Talk:List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver

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[edit] List of routes from 10 years ago

This is kind of pointless, but interesting, but I found an old bus route list from an archive of the BC Transit website from late 1996, thanks to the Wayback Machine. See here: [1] --FlyingPenguins 02:53, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry to burst your bubble, but as a transit enthusiast, I can access route lists far older than that. 1988 1987 1984 1973 1949

are some of them. Stormscape 08:02, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Route 25

Actually I did the math and 6.5% of weekday 25 trips eastbound terminate at Nanaimo Station. 3.84% of Saturday Trips terminate at Nanaimo station and 2.2% of Sunday/Holiday trips terminate at Nanaimo station. Overall, 5.93% of all trips every week terminate there. It's not one of those destinations where only 7 trips a week terminate there. 33 trips out of 556 do every week. Stormscape 08:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

That's still not a very high number (actually, it's even lower than my estimates). If it was something like 25%, then it might be significant. But if you're going to use a number like that, it deserves a tiny mention in the "notes" section but not anything more than that, I think, because there are too many routes out there that do weird short runs like that on a regular basis (ie. some #10 buses end at 63rd, some #20 buses end at 54th, some #410 buses end at Richmond Centre, some #407 buses end at Richmond Centre, some runs of #98 terminate at Airport Station... just to name a few). Besides, the list is based primarily on the official schedule, and it shows Brentwood and UBC as the main start/endpoints. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 09:08, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Route name and intermediate point

I've noticed that the destination sign on the newer bus now display not only the destination, but also an intermediate point on the route (for example, 152 Lougheed Station via Mariner; C28 Port Moody Station Via Noon's Creek). Should we add this info to the route name, in the note area, or ignore them all together? I have update the routes in the Coquitlam area and add the info in the note. I think this clear up a bit for routes that have the same destination points (like 151, 152; C27, C28), but maybe too much info for some other route (like C37 and C38)?64.180.239.213 03:57, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Probably too much information. -→Buchanan-Hermit™/?! 04:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Former route 330 and Current Route 320

There have been two discontinued route #330 buses in the past 15 years:

"330 Surrey Central Station / Scott Road Station" is the more recent one which was brought in around '96-97ish and lasted for several years.

"* Trip continues to Vancouver before Skytrain extended to Surrey." Is a reference to the previous one (discontinued early 90s, around when Skytrain was extended past Scott Road.) I remember taking it to Scott Road station, and am 90% sure that the other terminus was Fleetwood (Fraser Hwy at 156th or 160th). Prior to the Skytrain, the 330 did continue on from Guildford to Vancouver. After Skytrain and before the Skytain to extension to Surrey - I don't remember if it was still running to/from Vancouver, or to New West Station instead.

Current route 320: During the Victoria Day long weekend, there are extra "special" runs between Surrey Central and Cloverdale. These buses are labelled "320 Special" or "320 Cloverdale" and run in addition to the regular 320 buses during those three days. I added a note on this but am not sure if the wording accurately conveyed what I meant to say. Ccg 1 08:03, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Route 345

Although it is listed as King George Station / White Rock in the timetable, I have seen 345 buses departing for White Rock from Guildford Exchange. I have not seen, but have also heard of 345 buses arrive at Guildford. Both examples are on weekday mornings. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ccg 1 (talk • contribs) 10:32, 7 February 2007 (UTC).

I notice that there isn't a turnaround point at King George, so I guess the just unofficially continues there. Canadianshoper 20:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bus stop ID

Is it too much information? I think it made the table look more confusing, plus it'll require a lot of work later on to keep the list updated... 64.180.9.209 04:25, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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