Kootenay Loop

Kootenay Loop is a major public transit exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened on August 20, 1950,[1] and is the easternmost major exchange in the city of Vancouver, with routes serving East Vancouver, Downtown Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.

Kootenay Loop
Location	Kootenay St at E Hastings St Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Coordinates	49°16′53″N 123°01′35″W
Operated by	TransLink
Bus routes	9
Bus stands	8
Bus operators	Coast Mountain Bus Company
Connections	R5 Hastings St
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	August 20, 1950

Structure and location

Kootenay Loop is located on East Hastings Street, at the intersection with Kootenay Street. It is less than 100 metres from Vancouver's border with the city of Burnaby. It is just a few minutes away from the Pacific National Exhibition grounds and the Second Narrows Bridge to North Vancouver. It is located just north of the Burnaby Transit Depot, which houses the public transit buses for Burnaby and is the base of operations for the R5 Hastings St RapidBus.

The exchange can handle regular-length diesel buses, articulated buses and electric trolley buses. Part of the exchange is on Hastings Street itself, with the other part (where the trolley buses go) separated from regular traffic. It is also one of the power stations for the trolleys.

It used to be for the Street Car trolley turnaround as there were no electric cars into Burnaby after 1949. There was a small cafe in the centre until the mid-1950s.

Routes

Route #	Bay #	Destinations	Notes
R5 Hastings St	7	Burrard Station	RapidBus service
	8	SFU
14	5	UBC	Evening trips do not operate to/from Kootenay Loop.
27	3	Joyce Station
28	8	Joyce Station
	6	Phibbs Exchange
130	4 (unloading only) & 8	Metrotown Station	No late evening service to Phibbs Exchange; trips operate to/from Metrotown station only.
	6	Phibbs Exchange
131	1	Hastings at Gilmore MacDonald at Albert
160	2	Port Coquitlam Station
222	8	Metrotown Station	Peak hours only
	6	Phibbs Exchange
N35	7	Downtown	NightBus
	8	SFU

See also

• List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver

References

1. "More Rubber, Less Rails" (PDF). The Buzzer. British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. August 18, 1950. Retrieved February 20, 2017.

External links

• Kootenay Loop map (PDF file)