Final wave of bus route cancellations in effect for Wednesday

TransLink has announced what looks to be the final wave of bus cancellations for November’s transit strike.

On Wednesday, just after midnight, Unifor, the union representing bus and SeaBus employees, and Translink subsidiary Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) reached a tentative deal.

The agreement was made just before 12:30 am and avoids a shutdown that would have crippled much of Metro Vancouver.

While there is no shutdown, TransLink says that service disruptions could take place in the morning, as it will likely take some time to ramp up CMBC’s operations and staffing levels back to normal after such short notice.

• See also:
  • Unifor says they will return to the bargaining table with TransLink
  • All your transit alternatives during the mass bus shutdown in Metro Vancouver
  • TransLink CEO says this week’s planned bus shutdown will have “devastating impact”

As of Wednesday morning, TransLink’s website reports that there are 131 trips that have been cancelled along 58 routes.

The following routes have been affected by the service disruptions:

• 7 Nanaimo Station/Dunbar
• 9 Boundary/Commercial-Broadway/Granville/Alma/UBC
• 10 Granville/Downtown
• 16 29th Avenue Station/Arbutus
• 17 Oak/Downtown
• 19 Metrotown Station/Stanley Park
• 20 Victoria/Downtown
• 22 Knight/Downtown
• 25 Brentwood Station/UBC
• 32 Dunbar/Downtown
• 41 Joyce Station/Crown/UBC
• 49 Metrotown Station/Dunbar Loop/UBC
• 116 Edmonds Station/Metrotown Station
• 125 Patterson Station/BCIT
• 128 Braid Station/22nd Street Station
• 129 Patterson Station/Holdom Station
• 144 SFU/Metrotown Station
• 145 SFU/Production Station
• 152 Coquitlam Central Station/Lougheed Station
• 157 Burquitlam Station/Lougheed Station
• 159 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station
• 160 Port Coquitlam Station/Kootenay Loop
• 171 Coquitlam Central Station/Fremont
• 172 Coquitlam Central Station/Riverside
• 173 Coquitlam Central Station/Cedar
• 174 Coquitlam Central Station/Rocklin
• 184 Moody Centre Station/Noons Creek
• 188 Coquitlam Central Station/Port Coquitlam Station
• 191 Coquitlam Central Station /Lafarge Park
• 301 Newton Exchange/Brighouse Station
• 314 Surrey Central/Sunbury
• 316 Surrey Central Station/Scottsdale
• 319 Scott Road Station/Newton Exchange
• 320 Langley/Fleetwood/Surrey Central Station
• 321 White Rock/Newton/Surrey Central Station
• 323 Newton Exchange/Surrey Central Station
• 325 Newton Exchange/Surrey Central Station
• 335 Newton/Surrey Central Station
• 337 Fraser Heights/Guildford/Surrey Centre
• 342 Langley Centre/Newton Exchange
• 351 Crescent Beach/Bridgeport Station
• 364 Langley Centre/Scottsdale Exchange
• 388 22nd St Station/Carvolth Exchange
• 393 Newton Exchange/Surrey Central Station
• 395 Langley Centre/King George Station
• 401 Richmond-Brighouse Station/One Road
• 402 Two Road/Brighouse Station
• 403 Bridgeport Station/Three Road
• 406 Richmond Brighouse Station/Steveston
• 410 Richmond-Brighouse Station/22nd St Station
• 430 Metrotown/Brighouse Station
• 501 Langley Centre/Surrey Central Station
• 502 Langley Centre/Surrey Central Station
• 555 Carvolth Exchange/Lougheed Station
• 595 Maple Meadows Station/Langley Centre
• 701 Haney/Maple Ridge East/Coquitlam Station
• 791 Haney Place/Braid Station

For updates on services, customers should check the following websites:

• Latest service information – alerts.translink.ca
• Ask questions and find out about the latest transit service – www.twitter.com/translink
• Find out about all your transportation options – new.translink.ca/stay-informed
• Stay up to date on the latest CMBC information regarding job action – translink.ca/jobaction