TransLink is permanently bumping up the frequency of some of its more popular bus routes, including a few with Burnaby connections, to reduce overcrowding.
The 49 Metrotown/UBC bus will have an additional one to trips per hour during the week from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Starting on Sept. 4, it will have a new stop at Metrotown as well moving from the loop to Central Boulevard in front of the SkyTrain station at Bay 11. When it leaves there it will travel via Central and Imperial Street before resuming its regular route.
Along with the usual seasonal increases to the frequency of route 25 Brentwood Station/UBC to facilitate students at UBC and BCIT, there will be permanent increases to frequency of departures. On weekdays, it will increase to running every eight minutes from 6 to 7 a.m., every four minutes from 7 to 9 a.m., every eight minutes from 9 to 11 a.m., every six minutes from 3 to 6 p.m., and every eight minutes from 6 to 7 p.m. On Saturdays, the increase to service will be every 10 minutes from 8 to 9 a.m., and every 12 minutes from 7 to 8 p.m.
The service on the 130 Metrotown/Hastings/Phibbs Exchange/Capilano University route will permanently increase to have weekday service every six to seven minutes, up from every seven to eight minutes, from 7 to 10 a.m., and 2 to 5 p.m. on weekdays. On Saturdays from 6 to 9 p.m., instead of running every 15 to 20 minutes it will run every 12 to 15 minutes.
The 430 Metrotown/Richmond-Brighouse Station route will leave weekdays, 6 to 9 a.m., every 15 minutes instead of every 20, and every 20 minutes from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. instead of every 30 minutes.
Several other changes were made by TransLink to bus routes throughout its system. Complete details are available at translink.ca/service changes.
