R3 Lougheed Hwy

The R3 Lougheed Hwy is an express bus service with bus rapid transit elements in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Part of TransLink's RapidBus network, it travels along Lougheed Highway and connects Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, and Maple Ridge.

R3 Lougheed Hwy
R3 RapidBus departing Coquitlam Central station
Overview
System	Translink
Operator	Coast Mountain Bus Company
Began service	January 6, 2020[1]
Route
Start	Coquitlam Central station
End	Haney Place Exchange
Length	17.2 km (10.7 mi)[2]
Stops	8
Service
Ridership	3,010 (avg. weekday; 2023)[3]
Route map R3 Lougheed Hwy highlighted in green Show interactive map Legend Millennium Line to VCC–Clark Coquitlam Central to Lafarge Lake–Douglas Westwood Shaughnessy Ottawa Harris 203 Street Laity Haney Place Key R3 Lougheed Hwy (bus) Millennium Line (SkyTrain) Fare Zone 3 All stops are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

History

On November 23, 2016, the Mayors' Council and TransLink's board of directors approved the first phase of the 10-Year Vision, which included provisions for new B-Line routes (including the Lougheed Highway B-Line). On July 23, 2019, the route was officially rebranded the R3 Lougheed Hwy RapidBus.^[4] The R3 began service on January 6, 2020.^[5]

Route description

The R3 Lougheed Hwy mainly travels along Lougheed Highway (Highway 7); in Maple Ridge, it also travels along 226th Street.^[6]

Stops

• Coquitlam Central Station – Western terminus; connections to Millennium Line and the West Coast Express
• Westwood Street
• Shaughnessy Street
• Ottawa Street
• Harris Road
• 203 Street
• Laity Street
• Haney Place Exchange – Eastern terminus

See also

• List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver

References

1. Flanagan, Colleen (January 8, 2020). "Celebration for RapidBus in Maple Ridge today". Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
2. "GTFS Static Data". www.translink.ca. TransLink. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
3. "2023 TSPR - Bus/SeaBus Summaries". public.tableau.com. TransLink. Retrieved September 14, 2024.
4. "RapidBus". TransLink. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
5. "Phase One of the 10-Year Vision Backgrounder" (PDF). tenyearvision.translink.ca. TransLink. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
6. "RapidBus". new.translink.ca. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

External links

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• TransLink