Port Moody
Burnaby
Vancouver
Termini Coquitlam Central Station
Seymour Street & W. Georgia Street
Operations Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
Vehicles NFI C40LFR TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png
NFI XDE60 TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png*
NFI XN40 TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png
Branches N9 Coquitlam Central Station NightBus
N9 Downtown NightBus
Daytime Routes Millennium Line Millennium Line
9 Boundary/Alma
99 B-Line 99 B-Line
160 Port Coquitlam Station/
       Kootenay Loop

* Select late-night trips

Route Details

This is an east-west NightBus route connecting Coquitlam Central Station and Downtown Vancouver. Service runs daily every 15–30 during the late-night and early morning hours in lieu of regular Millennium Line service, bus services along the portions of the Broadway corridor such as the 9 Boundary/Alma and 99 B-Line, and portions of the 160 Port Coquitlam Station/Kootenay Loop in Port Moody and Coquitlam. There is extended early morning service in both directions on weekends/holidays due to the later start times for the Millennium Line.

Eastbound trips depart from Seymour Street & W. Georgia Street heading north on Seymour Street, west on W. Hastings Street, south on Granville Street, west on W. Georgia Street, south on Howe Street merging onto Granville Street and across the Granville Street Bridge, then east on W. Broadway becoming Lougheed Highway, south on Boundary Road, east on Henning Drive, north on Gilmore Avenue, east on Lougheed Highway, and north on Production Way to Production Way–University Station. Continuing, trips head south on Production Way, east on Lougheed Highway, north on Austin Road, and east on Gatineau Place to Lougheed Station. Continuing from Lougheed Station, trips head east on Gatineau Place, north on North Road becoming Clarke Road and east on St. Johns Street, north on Ioco Road, east on Ungless Way, east on Guildford Way, and south on Pinetree Way becoming Lougheed Highway to Coquitlam Central Station.

Westbound trips depart from Coquitlam Central Station heading north on bus access road, east on Barnet Highway, north on Pinetree Way, west on Guildford Way, west on Ungless Way, south on Ioco Road, west on St. Johns Street becoming Clarke Road heading south then North Road, and west on Gatineau Place to Lougheed Station. Continuing from Lougheed Station, trips head west on Gatineau Place, south on Austin Road, west on Lougheed Highway becoming E. Broadway, north on Granville Street and across the Granville Street Bridge, then taking Seymour Street to Seymour Street & W. Georgia Street.

Two eastbound weekday trips and one eastbound trip on weekends/holidays begin at Lougheed Station.

Points of Interest

History

  • Pre-2001 - Service operated as portions of the Owl Service components of the 9 Granville/Boundary and the 150 Lougheed Mall/Vancouver
  • September 2001 - All Owl routes cancelled due to funding shortfall[1]
  • December 2004 - Service introduced, running between Downtown Vancouver and Lougheed Station and ran until 3:10AM from Monday to Sunday[2]
  • 2005 - Service extended to Coquitlam Station
  • April 2006 - Service rerouted due to the construction of the Canada Line; service revised to operate northbound along Seymour and southbound along Howe and service along Granville Street in downtown discontinued; service to terminate at new bus bays on Howe between Georgia and Hastings instead of Granville & Georgia[3]
  • December 2006 - Eastbound service revised to route into Gilmore, Sperling, and Production stations to improve passenger safety and convenience[4]
  • February 1–28, 2010 - Vancouver 2010 Olympic service: Introduction of additional trips to provide 24-hour service along the Millennium Line and 97 B-Line corridors[5]
  • December 2016 - Service significantly increased between Coquitlam Central and Lougheed stations to increase service on the Evergreen Extension corridor during NightBus hours
  • June 2017 - Service between Downtown Vancouver and Coquitlam Central Station increases as more trips are added in both directions daily
  • June 2018 - Consolidation of NightBus routes to the NightBus District at Vancouver City Centre Station results in downtown terminus being revised from Howe Street & Dunsmuir Street to Seymour Street & Robson Street. Southbound routing revised to go via Seymour, Hastings, Granville, W. Georgia, Howe, Granville instead of from Howe & Dunsmuir via Howe and Granville
  • January 2020 - Downtown terminus revised from Seymour & Robson to Seymour & W. Georgia with no changes in routing. Introduction of early morning eastbound trips starting at Production Way Station
  • April 2020 - Westbound Lougheed short-turn trips revised to travel full route and increased daily service in both directions. Eastbound trips that started at Production Station were revised to start from downtown
  • September 2023 - Routing departing Coquitlam Central Station revised to use bus access road to Barnet Highway instead of the Mariner Way overpass
  • April 2024 - Early morning Sunday/holiday service increased from every 25–30 minutes to every 15–20 minutes

References

  1. NightBus Service Expanded to Six Nights a Week, translink.bc.ca, retrieved 09-13-2009
  2. The Buzzer December 24, 2004 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 19-01-2017
  3. The Buzzer April 24, 2006 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 23-04-2010
  4. The Buzzer December 8, 2006 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 20-04-2020
  5. NightBus Olympic Schedule translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 22-03-2021
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Retired Community Shuttle Fleet S001 S002 (1st) S002 (2nd) S003–S004 S006–S012 S013–S016 S017 S018–S056 S057–S059 S060–S061 S062–S102 S200–S236 S237–S257 S258–S301 S302–S356 S357–S380 S381 S382–S393 S410–S434 S435–S464 S465–S471 S501–S544 S1301–S1320 S1321 S1322–S1325
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Retired Fleet Burrard Otter
Terminals   Lonsdale Quay     Waterfront Station
Bus Loops and Exchanges
Vancouver   29th Avenue StationBlanca Loop  Boundary Loop   Burrard Station    Commercial–Broadway Station  Dunbar Loop   Joyce StationKnight Street–Marine Drive  Kootenay Loop  Main Street Station  Marine Drive StationMarpole Loop  Nanaimo StationStanley Park Loop   UBC Exchange      Waterfront Station
Burnaby &
New West
  22nd Street Station  Braid Station  Brentwood Station  Edmonds Station    Lougheed Station  New Westminster Station   Production Way Station  Metrotown Station  SFU Exchange  Sperling Station
Tri-Cities   Burquitlam Station    Coquitlam Central Station   Moody Centre Station  Port Coquitlam Station
Richmond   Bridgeport Station  Richmond–Brighouse StationSteveston Exchange
North Shore Capilano University   Lonsdale QuayLynn Valley Centre  Park Royal  Phibbs Exchange
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NightBus N8 N9 N10 N15 N17 N19 N20 N22 N24 N35
School Trips 840 848 855 861 863 864 865 880 881
Discontinued/ Renumbered 1 23 35 42 43 51 70 95 96 97 98 102 103 108 114 115 125 131 133 135 137 139 142 147 148 149 150 154 158 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 177 178 179 189 190 197 222 226 226 239 242 258 259 274 290 292 310 317 318 328 330 332 353 355 356 357 358 390 411 420 421 424 425 488 490 491 492 496 506 507 511 590 617 705 709 712 721 722 804 807 828 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C15 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C35 C36 C37 C38 C40 C41 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C60 C61 C62 C63 C64 C70 C71 C73 C74 C75 C76 C84 C86 C87 C88 C89 C90 C92 C93 C94 C95 C96 C98 C99 N6 N16Games ExpressMetrotown ShuttleNorth Vancouver Games ExpressSexsmith Park & Ride Shuttle  TrainBus