Expect transit reroutes during Sun Run
Posted May 8, 2010 9:35 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – If you’re running in the Sun Run or just trying to get downtown Sunday morning, expect huge traffic and transit disruptions.
Derek Zabel from Coast Mountain Bus Company adds if you usual take the bus, you will want to double check your route. “For the buses, there are a number of reroutes taking place throughout Vancouver. Basically any service in Vancouver is going to be rerouted one way or another.”
* SeaBus will start service one hour earlier than normal,
leaving Lonsdale Quay at 7:02am. Sun Run participants should note that
in past years, there have been sailing waits around 8am, so they may
wish to travel before 7:45 or after 8:15, if possible.
* As in past years, West Coast Express will operate its Sun Run
Train, leaving Mission City at 7am and leaving Waterfront Station for
the return trip at 1pm. This is in addition to the usual TrainBus
service, leaving Mission City at 9:50 and 10:50am and returning from
Waterfront at 4:50 and 5:50pm.
* Coast Mountain Bus will have a number of re-routes in effect,
taking the buses away from Georgia between Pender and Richards, the West
End, Burrard Bridge and 4th Avenue in Kitsilano. Full details on the
re-routes may be found online at www.translink.ca.
* West Vancouver Transit will provide additional service in the
morning from 25th and Marine and have extra buses available after the
Run. Blue Buses will detour off Georgia onto Pender going both
directions.
Those coming on SkyTrain will be able to pre-purchase tickets for the return trip at selected stations, so that they may avoid long lineups at ticket vending machines after the Run. Return tickets can be pre-purchased at King George and Scott Road when leaving Surrey and at Burrard, Granville, Yaletown-Roundhouse and Vancouver Centre as they arrive in downtown Vancouver. Those tickets will not be subject to the 90-minute time limit. Portable fareboxes will be set up at Stadium-Chinatown for up to an hour after the event to help ease lineups at ticket vending machines.
People considering cycling should be aware that there will not be designated bike lockup facilities and that SkyTrain Attendants reserve the right to prevent bikes from being taken on trains, depending on crowd conditions.
Further information on service changes for these two events can be found online here or by calling Customer Service at 604-953-3333.
