It’s fast. It’s fierce. It’s fiery. It’s the Year of the Fire Horse Lunar New Year bus!

It makes its debut at the 52nd Annual Chinatown Spring Festival Parade on Feb. 22 where transit staff will walk alongside it. Afterwards, you’ll find it in service on routes throughout Vancouver.

About our Year of the Horse bus wrap:

The Year of the Horse is represented running through rolling hills, with bright cherry blossoms and a blazing mane. It’s mane and tail are made of fire, meant to represent movement, progress and connection.  The number of horses (6) is a lucky number. The mural also captures a stampede of horses running together, symbolizing strength and high energy. Designed in-house, it carries our communities into the New Year with confidence and optimism.

Take transit to the Chinatown Spring Festival Parade

📍 Address: Parade begins at Vancouver Chinatown Millennium Gate, Pender Street, Vancouver
📅 Date: Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026
🕚 Time: 11 a.m. (parade start), 2 to 4 p.m. (fair at Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Plaza)
🎟️ Admission: Free!
Transit: Stadium–Chinatown Station (Expo Line), R5 Hastings St RapidBus, 3 Main/Waterfront Station, 8 Fraser/SE Marine Dr, 19 Metrotown Station/Stanley Park, 22 Knight/Downtown, or 50 Waterfront Station/False Creek South

The parade will go forward, rain or shine, so be sure to pack accordingly. If you’re planning on lining the parade route, arrive a little earlier than the start time to get a good spot. Be sure to wave hello when the Lunar New Year bus rolls by!

Enjoy family-friendly activities and entertainment during both the parade and the fair.

Festivities continue post-parade with the free Spring Festival Cultural Fair at the Chinese Cultural Centre and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Plaza from 2 to 4 p.m.

Don’t forget to use TransLink’s Trip Planner to find your transit route, simply punch in your location and where you’re headed, and it’ll show you what transit to take.

These routes are affected by the parade route from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.:

• 3 Main/Waterfront
• 4 UBC/Downtown/Powell
• 7 Nanaimo/Dunbar
• 8 Fraser/Waterfront
• 19 Metrotown/Stanley Park
• 22 Knight/Downtown
• 23 Main St Station/English Bay
• 50 Waterfront/False Creek South
• 210 Upper Lynn Valley/Burrard
• 211 Seymour/Phibbs Exchange/Burrard

For more information on parade closures, visit our Transit Alerts page to see how your bus may be affected.