TransLink rolls out two new summer season bus routes to popular regional parks | Daily Hive

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It is that time of year when Metro Vancouver’s public transit network switches to its summer season schedules to better account for the change in travel behaviour from the prolonged period of fair weather conditions.

That includes the return of seasonal bus routes serving popular outdoor destinations in Metro Vancouver, including temporary seasonal increases to existing permanent bus routes. The seasonal changes start on June 8, 2026.

For this season, TransLink is also launching two brand-new summer season bus routes to two regional park destinations.

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The new No. 566 Langley Centre/Campbell Valley seasonal bus route will provide a new connection between Langley Centre bus exchange and Campbell Valley Regional Park on weekends and holidays. It will run once every hour — southbound from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and northbound from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

As for the new No. 736 Haney Place/Golden Ears seasonal bus route, it will run between Haney Place in Maple Ridge and Golden Ears Provincial Park on both weekends and holidays as well. This service will run every 30 minutes — from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. towards the park, and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. towards Haney Place.

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No. 566 Langley Centre/Campbell Valley summer season bus route. (TransLink)

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No. 736 Haney Place/Golden Ears summer season bus route. (TransLink)

Additionally, the public transit authority is adding a summertime route extension to the existing No. 181 Moody Centre Station/Ioco bus route, with trips continuing to Belcarra Regional Park instead of stopping mid-way at where Ioco Road meets 2nd Avenue.

Bus services will also be increased on 14 other routes reaching popular outdoor destinations, including Stanley Park, Spanish Banks, Mount Seymour, and White Pine Beach.

Other changes relate to the start of more year-round service on some North Shore bus routes to improve access in West Vancouver and Lions Bay.

According to TransLink, these various improvements are made possible by its 2025 Investment Plan. To date, over 40 per cent of the service expansion has been implemented, with more coming in Fall 2026 — including the significant route extension of the North Shore’s R2 Marine Drive RapidBus from its current eastern terminus of Phibbs bus exchange to reach SkyTrain’s Brentwood Town Centre Station and Metrotown Station via Ironworkers Memorial Bridge, Hastings Street, and Willingdon Avenue.

Potentially beginning in Summer 2027, TransLink could launch a new seasonal bus route along the entirety of Stanley Park Drive, with the route beginning and ending at Waterfront Station. It is currently proposed to run every 15 minutes from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends only.

Other service changes for the Summer 2026 season are one-time, temporary, and only relate specifically to the anticipated spike in demand and road closures for the FIFA World Cup. Bus route detours, temporary new bus routes, and increased bus, SkyTrain, and SeaBus frequencies and capacities are being introduced for the tournament period will serve the needs of the activities in and around Downtown Vancouver — gravitating around BC Place Stadium, where seven matches will be played — and the PNE fairgrounds at Hastings Park, where the five-week-long official FIFA Fan Festival will be held.

Some of the prolonged FIFA World Cup detours have already begun, such as for the No. 23 English Bay/Main Street-Science World Station bus route — due to the two-month-long closure of Pacific Boulevard next to BC Place Stadium, which began this past weekend and will end in late July.

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