Kootenay Loop

Kootenay Loop
Location Kootenay St at E Hastings St
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates 49°16′53″N 123°01′35″W / 49.281362°N 123.026252°W / 49.281362; -123.026252Coordinates: 49°16′53″N 123°01′35″W / 49.281362°N 123.026252°W / 49.281362; -123.026252
Operated by TransLink
Bus routes 8
Bus stands 8
Bus operators Coast Mountain Bus Company
Connections 95 B-Line
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened August 20, 1950

Kootenay Loop is a major public transit exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia. Opened on August 20, 1950, it is the eastern-most major exchange in the city of Vancouver with routes servicing East Vancouver, Downtown Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.[1]

Structure and location

Kootenay Loop is located on East Hastings Street, at the intersection with Kootenay Street. It is less than 100 metres from Vancouver's border with the city of Burnaby. It is just a few minutes away from the Pacific National Exhibition grounds and the Second Narrows Bridge to North Vancouver. It is located just north of the Burnaby Transit Depot, which houses the public transit buses for Burnaby and is the base of operations for the 95 B-Line.

The exchange can handle regular-length diesel buses, articulated buses and electric trolley buses. Part of the exchange is on Hastings Street itself, with the other part (where the trolley buses go) separated from regular traffic. It is also one of the power stations for the trolleys.

It used to be for the Street Car trolley turnaround as there were no electric cars into Burnaby after 1949. There was a small cafe in the centre until the mid-1950s.

Routes

Route # Destinations Notes
14 UBC
  • Evening trips do not operate to/from Kootenay Loop.
27 Joyce Station
28 Joyce Station
Phibbs Exchange
Capilano University
  • Operates to/from Capilano University during peak hours (September–April)
95 B-Line Burrard Station
SFU
130 Metrotown Station
Phibbs Exchange
Capilano University
  • Peak hour service to/from Capilano University (September–April)
  • No late evening service to/from Phibbs Exchange. Trips operates to/from Hastings or Kootenay Loop only.
131 Hastings at Gilmore
MacDonald at Albert
160 Port Coquitlam Station
N35 Downtown
SFU
  • NightBus

See also

References

  1. ↑ "More Rubber, Less Rails" (PDF). The Buzzer. British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. August 18, 1950. Retrieved February 20, 2017.


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