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64 new and replacement TransLink bus stop shelters to be installed in New Westminster by January 2027

TransLink bus stop shelter in New Westminster. (City of New Westminster)

More TransLink bus stops in New Westminster are set to offer protection from the weather, as the City of New Westminster replaces its existing shelters and expands to additional stop locations.

The City of New Westminster has announced that its bus stop shelter contractor, Pattison Outdoor, will replace 50 existing shelters, with installations scheduled to begin in early November 2026 and the replacement program slated to finish by the end of this year.

Another 14 bus stops that currently have no shelter structures are scheduled to receive them in January 2027.

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Those additions will bring the total to 64 sheltered bus stops across New Westminster, representing a 28 per cent increase from the current 50 locations.

For the locations that will see replacements, the old bus stop shelters must be removed before their new structures are installed, leaving affected stops without a shelter for approximately one to two weeks. The first 10 shelters were scheduled for removal in late October and early November 2026.

The expansion work — resulting in a major net gain of bus stop shelters — is also expected to continue beyond January 2027. The municipal government notes that it has negotiated with Pattison Outdoor to add shelters each year, with a goal of reaching approximately 100 across New Westminster — roughly twice the current number.

Pattison Outdoor is responsible for installing and maintaining the City’s bus shelters. The company installs, operates, and maintains the street furniture, in exchange for ongoing revenue from using the shelter structures as an advertising surface.

Pattison Outdoor is also the supplier for bus stop shelters and other street furniture for a number of other municipal governments in Metro Vancouver.

Although these bus stop shelters serve TransLink services, municipal governments are generally responsible for installing, operating, and maintaining on-street bus stops — not the public transit authority. Municipal governments typically enter into long-term contracts with third-party companies such as Pattison Outdoor and Outfront/JCDecaux to provide and maintain shelters and other street furniture. These separate municipal arrangements help explain why bus stop shelter designs vary considerably across Metro Vancouver.

In their efforts to expand bus stop shelter coverage, municipal governments have previously noted that some stops cannot accommodate shelters because of physical constraints, such as insufficient sidewalk space between the curb and private property lines.

Large, standardized bus shelters designed by TransLink have been installed at select on-street locations, generally beside major public transit hubs. Examples include those along East Broadway outside Commercial-Broadway Station and Central Boulevard outside Metrotown Station.

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