- 97 B-Line
The 97 B-Line is a
bus rapid transit line inGreater Vancouver ,Canada . It connectsCoquitlam Central Station on theWest Coast Express system toLougheed Town Centre Station on the SkyTrain system. It is operated byCoast Mountain Bus Company and funded by TransLink. Going west, the route goes along Clarke Rd., St. John's St., Ioco Rd, Guildford Way and Pinetree Way, and serves Burnaby, Port Moody and Coquitlam. The line carries over 6,000 passengers daily ( [http://www.apta.com/research/info/briefings/documents/mills.pdf] , PDF file) and will be replaced by the Evergreen Line in 2014.Unlike the two other B-Line services, this route uses both regular-length and articulated low-floor buses, but with no special paint scheme.
97 B-Line stops and transfer points
Burquitlam Stops
*Lougheed Station1 - connects to the SkyTrain system and also serves the
Lougheed Town Centre shopping mall.
*Lougheed Mall/Austin1 - an alternate stop for the Lougheed Town Centre mall.
*Cameron1 - serves the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood in Burnaby.
*Foster1 - alternate stop for Sullivan Heights.
*Smith - serves the Plaza Burquitlam shopping area.
*Como Lake - alternate stop for the Plaza Burquitlam."1: This stop is located on the street separating Burnaby and Coquitlam."
Port Moody Stops
*Glenayre - serves the Glenayre and Seaview neighbourhoods of Port Moody, with connections to a local community shuttle.
*Barnet - serves the East Hill neighbourhood.
*Queens - serves the northwestern part of the Harbour Chines neighbourhood and the Port Moody Station Museum.
*Williams - serves thePort Moody Station of theWest Coast Express and northern Harbour Chines.
*Moray - serves the industrial areas in southeast Port Moody.
*Newport - serves the Port Moody City Hall, the local theatre and library, and the Heritage Mountain Shoppers Village strip-mall.
*Ungless - servesEagle Ridge Hospital .Coquitlam Stops
*Falcon - serves the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood around the Coquitlam/Port Moody border.
*Lansdowne - serves the Eagle Ridge and Highland Park neighbourhoods.
*Johnson - serves the Canyon Springs neighbourhood.
*Pinetree - serves the Coquitlam City Hall area andDouglas College 's David Lam campus.
*Guildford - the same as the Pinetree stop, but going in the opposite direction.
*Lincoln - first stop for theCoquitlam Centre shopping mall; also servesHenderson Place mall and the Westwood neighbourhood.
*Coquitlam Station - connects to the West Coast Express's Coquitlam Station and the Coquitlam Centre mall; also serves Westwood Mall and Pinetree Village.ee also
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Evergreen Line (Vancouver)
*99 B-Line
*98 B-Line
*List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver External links
* [http://www.translink.bc.ca TransLink]
* [http://www.fta.dot.gov/printer_friendly/research_4374.html Federal Transit Administration (US) - Overview of the B-Lines]
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