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|'''Service Area''' | |||
|West Vancouver | |||
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|'''Termini''' | |||
|Marine Drive at 25th Street<br>[[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]] | |||
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|'''Operations''' | |||
|[[West Vancouver Municipal Transit|West Vancouver Transit]] | |||
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|'''Vehicles''' | |||
|[[ARBOC Specialty Vehicles|ARBOC]] [[Arboc Spirit of Mobility|SOM 28]] [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]] | |||
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|'''Branches''' | |||
|252 Inglewood<br>252 Park Royal Village<br> via Inglewood | |||
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'''252 Inglewood/Park Royal''' [[File:TransLink Accessible bullet-b.png|17px|link=]] is a Community Shuttle route operated by [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit|West Vancouver Transit]] under contract with [[TransLink]] in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | |||
==Route Details== | ==Route Details== | ||
This is an east-west | This is an east-west circular route combined with the [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 251 'Queens / Park Royal'|251]] running in West Vancouver, connecting Dundarave and Park Royal and running primarily along Inglewood Avenue. This route is the southern half of the circular service. Service runs daily every hour, increasing to every 30 minutes during peak hours. | ||
Eastbound trips come off a [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 251 'Queens / Park Royal'|251 Queens]] and depart from Marine Drive & 25th Street heading east on Marine, north on 24th Street, east on Mathers Avenue, south on 20th Street, east on Inglewood Avenue, south on 11th Street, west on Fulton Avenue, south on 17th Street, east on Marine Drive to Park Royal | |||
Westbound trips depart Park Royal heading west on Marine Drive, north on 17th Street, east on Fulton Avenue, north on 11th Street, west on Inglewood Avenue, north on 20th Street, west on Mathers Avenue, south on 25th Street, east on Marine Drive to Marine & 25th Street, where it continues as a [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 251 'Queens / Park Royal'|251 Park Royal]]. | |||
Flag stop procedures are in effect for trips towards Park Royal at all stops except: | |||
* Marine Drive & 25th Street | |||
* 20th Street & Mathers Avenue | |||
* All stops from Marine Drive & 17th Street to Park Royal | |||
===Points of Interest=== | ===Points of Interest=== | ||
* [[File:TransLink RapidBus bullet-a.png|link=Coast Mountain Bus Company route R2 'Marine Dr RapidBus'|20px|R2 Marine Dr]] [[Translink Park Royal Shopping Centre|Park Royal]] (Bay 2) | |||
* Park Royal Shopping Centre | * Park Royal Shopping Centre | ||
* Ambleside Park | * Ambleside Park | ||
* Hay Park | * Hay Park | ||
* | * West Vancouver Municipal Hall | ||
* | * Irwin Park | ||
* Dundarave Village | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
* June 1994 - Midday service on Sundays and holidays extended to terminate in Vancouver<ref>[ | * October 1986 - Early morning Saturday service revised to terminate at Park Royal instead of continuing to Vancouver<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1980s/1986/buzzer_1986_10_10.pdf The Buzzer October 10, 1986 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021</ref> | ||
* April 2014 - Service to Downtown Vancouver | * September 1992 - Accessible service introduced with newly acquired [[Orion_Bus_Industries_'Orion_I'|Orion I]] units<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1990s/1992/Buzzer_1992_05_22.pdf The Buzzer May 22, 1992 Issue] translink.ca, retrieved 01-05-2020</ref> | ||
* June 1994 - Midday service on Sundays and holidays extended to terminate in Vancouver<ref>[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/rider-guide/buzzer-archives/1990s/1994/Buzzer_1994_06_17.ashx The Buzzer June 17, 1994 Issue], translink.ca, retrieved 27-03-2010</ref> | |||
* October 2001 - One late-night trip Monday–Saturday discontinued due to low ridership and funding shortfall<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200131040703/https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/about_translink/media/2001/oct01/servicecuts.pdf Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number] translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 01-03-2021</ref> | |||
* April 2014 - Service restructured: Discontinuation of service to/from Downtown Vancouver and all trips to start from Park Royal. Discontinuation of AM peak hour reverse routing. All trips revised to run with Community Shuttles and interlined with the [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 251 'Queens / Park Royal'|251]] | |||
* May 2–11, 2020 - Service suspended as part of cost-saving measures due to low ridership relating to the [[TransLink Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]] | |||
* September 2020 - West Vancouver Secondary School special trips discontinued and reorganized under [[West Vancouver Municipal Transit route 250 'Horseshoe Bay / Dundarave / Vancouver'|250]] service | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Latest revision as of 13:05, 15 August 2022
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Service Area | West Vancouver | |||
Termini | Marine Drive at 25th Street Park Royal | |||
Operations | West Vancouver Transit | |||
Vehicles | ARBOC SOM 28 | |||
Branches | 252 Inglewood 252 Park Royal Village via Inglewood |
252 Inglewood/Park Royal is a Community Shuttle route operated by West Vancouver Transit under contract with TransLink in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Route Details
This is an east-west circular route combined with the 251 running in West Vancouver, connecting Dundarave and Park Royal and running primarily along Inglewood Avenue. This route is the southern half of the circular service. Service runs daily every hour, increasing to every 30 minutes during peak hours.
Eastbound trips come off a 251 Queens and depart from Marine Drive & 25th Street heading east on Marine, north on 24th Street, east on Mathers Avenue, south on 20th Street, east on Inglewood Avenue, south on 11th Street, west on Fulton Avenue, south on 17th Street, east on Marine Drive to Park Royal
Westbound trips depart Park Royal heading west on Marine Drive, north on 17th Street, east on Fulton Avenue, north on 11th Street, west on Inglewood Avenue, north on 20th Street, west on Mathers Avenue, south on 25th Street, east on Marine Drive to Marine & 25th Street, where it continues as a 251 Park Royal.
Flag stop procedures are in effect for trips towards Park Royal at all stops except:
- Marine Drive & 25th Street
- 20th Street & Mathers Avenue
- All stops from Marine Drive & 17th Street to Park Royal
Points of Interest
- Park Royal (Bay 2)
- Park Royal Shopping Centre
- Ambleside Park
- Hay Park
- West Vancouver Municipal Hall
- Irwin Park
- Dundarave Village
History
- October 1986 - Early morning Saturday service revised to terminate at Park Royal instead of continuing to Vancouver[1]
- September 1992 - Accessible service introduced with newly acquired Orion I units[2]
- June 1994 - Midday service on Sundays and holidays extended to terminate in Vancouver[3]
- October 2001 - One late-night trip Monday–Saturday discontinued due to low ridership and funding shortfall[4]
- April 2014 - Service restructured: Discontinuation of service to/from Downtown Vancouver and all trips to start from Park Royal. Discontinuation of AM peak hour reverse routing. All trips revised to run with Community Shuttles and interlined with the 251
- May 2–11, 2020 - Service suspended as part of cost-saving measures due to low ridership relating to the COVID-19 pandemic
- September 2020 - West Vancouver Secondary School special trips discontinued and reorganized under 250 service
References
- ↑ The Buzzer October 10, 1986 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 08-05-2021
- ↑ The Buzzer May 22, 1992 Issue translink.ca, retrieved 01-05-2020
- ↑ The Buzzer June 17, 1994 Issue, translink.ca, retrieved 27-03-2010
- ↑ Service Cuts for October 15, 2001 listed by Route Number translink.ca, archived on Web Archive, retrieved 01-03-2021
Facilities | Park Royal – West Vancouver Transit Centre | |||||||||||||||||
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Current Fleet | 701–706 901–909 1201–1217 1601–1605 1606–1614 | |||||||||||||||||
Community Shuttle Fleet | 17501–17505 18501–18509 19501–19502, 19536–19537 | |||||||||||||||||
Retired/ Transferred Fleet |
712–714 801–803 912–914 921–929 951–959, 961–968 971 981 990–998 S200 S201 S261 S305 S370 S1301–S1304, S1308, S1309, S1316–S1320 | |||||||||||||||||
Paint Schemes | ||||||||||||||||||
Routes | ||||||||||||||||||
Conventional | 250 250A 253 254 255 | |||||||||||||||||
Community Shuttle | 214 215 227 251 252 256 262 | |||||||||||||||||
Other | Cemetery – Vancouver Special Events Bus | |||||||||||||||||
Former Routes | 226 257 258 259 – Hockey Special – PNE Special | |||||||||||||||||
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