The 97 B-Line was an

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line in

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, British Columbia, Canada. It connected

Coquitlam Central station Coquitlam Central station is an intermodal rapid transit station in Metro Vancouver served by both the Millennium Line—part of the SkyTrain system—and the region's West Coast Express commuter rail system. The station is located on the north ...

on the

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system to

Lougheed Town Centre station Lougheed Town Centre (sometimes abbreviated as Lougheed) is an elevated station on the Expo and Millennium Lines of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at Lougheed Highway and Austin Road in Burnaby, British ...

on the SkyTrain system. It was operated by

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and funded by TransLink. Going west, the route went along Clarke Rd., St. John's St., Ioco Rd, Guildford Way and Pinetree Way, and served

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard ...

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, and

Coquitlam Coquitlam ( ) is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Mainly suburban, Coquitlam is the List of cities in British Columbia, sixth-largest city in the province, with a population of 148,625 in 2021, and one of the 21 municipa ...

. The 97 B-Line was discontinued on December 18, 2016, as part of the December 2016 TransLink seasonal bus service changes, many resulting from the opening of the

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of the

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. The line carried 10,750 passengers on weekdays in 2011. Unlike the other B-Line services, this route mainly used conventional 40-foot buses with no special paint scheme. It took 45 minutes to complete during rush hour, and about 30 minutes off-peak.

97 B-Line stops and transfer points

Burquitlam stops

– connected to the SkyTrain system and also served the Lougheed Town Centre shopping mall and the standing stones. * Lougheed Mall / Austin – an alternate stop for the Lougheed Town Centre mall. * Cameron – served the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood in Burnaby. * Foster – alternate stop for Sullivan Heights. * 500 Block / Smith – served the Plaza Burquitlam shopping area. * Como Lake – alternate stop for the Plaza Burquitlam.

Port Moody stops

* Glenayre – served the Glenayre and Seaview neighbourhoods of Port Moody, with connections to a local community shuttle. * Barnet Highway / Albert – served the East Hill neighbourhood. * Queens – served the northwestern part of the Harbour Chines neighbourhood and the Port Moody Station Museum. * Williams – served the now-closed Port Moody station of the

and northern Harbour Chines. * Moray – served the industrial areas in southeast Port Moody. * Newport – served the Port Moody City Hall, the local theatre and library, NewPort Village, Suter Brook, and the Heritage Mountain Shoppers Village strip-mall. * Ungless – served Eagle Ridge Hospital.

Coquitlam stops

* Falcon – served the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood around the Coquitlam/Port Moody border. * Lansdowne – served the Eagle Ridge and Highland Park neighbourhoods. * Johnson – served the Canyon Springs neighbourhood. * Pinetree / Guildford – served the Coquitlam City Hall area and

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's David Lam campus. * Lincoln / Anson – first stop for the

Coquitlam Centre Coquitlam Centre is a shopping mall in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, built in 1979 and expanded in 2001. It is located at the southern edge of the Coquitlam Town Centre area, near Coquitlam Central station and several other smaller shop ...

shopping mall; also served Henderson Place Mall and the Westwood neighbourhood. *

– connected to the West Coast Express's Coquitlam Station and the Coquitlam Centre mall; also served Westwood Mall and Pinetree Village.

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Timetable

Route Diagram
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