29th Avenue Station

The real purpose of this bus is to serve the Champlain Heights community. I have driving this line for 22 years, therefore, I have seen both evolution of this back when it was BC Transit to now Translink. Most of the people that live in the area are low income and single who work late shifts, therefore, it makes no sense to have this bus stop operating regular times past 8 pm and then every hour thereafter. If I am going to a concert really late, it’s best for me to take the 49^th UBC bus and then walk home for 20 minutes, otherwise, walking from the station takes an hour. It’s not even safe to walk home anymore. There is a lot of people who still take the bus past 8 pm, therefore, not sure why after 8 pm the hour wait is warranted. The drivers themselves, most, are local ’cause most new driver get impatient with all the single mothers and their strollers, bratty kids from the high school and the elderly and disabled from the social service housing near by. For the most part they are friendly just impatient.

Your typical skytrain station.
Can be a little scary at night when waiting for buses, but during the day this depot is always busy. Flanked beautiful Slocan Park, this area is quite beautiful on a sunny day.
Don’t be late though! Translink is continuously cutting services, most buses only run every half hour after about 8pm!

Picturesque skytrain station on East 29^th Avenue next to Slocan Park and 4 tennis courts. It’s also a bus depot for the 16 Arbutus, 26 Joyce Station, 29 Elliott & 33 UBC. There’s even a PNE Express bus when the event in on.