42 bus routes with more service starting April 20. Find yours!

April 7, 2026
|In What's News
|By Vincelen Salvaloza

42 bus routes with more service starting April 20. Find yours!

April 7, 2026
|In What’s News
|By Vincelen Salvaloza

Transit riders board the 19 Kingsway to Metrotown Station bus at Main Street–Science World Station.

Every season, we roll out bus service changes to provide service where it’s needed most, based on ridership patterns.

This spring, starting April 20, we’re boosting service on 42 bus routes in Metro Vancouver. These changes will help make your commute more convenient, your ride less crowded, and roads less congested.

We’re also increasing seasonal service on 10 routes and returning bus service for three seasonal routes, so you can take more trips to the great outdoors! That means less time looking for parking and more time lounging on the beach.

TL;DR

  • Five of Metro Vancouver’s most overcrowded routes are getting more service: 99 B-Line, R4 41st Ave RapidBus, 335 Newton Exchange/Surrey Central Station, 240 Lynn Valley/Downtown, and 106 Edmonds Station/New Westminster Station.
  • Route 19, which runs between Stanley Park and Metrotown, is also seeing more frequent service every day.
  • Route 388, which runs between 22nd Street Station and Carvolth Exchange, will have extended hours until 9 p.m. during weeknights.
  • We’re increasing seasonal service on 10 routes that serve popular beaches, lakes, and parks. It’s also getting easier to get to the islands, with added trips on routes to BC Ferries terminals like the 257 to Horseshoe Bay and the 620 to Tsawwassen.
  • Three seasonal routes are returning this season: 42 Spanish Banks, 150 White Pine Beach, and 179 Buntzen Lake.

The boost in bus service on 42 routes, alongside improvements on 37 routes last winter, is thanks to the 2025 Investment Plan, which delivers the largest bus expansion since 2018.

A bus drives past a cherry blossom tree. Grouse Mountain is in the background.

Here’s a list of bus routes seeing improvements starting this spring, and routes with increased seasonal service.

Is your route on the list?

Route names with the 🌸 icon indicate a seasonal route or one with seasonal increases.

Belcarra

Burnaby

Coquitlam

Delta

Langley

Maple Ridge

New Westminster

North Vancouver

Port Coquitlam

Port Moody

Richmond

Surrey

Vancouver

West Vancouver

White Rock

With the school year coming to an end, service is reduced until September for some routes serving post-secondary institutions: 44, 143, 145, and 245. Route 9 will run between Commercial–Broadway and Boundary with service to UBC returning in September.

Learn more about the changes at our Service Changes page.

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