Translink Announces Services changes on Skytrain + Buses

In effect on Wednesday, April 22

SeaBus

• The last SeaBus sailing will happen at 7:30 p.m. from Lonsdale Quay and 7:45 p.m. from Waterfront.
• SeaBus will continue with sailings every 30-minutes.

SkyTrain

• Expo Line capacity will be reduced by 20% during peak hours.  During middays, early evenings, and weekends, capacity will be reduced by 20% to 40%, depending on the time of day.
  • These capacity reductions are in addition to a 17% reduction during peak hours and a 20% reduction on Friday and Saturday evenings which took place last month.
• Millennium Line capacity will be reduced by 15% during peak hours. During middays, early evenings, and weekends, capacity will be reduced by 20% to 40%, depending on the time of day.
  • These capacity reductions are in addition to a 17% reduction during peak hours and a 20% reduction on Friday and Saturday evenings which took place last month.
• Canada Line capacity has been reduced by 18% during peak hours.

West Coast Express

• Trains one, three and five will continue running with fewer cars.
• Trains two and four remain temporarily cancelled.

In effect on Friday, April 24

18 bus routes will be suspended:

• 15 Cambie / Olympic Village Station
  • Alternate route: Canada Line
• 32 Dunbar / Downtown
  • Alternate routes: 2, 7
• 50 Waterfront Station / False Creek South
  • Alternate route: 84, any downtown bus (e.g. 4, 7, 23)
• 68 UBC Exchange / Wesbrook Village
  • Use alternate travel (e.g. walk, cycle)
• 105 Uptown / New Westminster Station
  • Alternate route: 103, 106, 123, 128, 155
• 131 Hastings at Gilmore / Kootenay Loop
  • Alternate route to connect on Hastings St: 129, 160, R5
• 132 Capitol Hill / Hastings at Gilmore
  • Alternate route to connect on Hastings St: 129, 160, R5
• 143 Burquitlam Station / SFU
  • Alternate route: Millennium Line, 145
• 222 Willingdon Express
  • Alternate route: 28, 130
• 414 Richmond Oval / Brighouse Station
  • Alternate route to connect on Westminster Hwy (401), No. 3 Road (Canada Line)
• 480 UBC / Bridgeport
  • Alternate route: Canada Line, and/or 10, R4
• R3 Lougheed Hwy RapidBus
  • Alternate route: 701
• Suspended NightBus Routes:
  • N8 Downtown / Fraser
    • Alternate route: Walk to N10
  • N15 Downtown / Cambie
    • Alternate route: Walk to N10
  • N17 Downtown / UBC
  • N22 Downtown / Macdonald
  • N24 Downtown / Lynn Valley
  • N35 Downtown / SFU

In effect mid-May

An additional 47 routes will be suspended, and frequency will be reduced on all remaining routes.

• Expected route suspensions: 251, 252, 262, 280, 281, 282, 370, 563, 564, 44, 170, 181, 182, 231, 241, 247, 258, 345, 352, 354, 391, 393, 394, 395, 416, 509, 602, 603, 604, 606, 608, 614, 616, 617, 618, 619, 719, 722, 733, 741, 744, 748, 749, 791, 42, 150, 179.
• Precise timing for these suspensions and reductions will be released in due course.