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Canada's TransLink Takes Step Forward with BRT Plan

The latest announcement is the next step toward implementing TransLink’s incoming bus-based rapid transit system that will provide fast, frequent, and reliable service through dedicated bus lanes, signal priority at intersections, and weather-protected stations.

January 17, 2025
Canada's TransLink Takes Step Forward with BRT Plan

Members of the public are being asked to rank which features will be most important for them, which will help TransLink advance BRT planning.

Photo: TransLink

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Canada’s TransLink is launching public engagement and announcing station locations for two future bus rapid transit (BRT) routes serving customers traveling in Surrey, Maple Ridge, and the Township of Langley. 

The announcement is the next step toward implementing TransLink’s incoming bus-based rapid transit system that will provide fast, frequent, and reliable service through dedicated bus lanes, signal priority at intersections, and weather-protected stations.

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Members of the public are being asked to rank which features will be most important for them, which will help TransLink advance BRT planning.

BRT Station Locations

Planned locations for the route’s stations are also being released as part of the engagement. 

In Surrey, the King George Boulevard BRT route has 12 planned stations, and the Langley–Haney Place BRT route has 13 planned stations. When operational, each route will speed up service on these corridors by approximately 40%.

Station locations were determined based on the following main criteria:

  • Facilitate connection with the Expo Line and other transit hubs like Surrey Central Station, King George Station, the future Willowbrook Station, South Surrey Park and Ride, Semiahmoo Town Centre, and Carvolth Exchange.

  • Support growing residential areas and key destinations like Simon Fraser University’s Surrey Campus, Bear Creek Park, Surrey Memorial Hospital, Haney Place Mall, Ridge Meadows Hospital, Langley Events Centre, Willowbrook Shopping Centre, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

  • Connect customers with other bus routes by being positioned at major intersections.

  • Speed up service for customers by having limited stops spaced approximately one-half mile apart.

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TransLink’s Access for Everyone Plan

Through the Access for Everyone plan, TransLink has identified up to nine corridors for BRT implementation over the next 10 years; the first three were announced in late 2023. Engagement on the BRT route between Metrotown and the North Shore will happen later this year.

The BRT projects are currently unfunded. TransLink is working to secure funding for BRT implementation from all levels of government through future Investment Plans. 

Once funding is secured, TransLink estimates that BRT construction can be completed within five years.

Rapid BRT Facts

TransLink BRT facts include:

  • Once complete, TransLink estimates travel times on both corridors would speed up by approximately 40%.

  • Currently, traveling end to end on both corridors takes just over one hour by bus on average. Once BRT is implemented, customers will save over 20 minutes in each direction, bringing end-to-end travel time down to approximately 40 minutes on average.

  • TransLink estimates that the King George BRT would provide rapid transit access to approximately 130,000 residents and 60,000 jobs that are within walking distance of the planned station locations.

  • TransLink estimates that the Langley–Haney Place BRT would provide rapid transit access to approximately 72,000 residents and 55,000 jobs that are within walking distance of the planned station locations.

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