Coast Mountain Bus Company route 160 'Port Coquitlam Stn / Kootenay Loop'

160 Port Coquitlam Station/Kootenay Loop
New Flyer XN40 – 14032 on the 160 Vancouver via Barnet travels down Hastings Street in 2015. It was shortened to terminate at Kootenay Loop in 2016.
Service Area	Port Coquitlam Coquitlam Port Moody Burnaby Vancouver
Termini	Port Coquitlam Station Kootenay Loop
Operations	Port Coquitlam Transit Centre
Vehicles	NFI C40LFR NFI D60LFR * NFI XDE60 * NFI XN40
Branches	160 Port Coquitlam Station 160 Kootenay Loop
* On rare occasions and during special events

160 Port Coquitlam Station/Kootenay Loop is a bus route operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Route Details

This is an east-west route connecting Kootenay Loop in Vancouver and Port Coquitlam Station. It is a Frequent Transit Network (FTN) route with service 15 minutes or better for 15 hours or more of the day, seven days a week. It is also the only non-NightBus route to run across all three fare zones.

Eastbound trips depart Kootenay Loop heading south on Kootenay Street, east on Hastings Street, north on Inlet Drive becoming Barnet Road heading east, east on St. Johns Street, and north on Williams Street to Moody Centre Station. Continuing from Moody Centre Station, trips head south on Hugh Street, east on St. Johns Street, north on Ioco Road, east on Ungless Way, east on Guildford Way, and south on Pinetree Way becoming Lougheed Highway to Coquitlam Central Station. Continuing from Coquitlam Central Station, trips head north on access road, east on Barnet Highway becoming Lougheed Highway, south on Shaughnessy Street, and east on Wilson Avenue to Port Coquitlam Station.

Westbound trips depart Port Coquitlam Station heading west on Wilson Avenue, north on Shaughnessy Street, west on Lougheed Highway, and south on Lougheed Highway to Coquitlam Central Station. Continuing from Coquitlam Central Station, trips head north on access road, east on Barnet Highway, north on Pinetree Way, west on Guildford Way, west on Ungless Way, south on Ioco Road, west on St. Johns Street, and north on Williams Street to Moody Centre Station. Continuing from Moody Centre Station, trips head south on Hugh Street, west on St. Johns Street, north on Barnet Highway becoming Barnet Road and Inlet Drive, and west on Hastings Street to Kootenay Loop.

On weekday afternoons, eastbound trips do not serve the stop at St. Johns Street & Clearview Drive.

Points of Interest

• Port Coquitlam Station (Bay 4)
• Rowland Park Rec Centre
• Port Coquitlam City Centre
• Lions Way Park
• Westwood Mall Shopping Centre
• Coquiltam Central Station (Bay 1 – Port Coquitlam Station) (Bay 2 – Kootenay Loop)
• Lincoln Station (Bay 1 – Port Coquitlam Station) (Bay 2 – Kootenay Loop)
• Coquitlam Centre
• Coquitlam Public Library
• Douglas College – Coquitlam Campus
• Coquitlam City Hall
• Lafarge Lake–Douglas Station (Bay 3 – Kootenay Loop)
• Eagle Ridge Hospital
• Inlet Centre Station (Bay 1 – Kootenay Loop) (Bay 2 – Port Coquitlam Station)
• Moody Centre Station (Bay 4 – Port Coquitlam Station) (Bay 5 – Kootenay Loop)
• Reed Point Marina
• Barnet Marine Park
• Kensington Park
• George Green Park
• Kootenay Loop (Bay 2)

History

• October 1974 - 980 Barnet FastBUS service taken over by BC Hydro Transit from Pacific Stage Lines
• August 1975 - Service extended to the Mary Hill area to replace portions of the discontinued 188 Mary Hill. Trips terminating at Port Coquitlam read Barnet 980 Port Coquitlam on the front and 980 Port Coquitlam on the side. 980 Mary Hill was displayed on the side for the select Mary Hill trips
• August 1978 - Route renumbered from 980 Barnet to 160 Barnet
• September 1982 - Service rerouted between Port Moody and Coquitlam Centre to service the Eagle Ridge area. Routing to Port Coquitlam via regular route, Barnet Highway, Lansdowne, Glen, Pinetree, Lougheed Highway then regular route. Peak hour trips to continued on Barnet Highway and bypassed Eagle Ridge routing
• March 1985 - Service extended further into Eagle Ridge: Via Glen, Right on Lansdowne, left onto Guildford, left on Ioco to Barnet Highway
• Circa 1989 - Route known as 160 South Port Coquitlam/Vancouver
• September 1991 - Route revised to operate between Port Coquitlam Centre, the newly opened Coquitlam Transit Exchange and Downtown Vancouver; wheelchair accessible service commenced at the end of the month. A portion of the former route in the Mary Hill area is replaced by the 161 Mary Hill/Port Coquitlam Centre. Introduction of articulated "SuperBus" service, making it the first route in Metro Vancouver to operate articulated buses
• October 1991 - Accessible service introduced on select trips
• April 1993 - Routing revised to operate by Guildford Way. service along Glen Drive taken over by local routes
  • Westbound - Service used Johnson to Guildford
  • Eastbound - Service continued along Guildford to Pinetree Way
• October 1993 - Morning Vancouver-bound peak hour trips revised to use the Clarke Street Queue Jumper in Port Moody
• July 1995 - All westbound trips on Sundays and holidays revised to terminate at Burrard Station; alternate eastbound trips revised to terminate at Coquitlam Station
• December 1995 - Select trips revised to terminate at Hornby instead of Burrard Station
  • To Hornby Terminus: Regular route to Hastings, Burrard, Helmcken to terminus
  • From Hornby Terminus: Hornby, Smithe, Burrard, Dunsmuir, Thurlow (Burrard Station), Pender, Burrard, Hastings, regular route
• February 1996 - All trips revised to terminate on Thurlow at Dunsmuir via Burrard Station; service in Port Coquitlam revised to route via Reeve Street including weekends and evenings
• June 1997 - Due to low ridership, the westbound short-turn trip terminating at Reeve Street is discontinued
• September 1997 - Stopping procedures revised at Inlet & Ridge to allow for pick-up and drop-off
• November 1999 - Bike-rack equipped and wheelchair accessible service introduced
• September 2002 - Service revised to go via Barnet Highway in Coquitlam during off-peak hours and via Guildford Way during peak hours as part of 97 B-Line service changes
• November 2002 - Stop procedures revised to pick-up only for westbound trips on Hastings at Sperling, Holdom, Willingdon, Gilmore, Kootenay Loop during AM peak and drop-off only at the same stops during PM peak on eastbound trips
• September 2003 - Service along Pitt River Road and Reeve Street discontinued as part of the introduction of Community Shuttle services in the Tri-Cities
• December 2005 - Stop procedures revised for all trips at all times as follows:
  • Westbound: Pick-up and drop-off at all local stops until Inlet & Ridge. Then pick-up and drop-off at Hastings & Sperling, Holdom, Willingdon, Gilmore, Kootenay. Then drop-off only at Hastings & Cassiar, Windermere, Renfrew, Nanaimo, Commercial, Main, then all designated stops
  • Eastbound: Pick-up only at all designated stops until Hastings & Main, then at Commercial, Nanaimo, Windermere, Cassiar. Pick-up and drop-off at Hastings & Kootenay, Gilmore, Willingdon, Holdom, Sperling. Then pick-up and drop-off at all stops starting from Inlet & Ridge
• September 2009 - Service procedures revised with drop-off only service to Vancouver and pick-up only service from Vancouver for stops along Hastings Street at Sperling; Holdom; Willingdon; Gilmore; and Kootenay
• July 2015 - Service proposed to be shortened to Kootenay Loop and run as a local service in Burnaby as part of the Evergreen Extension changes with one trip per hour during peak hours continuing to run to/from Vancouver
• October 2015 - Service proposed to be shortened and diverted to Brentwood Station via Willingdon Avenue and revised to run as a local service to replace the 135 SFU/Burrard Station in Burnaby as part of the Evergreen Extension changes
• December 2016 - Service discontinued between Kootenay Loop and Burrard Station. Suburban express service on Hastings Street discontinued and revised to local service to replace the 135 SFU/Burrard Station in Burnaby. All trips via Guildford Way in Coquitlam and discontinuation of service on Barnet Highway between Ioco Road and Coquitlam Central Station. All trips via Moody Centre Station and discontinuation of PM peak hour short-turn trips between Moody Centre and Coquitlam Central
• June 2017 - Route joined the Frequent Transit Network.
• December 2019 - Eastbound afternoon peak trips revised to skip the stop at Barnet Highway at Clearview Drive
• August 13, 2023 - First Sunday/holiday block revised to use articulated buses to address heavy loads on 5:55 a.m. N9 westbound trip
• September 2023 - Routing in both directions revised to use bus access road to Barnet Highway instead of the Mariner Way overpass

References

v·d·e Transit Centres Burnaby – Hamilton – Port Coquitlam – Richmond – Surrey – Vancouver Closed Transit Centres North Vancouver – Oakridge Under Contract First Transit – West Vancouver Transit Former Contractors Bonny's Taxi Ltd. – Bowen Island Community Transit – DW Services Ltd. – Metro Shuttle Service Ltd. – First Canada Current Fleet 2101–2199, 2201–2289 2501–2540 2541–2574 3309–3358 7375–7399, 7401–7429 7430–7446 7447–7499, 7501–7504 8102–8117 8118–8156 9277–9285 9401–9499, 9501–9542 9543–9581, 9583–9590 9605–9699, 9701–9725 9726–9791 9797–9799 12001–12025 14001–14045 15001–15021 16001–16051 16101–16130, 16137 16201–16226 18001–18063 18101–18206 18301–18404 18451–18473 19001–19047 19101–19147 19301–19302 19303–19304 19401–19432 21001–21025 21401–21425 22001–22015 23001–23015 23201–23215 Community Shuttle Fleet 16501–16562 17506–17564 18510–18527 19503–19535, 19538–19549 19550–19554 21501–21562 23601–23606 23651–23665 Retired Fleet 1158–1192 1205–1223 1209–1210 2701–2947 3001–3021 3101–3210 3211–3257 3258–3282 3283–3299, 3301–3308 4101–4115 4116–4143 4144–4192 4193–4199, 4201–4278 5501–5508 5509–5521 6601–6630 7101–7150 7151–7197, 7199–7243 7244–7246 7247–7297 7298 7301–7374 8001–8021 8022–8047 8048–8099, 8101 9101–9115 9116–9127 9201–9276 Retired Community Shuttle Fleet S001 S002 (1st) S002 (2nd) S003–S004 S006–S012 S013–S016 S017 S018–S056 S057–S059 S060–S061 S062–S102 S200–S236 S237–S257 S258–S301 S302–S356 S357–S380 S381 S382–S393 S410–S434 S435–S464 S465–S471 S501–S544 S1301–S1320 S1321 S1322–S1325 Paint Schemes Other List of Current TransLink Ad-Wraps – List of Former TransLink Ad-Wraps – RapidBus – TransLink Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic – TransLink Vancouver 2010 Olympic Operations – Trolleybuses in Vancouver SeaBus Current Fleet Burrard Beaver – Burrard Pacific Breeze – Burrard Otter II – Burrard Chinook Retired Fleet Burrard Otter Terminals Lonsdale Quay – Waterfront Station Bus Loops and Exchanges Vancouver 29th Avenue Station – Blanca Loop – Boundary Loop – Burrard Station – Commercial–Broadway Station – Dunbar Loop – Joyce Station – Knight Street–Marine Drive – Kootenay Loop – Main Street Station – Marine Drive Station – Marpole Loop – Nanaimo Station – Stanley Park Loop – UBC Exchange – Waterfront Station Burnaby & New West 22nd Street Station – Braid Station – Brentwood Station – Edmonds Station – Lougheed Station – New Westminster Station – Production Way Station – Metrotown Station – SFU Exchange – Sperling Station Tri-Cities Burquitlam Station – Coquitlam Central Station – Moody Centre Station – Port Coquitlam Station Richmond Bridgeport Station – Richmond–Brighouse Station – Steveston Exchange North Shore Capilano University – Lonsdale Quay – Lynn Valley Centre – Park Royal – Phibbs Exchange Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge Haney Place – Maple Meadows Station – Pitt Meadows Station South of Fraser Carvolth Exchange – Guildford Exchange – Ladner Exchange – Langley Centre – Newton Exchange – Scott Road Station – Scottsdale Exchange – South Delta Exchange – South Surrey Park and Ride – Surrey Central Station – White Rock Centre Former Exchanges Airport Station – Brentwood Mall – Coquitlam Station – Coquitlam Recreation Centre – Coquitlam Town Centre – East Guildford Park and Ride – Lougheed Mall – Lougheed Park and Ride – Matthews Exchange – Meadow Ridge Centre – Pitt Meadows Park and Ride – Port Moody Station – PNE Park and Ride – Port Coquitlam Centre – Renfrew Loop – Richmond Centre – Richmond Exchange – Sexsmith Park and Ride – South Richmond Park and Ride – Upper Zoo Loop – Walnut Grove Park and Ride Routes R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 Conventional 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 25 26 27 28 29 32 33 41 44 49 50 80 84 99 100 101 104 106 110 112 116 119 123 128 129 130 133 134 136 143 144 145 150 151 152 153 155 156 159 160 179 183 188 191 209 210 211 212 222 228 229 230 231 232 236 240 241 245 246 247 249 250 253 254 255 257 301 310 311 312 314 316 319 320 321 323 324 325 326 329 335 337 340 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