Abbotsford-Matsqui Transit System (28 August 1986 - circa 1995)
Contractor
Abbotsford Matsqui Transit listed in (pb89). Contractor
Township Transit Services Inc. listed in
(BC Transit 1989/90: p38k b4).
The separate District Municipalities of Abbotsford and Matsqui were amalgamated
to form the City of Abbotsford 01 January 1995.
Merged with Mission system about the time of the start-up of the
West Coast Express commuter rail service from Vancouver.
Central Fraser Valley Transit System (circa 1995 - 200x?)
Serving Mission and Abbotsford and area.
(BC Transit 1996).
Contract operating company
Township Transit Services Inc.
(BC Transit 1997). Contracting municipalities: City of Abbotsford, and District of Mission (pb98).
(BC Transit web page 2000.
Photo: Bill Wong, barp.ca)
| Vehicle fleet | 19 buses | Data sources: | CTHF/SSG 2000 |
ValleyMAX Transit System (200x? - present)
Operated under contract by
Township Transit Inc. (BC Transit website 2008).
Extended service 04 September 2007 to Aldergrove which is served by
the metropolitan Vancouver transit system TransLink.
As of 2010 the contract operator was
FirstCanada ULC
(website 2010).
BC Transit seems to use the ValleyMAX and Central Fraser Valley names interchangeably (2010).
Mission Transit System (01 April 1979 - circa 1995)
(BC Transit 1988).
Operation conducted for
BC Transit by contractor
Township Transit Services Inc.
(BC Transit 1989/90: p15k b1).
Merged with Abbotsford - Matsqui system about the time of the start-up of the West Coast Express
commuter rail service from Vancouver.
Ashcroft - Cache Creek - Clinton Transit (January 2008 - present)
Operated under contract by
Mile 0 Taxi & Charters (BC Transit website 2008,
website 2010,
Ash-Cache-Journal.com Aug. 9, 2011).
Bella Coola Valley Transit System (200x? - present)
Operated under contract by
Bella Coola Valley Bus Co. Ltd. (BC Transit website 2008,
website 2010).
Campbell River Transit System (04 January 1982 - present)
(TNC83, BC Transit 1988). Operation
conducted for
BC Transit by contractor
Campbell River Bus & Transportation Inc.
(BC Transit 1989/90, BC Transit 1996).
Contracted operating company
Watson & Ash Transportation Co. Ltd.
(BC Transit 1997, 2008,
website 2010).
(BC Transit web page 2000)
| Service area population | 16,000 (1989) | Vehicle fleet | 9 buses (2000) | Data sources: | BC Transit 1989/90 CTHF/SSG 2000 |
Castlegar Regional Transit System (28 November 1986 - present)
Operated by
Trail Transit Services Inc. under a contract with
BC Transit (pb89, BC Transit 1989/90, pb97, BC Transit website 2008,
website 2010).
Reportedly absorbed into the Trail system circa 1993
but still listed separately in the 1997 telephone directory.
Contracting municipality: Regional District of Central Kootenay (pb97).
BC Transit web page 2000 implies
[Castlegar Regional Paratransit System] as does 2001 BC Transit web page.
From 01 November 2010 service expanded to include regional connections to
Nelson and Trail
(BC Transit press release 08 October 2010).
| Service area population | 7,000 | Vehicle fleet | 1 bus | Data sources: | BC Transit 1989/90 |
Further research is required to categorize and document the activities of the Castlegar Co-operative Transportation Society. Beginning in 1938 the Co-Op operated buses primarily to carry miners to work in Trail. (Columbia Basin Institute of Regional History photos [2012]: photo, photo).
Chilliwack Bus Lines (1960s & 1970s?)
Owner in 1967 was
Leslie R. Stevens (Vancouver Sun Aug. 31, 1967, p. 41).
Robert Johnson assumed ownership July 1969
(Vancouver Sun Jun. 13, 1970, p. 11).
Ownership changed hands August 1970 from Johnson to
John J. Griffin (Vancouver Sun Oct. 30, 1970, p. 18;
Aug. 30, 1973, p 42).
In 1973 service area covered Chilliwack,
Sardis,
Vedder Crossing, and
Cultus Lake.
(Canadian Coach 1971).
Chilliwack Transit System (01 June 1980 - 200x?)
(BC Transit 1988).
Operation conducted for
BC Transit by contractor
Township Transit Services Inc. Contracting municipality: District of Chilliwack (pb98).
(BC Transit 1989/90, BC Transit 1997).
(BC Transit 1996,
BC Transit web page 2000).
| Service area population | 40,000 (1989) | Vehicle fleet | 5 buses (2000) | Data sources: | BC Transit 1989/90 CTHF/SSG 2000 |
Chilliwack/Agassiz-Harrison Transit System (200x? - present)
Operated under contract by
Township Transit Inc. serving Agassiz, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, Kent, and Rosedale (BC Transit website 2008).
As of 2010 the contract operator was
FirstCanada ULC
(website 2010).
[Agassiz - Harrison Paratransit System] (circa 1999 - 200x?)
Operation conducted by
BC Transit and the contracting municipality or municipalities by a contractor.
Service connects Harrison Hot Springs, Agassiz and Rosedale with Chilliwack.
(BC Transit web page 2000)
Web page title is
Agassiz-Harrison Transit Service (2001). As of 2008 part of Chilliwack system.
[Clearwater & Area Paratransit System] (circa 1999 - 200x?)
Operation conducted by a contractor for
BC Transit and the municipal government(s).
(BC Transit web page 2000, BC Transit web page 2001)
Clearwater & Area Transit System (200x? - present)
Operated under contract by
Wells Grey Community Resources Society serving Barriere, Blue River, Clearwater, and Little Fort (BC Transit website 2008).
As of 2010 the contract operator was
Yellowhead Community Services
(website 2010).
Comox Paratransit System (01 August 1981 - 1990s?)
Operated for
BC Transit and the municipalities by contractor
Watson and Ash Transportation Co. Ltd. (1 bus)
(BC Transit 1989/90).
Superseded as principal transit service by a conventional system.
Comox Valley Transit System (23 July 1990 - present)
Operation conducted for
BC Transit by a contractor. (CTHF/SSG 1993)
(BC Transit 1996).
Contract operating company
Watson & Ash Transportation Co. Ltd.
(BC Transit 1997, 2008,
website 2010).
Contracting municipality: Regional District of Comox-Strathcona (pb98).
(BC Transit web page 2000).
Serving Comox, Courtenay, Cumberland, and Royston (BC Transit website 2008).
| Vehicle fleet | 5 buses | Data sources: | CTHF/SSG 2000 |
Population centres in the Cowichan Valley Regional District include Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Crofton, Honeymoon Bay, Duncan, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Mill Bay, North Cowichan, Shawnigan Lake, and Youbou.
Cowichan Valley Paratransit System (25 May 1987 - 200x?)
Operated for
BC Transit and the municipalities by contractor
Cowichan Valley Volunteer Society (1 bus)
(BC Transit 1989/90).
Superseded as principal transit system by a conventional service.
(BC Transit web page 2000)
Cowichan Valley Transit System (26 August 1993 - 200x?)
Operation conducted for
BC Transit by a contractor. (CTHF/SSG 1993)
(BC Transit 1996).
Contracted operating company
The Gray Line of Victoria and
Cowichan Lake Community Services Society (BC Transit 1997).
Under the separate heading "Youbou/Cowichan Valley" CTHF/SSG 1998 and CTHF/SSG 2000 list an assigned
BC Transit fleet of one minibus. The CVTS web site includes
route "C" "Youbou Connector"
(CVTS web site 2000).
(BC Transit web page 2000,
BC Transit web page 2001)
| Vehicle fleet | 9 buses (Duncan plus Youbou) | Data sources: | CTHF/SSG 2000 |
Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System (200x? - present)
Serving Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Cowichan Valley, Crofton, Duncan, Honeymoon Bay, Lake Cowichan, Mill Bay, North Cowichan, Shawnigan Lake, and Youbou.
Urban services operated under contract by
Greyhound Transportation Canada Inc. (a subsidiary of
FirstBus Canada Ltd.) (BC Transit website 2008).
Rural services operated by
Volunteer Cowichan (BC Transit website 2008).
As of 2010 the contract operator was
FirstCanada ULC with the Youbou and Honeymoon Bay connector service operated by
Cowichan Lake Community Services Society
(website 2010).
Service extended to Ladysmith Fall 2013, including community bus service replacing the Ladysmith Trolley.
Cowichan Valley Commuter Transit System (20 October 2008 - present)
Commuter service connecting Victoria with Duncan, Shawnigan Lake and Mill Bay area.
Funding is cost shared between the Cowichan Valley Regional District, Victoria Regional Transit Commission
and BC Transit. Contract operator is
Farwest handyDART Services Inc. (BC Transit
website 2009).
As of 2010 the contract operator was
FirstCanada ULC
(website 2010).
Ladysmith Trolley (04 August 2009 - Fall 2013)
Seven-route 100-minute single vehicle system
(All Aboard the Ladysmith Trolley, Ladysmith Downtown Business Assoc. 2009).
Fare structure replaced donation fares October 2011
(“Ladysmith trolley going user-pay” canada.com 2011).
Replaced by an extension of CVRTS Fall 2013.
(website 2013).
system logo |
Data source: | online schedule 2011 (dated 2009) |
Cranbrook Paratransit System (01 January 1982 - 2000?)
Paratransit service conducted by
Cranbrook Home Support Services under a contract with
BC Transit and the municipal government(s)
(BC Transit 1989/90: 1 bus).
Listed in the 1997 telephone directory as
Cranbrook Transit System.
Contracting municipality: City of Cranbrook (pb97).
Supplanted by a conventional transit service (CTN 2000, City Website 2000).
(BC Transit web page 2000).
Cranbrook Transit System (01 December 2000 - present)
Operated under contract by
Greyhound Transportation Canada Inc., a subsidiary of
FirstCanada ULC (BC Transit website 2008,
website 2010).
(BC Transit 2001).
| Ridership | 220,000 (2009) |
| Data source: | BC Transit press release 2010 Nov. 24 |
Creston Valley Paratransit System (03 April 1989 - 200x?)
Paratransit service conducted by
Creston Valley Handi-Bus Society
under a contract with
BC Transit and the municipal government(s)
(BC Transit 1989/90: 1 bus).
In 1997 contract operator was
Creston Valley Home Support Services
(BC Transit 1997).
(BC Transit web page 2000,
(BC Transit web page 2001)
Creston Valley Transit System (200x? - present)
Operated under contract by
Grouse Mountain Transportation (BC Transit website 2008).
Contract operator for the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2017 is
Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services (website 2010).
System also operates twice-per-week
Creston-Cranbrook Connector service between Creston and Cranbrook.
Dawson Creek Transit System (01 April 1981 - present)
(TNC84, BC Transit 1988). Operation
conducted by
Nordbo Services Ltd. under a contract with
BC Transit (pb89, BC Transit 1989/90, BC Transit 1997, 2008).
Contracting municipality: City of Dawson Creek (pb97).
As of 2010 the contract operator was
Diversified Transportation Ltd.
(website 2010).
(BC Transit 1996,
BC Transit web page 2000,
BC Transit web page 2001).
| Service area population | 10,000 (1989) | Vehicle fleet | 3 buses (2000) | Data sources: | BC Transit 1989/90 CTHF/SSG 2000 |
Elk Valley Transit System (25 February 2008 - present)
Connecting Elkford, Sparwood, Jaffray, Elko, Baynes Lake, and Grassmere with Fernie.
Operated under contract by
DSR Holdings Ltd. (BC Transit website 2008,
website 2010).
Fort St. John Transit System (06 March 1981 - present)
(BC Transit 1988).
Operation conducted by
Nordbo Services Ltd. under a contract
with
BC Transit (pb89, BC Transit 1989/90, BC Transit 1997, 2008,
website 2010).
Contracting municipality: City of Fort St. John (pb97).
(BC Transit 1996,
BC Transit web page 2000,
BC Transit web page 2001).
| Service area population | 12,000 (1989) | Vehicle fleet | 4 buses (2000) | Data sources: | BC Transit 1989/90 CTHF/SSG 2000 |
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