97 B-Line

The 97 B-Line was an express bus line in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It connected Coquitlam Central station on the West Coast Express system to Lougheed Town Centre station on the SkyTrain system. It was operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company and funded by TransLink. Going west, the route went along Clarke Rd., St. John's St., Ioco Rd, Guildford Way and Pinetree Way, and served Burnaby, Port Moody, and Coquitlam. The 97 B-Line was discontinued on December 18, 2016, as part of the December 2016 TransLink seasonal bus service changes, many resulting from the opening of the Evergreen Extension of the Millennium Line.^[4] The line carried 10,750 passengers on weekdays in 2011.^[3]

97 B-Line
Overview
System	TransLink
Operator	Coast Mountain Bus Company
Began service	September 2, 2002[1]
Ended service	December 18, 2016[2]
Route
Start	Lougheed Town Centre
End	Coquitlam Central
Length	12 km (7.5 mi)
Stops	19
Service
Ridership	10,750 (avg. weekday)[3]

Unlike the other B-Line services, this route mainly used conventional 12.2-metre (40 ft) buses with no special paint scheme, instead of the 18.3-metre (60 ft) articulated buses. It took 45 minutes to complete during rush hour, and about 30 minutes off-peak.

97 B-Line stops and transfer points

97 B-Line
Millennium Line to VCC–Clark Lougheed Town Centre Millennium Line to Waterfront via Columbia Austin Cameron Foster 500 Block / Smith Como Lake Glenayre Barnet Highway / Albert West Coast Express to Waterfront Queens Port Moody Williams Moray Newport Ungless Falcon Lansdowne Johnson Pinetree / Guildford Lincoln / Anson Coquitlam Central West Coast Express to Mission City
Legend 97 B-Line (Bus) Millennium Line (SkyTrain) West Coast Express (Commuter Rail) Fare Zone 2 Fare Zone 3 Note: all bus travel is 1-zone travel

Burquitlam stops

Lougheed Town Centre station

• Lougheed Town Centre station^[a] – connected to the SkyTrain system and also served the Lougheed Town Centre shopping mall and the standing stones.
• Lougheed Mall / Austin^[a] – an alternate stop for the Lougheed Town Centre mall.
• Cameron^[a] – served the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood in Burnaby.
• Foster^[a] – alternate stop for Sullivan Heights.
• 500 Block / Smith – served the Plaza Burquitlam shopping area.
• Como Lake – alternate stop for the Plaza Burquitlam.

Port Moody stops

• Glenayre – served the Glenayre and Seaview neighbourhoods of Port Moody, with connections to a local community shuttle.
• Barnet Highway / Albert – served the East Hill neighbourhood.
• Queens – served the northwestern part of the Harbour Chines neighbourhood and the Port Moody Station Museum.
• Williams – served the now-closed Port Moody station of the West Coast Express and northern Harbour Chines.
• Moray – served the industrial areas in southeast Port Moody.
• Newport – served the Port Moody City Hall, the local theatre and library, NewPort Village, Suter Brook, and the Heritage Mountain Shoppers Village strip-mall.
• Ungless – served Eagle Ridge Hospital.

Coquitlam stops

Coquitlam Centre

• Falcon – served the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood around the Coquitlam/Port Moody border.
• Lansdowne – served the Eagle Ridge and Highland Park neighbourhoods.
• Johnson – served the Canyon Springs neighbourhood.
• Pinetree / Guildford – served the Coquitlam City Hall area and Douglas College's David Lam campus.
• Lincoln / Anson – first stop for the Coquitlam Centre shopping mall; also served Henderson Place Mall and the Westwood neighbourhood.
• Coquitlam Central station – connected to the West Coast Express's Coquitlam Station and the Coquitlam Centre mall; also served Westwood Mall and Pinetree Village.

Notes

1. This stop is located on North Road, the street separating Burnaby and Coquitlam.

See also

• R1 King George Blvd
• R4 41st Ave
• R5 Hastings St
• 98 B-Line
• 99 B-Line
• List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver

References

1. "Communities Preview New B-Line Service". TransLink. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
2. "TransLink.ca - Transit Service Changes". Archived from the original on 2010-04-30.
3. "Bus System Performance Review". TransLink. May 31, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2012. Specifically 2011 BSPR Route Summaries 1 to 99^{[permanent dead link‍]} PDF.
4. "Transit Service Changes". TransLink. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved December 2, 2016.

External links

• TransLink
• Timetable^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Route Diagram^{[permanent dead link‍]}