TransLink plans to boost its service on 53 of its busiest routes in order to improve customer convenience, address overcrowding, and extend service hours.
If you’re a transit rider, then you’ll be glad to hear that these changes will be rolling out this fall, “with further improvements coming quarterly.”
TRANSLINK FALL SERVICE CHANGES
“Starting September 1, service will increase throughout the region including boosts to routes serving schools and jobsites to support students and workers returning to regular schedules,” said TransLink in a media release. Around a quarter of this expansion will be coming this September, which has been funded through the 2025 Investment Plan.
Here are some highlights:
- Increased service on five of TransLink’s most overcrowded routes
- 321, 335, 345, 393, 503
- Increased service on 13 of TransLink’s highest ridership routes
- 5/6, 9, 16, 19, 20, 49, 99, 100, 130, 321, 335, R1, and R4
- Added midday service on weekdays on Route 388 through Surrey
- Planned boosts to 25 routes serving schools such as UBC, Langara, Douglas College, BCIT, SFU Burnaby, SFU Surrey, and Capilano University
- Improved access to industrial jobsites, including Annacis Island, Mary Hill Business Park, Port Kells Industrial Area, and the Rosemary Heights Business Park
Metro Vancouver’s busiest travel corridors will directly benefit from the TransLink Fall Service Changes. This includes locations like downtown Vancouver, UBC, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, and Langley.
SEASONAL ADJUSTMENTS
TransLink also plans on “making seasonal adjustments to shift resources away from popular summer destinations and toward schools and employment hubs to better match travel demand. This means students and workers will be further supported as summer ends and fall begins.
“This expansion is a major win for Metro Vancouver commuters, which changes the way Metro Vancouver moves. The 2025 Investment Plan is more than just getting new buses and getting people from A to B; it’s about unlocking opportunity, reducing barriers, and connecting communities like never before. When transit works, by reducing overcrowding and improving access to jobs and education cities thrive – which deliver real results for British Columbians,” said George Anderson, Parliamentary Secretary for Transit.
To check out all the changes coming next season, visit TransLink.
