BC Transit and the Victoria Regional Transit Commission are making slight changes to the bus schedule this spring, beginning on Monday, April 13th.
As per the West Shore transit plan, Route 57 servicing Thetis Heights/Langford Exchange will be re-routed in the Thetis Heights area. Buses will be running on Hansen Avenue instead of Phelps Avenue when the change occurs.
The growing development along Constellation Avenue in Westhills will be serviced by Route 58, Goldstream Meadows/Langford Exchange, with some changes to peak time schedules. This route will then connect to PEXSISEN Elementary and Centre Mountain Lellum Middle School.
For ferry-goers, as the springtime BC Ferries schedule comes into effect, the BC Transit schedule will be adapted as well.
Changes will be implemented for Route 70 servicing Swartz Bay/Downtown daily service and Sunday service on Route 72, Swartz Bay/Downtown.
As tourists begin to flock to Victoria, some changes will also be made to Route 75 servicing Keating Cross/Downtown/Butchart Gardens to accommodate the increased tourism demand.
Route 76 servicing Swartz Bay/UVic will be discontinued until the fall. On top of this, some other seasonal reductions will be made to routes that serve post-secondary schools in the region.
On top of these changes, some additional minor changes will be made to the following routes:
- Route 11 – Tillicum Centre/UVic
- Route 27 – Gordon Head/Downtown
- Route 28 – Majestic/Downtown
- Route 32 – Cordova Bay/Royal Oak Exchange
- Route 70 – Swartz Bay/Downtown
- Route 71 – Swartz Bay/Downtown
- Route 72 – Swartz Bay/Downtown
- Route 75 – Saanichton/Royal Oak/Downtown
BC Transit encourages customers to utilize the Umo app, Google Transit or any other app of their choice for real-time bus tracking and planning.
For more information about trip planning and/or schedules, check out BC Transit’s newly updated website.
