It’s exciting times for hockey fans as the brand-new Vancouver Goldeneyes make their inaugural debut in the Professional Women’s Hockey League this season, with their home base (nest?) being Vancouver’s own Pacific Coliseum.

Luckily for hockey and transit fans alike, Pacific Coliseum is easily accessible by transit. Taking transit to the game saves any traffic or parking headaches you may encounter on the way and means extra cash to spare for hot dogs and merch.

Plus, there’s no surge pricing for transit with fares starting at just $3.35 for adults and kids 12 and under ride free.

Checklist before you go

• Contactless credit or debit card — that’s it! That’s all you need to ride transit.

Paying your transit fare

The easiest way to pay your transit fare and is by tapping your contactless credit or debit card at the Compass fare gates and readers to pay an adult cash fare. We accept Mastercard, Visa, American Express, and Interac Debit — both the contactless card or on a mobile wallet such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay.

Be sure to remove your contactless card from your wallet before you tap to ensure the right card is charged. If you tap in using your mobile wallet, make sure you use it again to tap out and not your physical card, and vice versa.

Other ways of paying for transit:

Compass Card: A favourite for locals and available at Compass Vending Machines at SkyTrain stations and select retailers for a $6 refundable deposit. Load your Compass Card with Stored Value to pay-as-you-go at a discount. You can find more information about where to buy a Compass Card at translink.ca/wheretobuy.

DayPass: If you plan to do a lot of travelling on transit in the day – purchase a DayPass! It can be loaded onto a Compass Card or purchased as a single-use Compass Ticket, and provides unlimited travel across all modes until the end of the service day, excluding West Coast Express.

Compass Tickets (single use): If you’re paying cash or need to buy more than one single-use Compass Tickets, pre-purchase your return fare before the event to avoid long ticket machine lines. Purchased and unused Compass Tickets remain valid until the end of the service day.

Take transit to Pacific Coliseum

Start by planning your trip on popular apps such as Google Maps and Apple Maps, or use TransLink’s Trip Planner at translink.ca/tripplanner. Simply tell us where you’re starting from and we’ll find the best route for you to Pacific Coliseum.

There are many buses you can take to the Coliseum, and they’re typically connected to SkyTrain stations to make the trip THAT much easier.

On SkyTrain, ride the Expo Line to 29th Avenue Station, Millennium Line to Renfrew Station, or the Canada Line to Waterfront Station; then transfer to a bus.

Flock to any of the following bus routes and hop off at the nearby bus stops cross streets below:

16 29th Avenue Station/Arbutus

• Renfrew St @ E Pender St

R5 Hastings St RapidBus

• E Hastings St @ Renfrew St

Helpful tips and information

• Tap in and out for the SkyTrain, tap in only for bus.
• If you are starting your transit trip on a bus, we recommend paying with a contactless credit or debit card, or a Compass Card or Ticket as paper transfers issued on buses do not open the faregates at the SkyTrain station.
• Fares are good for 90-minutes from the time you first tap into the system. You can transfer between bus and SkyTrain on the same fare.
• There are three fare zones for the SkyTrain. The number of fare zone boundaries you cross on SkyTrain during your trip determines your fare.
• All journeys across the system starting after 6:30 p.m. weekdays and all travel on weekends (Saturday, Sunday, and holidays) are a 1-Zone fare.
• The bus is a 1-Zone fare at all times.
• Kids 12 and under ride free. For SkyTrain, kids must be accompanied by a fare paying customer in order to tap through the fare gates.
• Passengers who are eligible for discounted concession fares include: seniors 65 and older, and youth 13 to 18 years with valid photo ID proving age.
• Each person over 12 years old must have their own proof of payment, so you can’t use one Compass Card or contactless credit card to pay for multiple people.

Other ways to travel to Pacific Coliseum

Park & Ride

Planning to drive or just want to save? Avoid traffic by leaving your vehicle at one of our Park and Ride lots then take transit to the venue. Park all day for as little as $2.

Find one near you at translink.ca/parkandride.

Arrive early as the lots can get full, especially the smaller ones. Our largest Park and Ride lots are at Scott Road Station (Expo Line) and Coquitlam Central Station (Millennium Line).

Scootering

• You can also pick up a Lime e-scooter at any of the Lime micromobility hubs.

Tips for a smooth ride to the game:

• Give yourself extra travel time to navigate the transit system
• Sign up for personalized Transit Alerts to get updates about your trip via email or text, or visit translink.ca/alerts.
• Last train and bus times vary depending on the day of the week. Don’t miss your ride home!
• Have your payment ready before boarding to save time, and make sure you get your return fare in advance to skip lines after the game.