Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System
9300 Nova LFS Suburban on route 99 'Shawnigon Lake Pick Up Only' on Trans Canada Highway at Helmcken Road.
ParentBC Transit
Founded1987
Headquarters5280 Polkey Road[1]
Duncan, British Columbia
Service areaCowichan Valley
Service typeTransit bus, Paratransit
AllianceBC Transit
Routes14
HubsVillage Green Mall
Fleet20
Fuel typediesel
OperatorFirst Canada[1]
WebsiteCowichan Valley Regional Transit System

Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System is a public bus service in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The conventional transit of the Cowichan Valley Transit System has been in service since 1993.[2] handyDART is a transportation service for people with a disability who are unable to use conventional transit, which is operated by Volunteer Cowichan.[3]

Services

There is a weekday commuter service between Duncan, Cobble Hill, Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake, and Victoria. Buses leave the Cowichan Valley in the morning and return in the evening. They travel via the Malahat. Funding for the service, which started operating on October 20, 2008[4] is provided by Cowichan Valley Regional District, Victoria Regional Transit and BC Transit.

Routes

Regional routes

No. Route Termini Notes
2 Mt. Prevost Cowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Cowichan District Hospital
3 Quamichan Cowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Duncan Westside
4 Maple Bay Maple Bay-Village Green Mall
5 Eagle Heights starts and ends at Village Green Mall. Travels via Cowichan 1 Reserve, and Eagle Heights and Koksilah areas.[5] Runs on weekdays.
6 Crofton/Chemainus Chemainus-Village Green Mall.

6A travels from Crofton Rd to Henry Rd along Chemainus. 6B travels from Crofton Rd to Henry Rd along Mt. Sicker and Hwy 1. [6]

7 Cowichan Lake Lake Cowichan Town Centre-Village Green Mall via Gibbins
7X Cowichan Lake Express Lake Cowichan Town Centre-Village Green Mall via Hwy 18. Some runs of 7 and 7X travel further along South Shore Rd and then into residential south Lake Cowichan. [7] Weekday peak service.
8 Mill Bay via Telegraph Road /

Duncan via Shawnigan Lake

Village Green Mall - Mill Bay Stops at BC Ferries Mill Bay terminal. [8]
9 Mill Bay via Shawnigan Lake /

Duncan via Telegraph Road

Village Green Mall - Mill Bay
20 Youbou Connector Lake Cowichan-Youbou Runs daily except Sunday. [9]
21 Honeymoon Bay Connector Lake Cowichan-Gordon Bay Provincial Park Runs daily except Sunday. [10]
31 Alderwood-Ladysmith starts and ends at 1st & Symonds in Ladysmith. Travels through Downtown and through western and northern portions of the town.[11] Runs daily except Sunday.
34 Ladysmith-Chemainus Ladysmith-Chemainus [12] Runs daily except Sunday.
36 Ladysmith-Duncan Express Ladysmith-Village Green Mall [13] Runs daily except Sunday.
70 NCX Nanaimo-Cowichan Express Downtown Nanaimo-Village Green Mall Runs daily except Sunday. [14]

Commuter routes

No. Route Termini Notes
66 CVX Cowichan-Victoria Express Village Green Mall-Downtown Victoria Runs daily except Sunday. Former Saturday service (Route 44) merged into 66 in 2023.[15]
99 SVX Shawnigan Lake-Victoria Express Cobble Hill Park & Ride-Downtown Victoria Weekday peak service.[16]

References

  1. ^ a b Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System: Contact Us
  2. ^ The Cowichan Valley Transit System is Expanding, March 3, 2008 Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ handyDART and Rural Transit
  4. ^ "Malahat commuter service starts Oct. 20, 2008". Archived from the original on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  5. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=5
  6. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=6
  7. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=7
  8. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=8
  9. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=20
  10. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=21
  11. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=31
  12. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=34
  13. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=36
  14. ^ https://www.bctransit.com/cowichan-valley/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=70
  15. ^ "Route 66: CVX Cowichan - Victoria Express". BC Transit - Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
  16. ^ "Route 99: SVX Shawnigan Lake - Victoria Express". BC Transit - Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System.

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