Cypress Coach Lines: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 03:10, 7 February 2022

History

Anglo American Technical Corporation was established in 1974 in Vancouver, BC, and is family owned and operated. AATC originally operated a short lived shuttle service to San Francisco in the 1970s. Eventually, the business passed from father to son and was reborn as Cypress Coach Lines. In 2004, Cypress inaugurated a contract service providing transportation from the Vancouver area to Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver.

As of June 2020, Cypress operates the Bowen Island Express, a peak-hour commuter bus service planned by the Bowen Transportation Society and formerly operated by Bowen Island Community Transit between 2015 and 2020. It is an east-west, peak-hour, fixed-route express bus service running between Horseshoe Bay and Downtown Vancouver. The Bowen Island Express generally follows the same route as CMBC route 257, deviating in its use of motorcoaches and bypassing of Park Royal, Marine Drive and 15 St, entering and exiting Highway 1 via Taylor Way. The service's current schedule is designed to align with that of Cormorant Marine's water taxi service.^[1]

Facilities

Office

Address: P.O. Box 651, Point Roberts, WA 98281
Email: AATC@cypresscoachlines.com
Phone: 604-637-SNOW

Fleet Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	VIN	Notes
326	1996	Prevost	H3-41			2PCH33410T1011541	Ex-Grand Tours 326. Exx-Surrey Bus Service 326. Exxx-Preferred Charters 9638.
504	2013	Mercedes-Benz	Sprinter	Mercedes-Benz	Mercedes-Benz W5A380 5 speed automatic	WDZBE8CC7D5783194	Rented out to Bowen Island Community Transit Ltd. for temporary replacement of suspended TransLink services in May 2020.
510	1991	NFI	D40	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA 253 hp	Allison HTB-748 4-speed	2FYD2CG18MU014126	Ex-Coast Mountain Bus Company 3122. Used for parking lot shuttle. Purchased in October 2010; placed in storage in 2013. Removed from property in November 2017 and scrapped in January 2018 due to undercarriage salt corrosion.
520	2003	Ford/Krystal	E-550/KK32	Ford Power Stroke 7.3L	Ford 4R100	1FDAE55F93HA67696	Replacement for 510. Ex-MTR Western 520. Briefly leased to Bowen Island Community Transit Ltd. in Summer 2019.
521	1992	Prevost	H3-40	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison B500R 6?-speed	2P9H33408N1001226	Ex-Grand Tours 321. Exx-Surrey Bus Service 321. Exxx-Autobus Deshaies 4128.
522	1990	Prevost	H3-40	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Spicer PS130-6B 6-speed?	2P9H33405L1001053	First bus in fleet. Ex-Grand Tours 322. Exx-Surrey Bus Service 322. Exxx-Autobus La Québécoise 9003. Scrapped in January 2019.
530	1995	Prevost	H3-41	Detroit Diesel Series 60	Spicer PS130-6B 6-speed?	2P9H3341XS1001149	Ex-R&J McMynn Leasing 1149. Exx-Horizon Coach Lines 502.
531	2002	Prevost	LeMirage XL-II	Detroit Diesel LeMirage Series 60	Allison B500R	2PCX3349921027723	Has yet to enter service. Ex-OC&W Coachways 404. Exx-MTR Western 122.
532	2004/2005	Prevost	LeMirage XL-II	Detroit Diesel Series 60			Temporarily renumbered to 574 and recieved a wrap for Yosemite ShuttleBus in summer 2021 for the filming of Supergirl. Late model equipped with projector headlights.
533		Prevost	LeMirage XL-II	Detroit Diesel Series 60			Has yet to enter service. Ex-MTR Western 124
560	1995	Prevost	H3-45	Detroit Diesel Series 60		2P9H33495S1001145	Temporarily renumbered to 664 and recieved a wrap for Yosemite National Park Tours in summer 2021 for the filming of Supergirl. Recapped. Ex-TRAXX Coachlines 830.
562	2000	Prevost	H3-45	Detroit Diesel Series 60		2PCH33490Y1013867	Ex-Hartzler Coach 88.
563	2004	Prevost	H3-45			2PCH3349041014771	Ex-MTR Western 563. Exx-San Jose Charters.