The R5 Hastings St is an

express bus service Public transport bus services are generally based on regular operation of transit buses along a route calling at agreed bus stops according to a published public transport timetable. History of buses Origins While there are indications o ...

with bus rapid transit elements in

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, Canada. Part of TransLink's RapidBus network, it travels along Hastings Street, a major east–west route, and connects

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a Public university, public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It maintains three campuses in Greater Vancouver, respectively located in Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, British Columbia, Surrey, and ...

to the SkyTrain system's Burrard station on the Expo Line in

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. It replaced the 95 B-Line route on January 6, 2020.

History

Originally known as the 95 B-Line, the route started service on December 19, 2016, shortly after the opening of the

Millennium Line The Millennium Line is the second line of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. The line is owned and operated by BC Rapid Transit Company, a subsidiary of TransLink, and links the cities ...

Evergreen Extension The Evergreen Extension (previously known as the Evergreen Line) is a extension of the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The extension runs from Lougheed Town Centre in Burnaby to Lafarge Lake–Douglas in ...

earlier that month. The new B-Line service replaced route 135, which had operated service between Downtown Vancouver and Simon Fraser University since April 1997. Starting on January 1, 2018, passengers with Compass Cards or proof of payment are allowed to board from any of the three doors on the bus. Passengers who are paying cash must board through the front door. On July 23, 2019, TransLink announced plans to launch a new express bus route to rebrand the B-Line service. The upgrades were completed in early January 2020, with the first service on the new R5 Hastings St beginning January 6. The R5 Hastings St RapidBus was the tenth busiest bus route in Translink's network in 2024, with 4,347,000 total boardings.

Stops and transfer points

The R5 Hastings St serves the following stops in

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and

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Vancouver

* Burrard station – Western terminus of the line connecting to the Expo Line and serving multiple bus routes traveling throughout

to destinations including North Vancouver,

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, and

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. *

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/ Waterfront station – Connects to the Expo Line,

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, and SeaBus. Serves the satellite campus of SFU Harbour Centre. *

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– Serves the

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neighbourhood, including SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts at Woodwards. * Main Street – Serves the

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neighbourhood and Vancouver's

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. * Commercial Drive – Serves the

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neighbourhood. * Nanaimo Street – Serves the eastern edge of the

neighbourhood and the western edge of the

Hastings–Sunrise Hastings–Sunrise is a neighbourhood located in the northeastern corner of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. One of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods, Hastings–Sunrise is primarily residential, with a dense strip of shops and services ...

neighbourhood. * Renfrew Street – Serves the

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grounds and the

neighbourhood. *

Kootenay Loop Kootenay Loop is a transit exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the easternmost major transit exchange in the city of Vancouver, with routes serving Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver and the Tri-Cities. Structure and locati ...

– Transit exchange that serves routes to

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, North Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.

Burnaby

* Gilmore Avenue – Serves the

Burnaby Heights Burnaby Heights, often referred to as The Heights, is a residential neighbourhood in North Burnaby. British Columbia, Canada. It is bounded by Boundary Road to the west, Gamma Avenue to the east and Hastings Street to the south. Its northern ed ...

neighbourhood to the north and Willingdon Heights neighbourhood to the south. * Willingdon Avenue – Serves the eastern edges of the

and Willingdon Heights neighbourhoods. * Hythe Avenue – Serves the

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and Brentwood Park neighbourhoods. * Holdom Avenue – Serves the Capitol Hill neighbourhood * Kensington Avenue – Serves the Kensington Square Shopping Centre and Burnaby North Secondary School. * Duthie Avenue – Serves the Westridge neighbourhood and is the easternmost stop in Burnaby before entering

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and

. * SFU Transportation Centre – Transit exchange for

located near the centre of the

campus. Serves same bus routes as SFU Exchange. * SFU Exchange – Eastern terminus of the line at Simon Fraser University with bus route connections to the

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and

Notes

References

External links

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