Dozens of trips on 76 bus routes routes cancelled on Monday due to transit strike

On Monday morning, dozens of bus trips along 76 different routes were cancelled due to the transit strike.

A number of popular routes were affected by the cancellations, including the 3, 84, and 95, to name a few.

The cancellations also come after an announcement made by Unifor last Friday, which declared that an overtime ban for bus operators would come into effect. The union that represents nearly 5,000 Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) employees said that service would be reduced by up to 10%.

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TransLink warned customers that the job action would be difficult to predict and that a number of routes would have gaps in service and possible overcrowding.

As of Monday morning, one or more bus trips among the following routes have been cancelled:

• 2 Macdonald/Downtown
• 3 Main/Downtown
• 5 Robson/Downtown
• 6 Davie/Downtown
• 7 Nanaimo Station/Dunbar
• 8 Fraser/Downtown
• 9 Boundary/Commercial-Broadway/Granville/Alma/UBC
• 10 Granville/Downtown
• 14 Hastings/UBC
• 17 Oak/Downtown
• 19 Metrotown Station/Stanley Park
• 20 Victoria/Downtown
• 22 Knight/Downtown
• 25 Brentwood Station/UBC
• 26 Joyce Station/29th Avenue Station
• 27 Kootenay Loop/Joyce Station
• 28 Capilano University/Phibbs Exchange/Joyce Station
• 32 Dunbar/Downtown
• 33 29th Avenue Station/UBC
• 41 Joyce Station/Crown/UBC
• 43 Joyce Station/UBC
• 49 Metrotown Station/Dunbar Loop/UBC
• 84 UBC/VCC-Clark Station
• 95 SFU/Burrard Station (B-Line)
• 96 Guildford Exchange/Newton Exchange (B-Line)
• 99 Commercial-Broadway/UBC (B-Line)
• 101 Lougheed Station/22nd St Station
• 125 Patterson Station/BCIT
• 128 Braid Station/22nd Street Station
• 129 Patterson Station/Holdom Station
• 133 Holdom Station/Edmonds Station
• 134 Lake City Station/Brentwood Station
• 136 Lougheed Station/Brentwood Station
• 144 SFU/Metrotown Station
• 145 SFU/Production Station
• 151 Coquitlam Central Station/Burquitlam Station
• 152 Coquitlam Central Station/Lougheed Station
• 156 Braid Station/Lougheed Station
• 159 Coquitlam Central Station/Braid Station
• 160 Port Coquitlam Station/Kootenay Loop
• 180 Moody Centre Station/Lougheed Station
• 183 Moody Centre Station/Coquitlam Central Station
• 188 Coquitlam Central Station/Port Coquitlam Station
• 211 Seymour/Phibbs Exchange/Vancouver
• 212 Deep Cove/Phibbs Exchange
• 228 Lynn Valley/Lonsdale Quay
• 232 Grouse Mountain/Phibbs Exchange
• 239 Capilano University/Park Royal
• 240 15th Street/Vancouver
• 301 Newton Exchange/Brighouse Station
• 311 Scottsdale/Bridgeport Station
• 316 Surrey Central Station/Scottsdale
• 320 Langley/Fleetwood/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
• 341 Guildford/Newton Exchange
• 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
• 408 Brighouse/Ironwood/Riverport
• 410 Richmond-Brighouse Station/22ns St Station
• 480 UBC/Bridgeport Station
• 501 Langley Centre/Surrey Central Station
• 502 Langley Centre/Surrey Central Station
• 503 Aldergrove/Surrey Central Station
• 509 Walnut Grove/Surrey Central Station
• 555 Carvolth Exchange/Lougheed Station
• 640 Ladner Exchange/Scott Road Station
• 701 Haney/Maple Ridge East/Coquitlam Station
• 791 Haney Place/Braid Station
• 804 Holy Cross School
• 855 Elgin Park School Special

Talks between the union and Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) broke off last Thursday — on the 14th day of job action — after no agreement between the two sides could be reached.

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