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'''Phibbs Exchange''' is a transit exchange operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] in Metro Vancouver, BC Canada. It is located on Main Street off the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Bridge in the District of North Vancouver.

Phibbs Exchange has 12 bus bays serviced by 13 routes running in North Vancouver, to Burnaby via east Vancouver and to downtown. Facilities include numerous covered passenger benches as well as a rest area for drivers.  

As part of the Phibbs Exchange upgrade works, the original bus loop closed on July 24, 2023, and relocated to a temporary street-side configuration. Work is expected to be finished by summer 2024.

In 2014, plans were made to redesign Phibbs Exchange to improve the customer experience and to facilitate future growth. However, there was no firm timeline on the project until an announcement in late 2018. Announced exchange upgrades included improved lighting, weather protection, and improved accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists. Work was expected to start in late 2018 and completion in spring 2020. However, commencement of work was delayed until November 2022. On May 22, 2023, work began inside the existing bus loop which involved the closure of Bay 4 and relocation of various buses to accommodate the construction of the new operator crew room. The north end of the bus loop closed on June 19 with some stops moved over to a temporary street exchange on Oxford Street and Orwell Street.

On July 24, 2023, the existing bus exchange closed and all stops were relocated to a temporary street exchange. The original date of the closure was for July 17.

Due to Phibbs Exchange upgrade works, the exchange has been relocated to a temporary street-side configuration. Bays 1–3 are located on Main Street. Bays 4–6 and Bays 11 and 12 are located along Orwell Street and the bus only on-ramp. Bays 8–10 are located on Oxford Street.

 

To accommodate layover spaces for the street-side configuration, additional layover spaces are located on Harbour Avenue and at Riverside Drive & Front Street for the [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route R2 'Marine Dr RapidBus'|R2 Marine Drive RapidBus]].

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* [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 245 'Capilano University / Phibbs Exchange'|245 Capilano University]]

* <span style="background-color:#008327; border:0.1em solid #008327;">[[Coast Mountain Bus Company route R2 'Marine Dr RapidBus'|<font color=white>R2 Marine Dr]]<br><small>''to Park Royal''<br>RapidBus</small></font></span>

* [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 232 'Grouse Mountain / Phibbs Exch'|232 Grouse Mountain]]

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* [[File:TransLink_HandyDART_logo-a.png|80px|link=|]]

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* [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 212 'Deep Cove / Phibbs Exchange'|212 Deep Cove]]

* [[Coast Mountain Bus Company route 214 'Blueridge / Phibbs Exchange / Burrard Station'|214 Blueridge]]

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* [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 215 'Indian River / Phibbs Exchange'|215 Indian River]]