West Vancouver Blue Bus
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West Vancouver’s Blue Bus Transit system began in 1912, and is the oldest continuously operated, municipal system in North America. These buses are part of the TransLink network but continue to be owned and operated by the District Municipality of West Vancouver under a contract to Translink.
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[edit] Routes
WVMT operates 10 routes using the distinctive blue buses (not to be mistaken with B Line buses).
West Vancouver Municipal Transit operates the following routes:
- 250 Vancouver/Dundarave/Horseshoe Bay
- 251 Vancouver/Park Royal/Queens
- 252 Vancouver/Park Royal/Inglewood
- 253 Vancouver/Park Royal/Caulfeild
- 254 Vancouver/Park Royal/British Properties
- 255 Lynn Valley Centre/Dundarave
- 257 Vancouver Express/Horseshoe Bay Express
- 258 West Vancouver/UBC*
- 259 Horseshoe Bay/Lions Bay
- C12 Lions Bay/Caulfeild
- See also: List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver.
- 258 only operates during peak hours when then University of British Columbia is in winter session (September to April).
[edit] Fleet
- New Flyer Industries D40LF (26 buses)
- New Flyer Industries D60 (3 buses)
- NovaBus LFS (1 bus)
- Orion Bus Industries Orion I (9 buses)
[edit] Numbering
West Vancouver buses are numbered by the production year and unit number. For example, bus number 951 would have been produced in 1995, and the first bus received.