Dunbar Loop

{{short description|Major transit exchange in Vancouver, Canada}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Dunbar Loop

| style = TransLink (BC)

| image = Dunbar Loop.jpg

| image_caption =

| address = Dunbar St at W 41st Ave
Vancouver, British Columbia

| country = Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|49.23447|-123.1858|region:CA-BC_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| bus_stands = 7

| routes = 8

| operator = TransLink

| bus_operators = Coast Mountain Bus Company

| connections = {{rail-interchange|vancouver|rapidbus|r4|size=18}} R4 41st Ave

| zone = 1

| opened = May 22, 1950

}}

File:Vancouver CCF-Brill T48A trolleybus 2351 in drizzle at Dunbar Loop on 29 Dec 1983.jpg–Brill trolley bus at Dunbar Loop in 1983, on route 7]]

Dunbar Loop is a major transit exchange located in the Dunbar–Southlands neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It opened on May 22, 1950,{{cite news |title=Coming Up: More Service!|url=http://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/1950s/1950/Buzzer_1950_05_19.pdf|date=May 19, 1950 |work=The Buzzer |publisher=British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. |access-date=January 27, 2017}}{{cite news |title=Improvements Coming Up|url=http://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/1950s/1952/Buzzer_1952_07_17.pdf|date=July 17, 1952 |work=The Buzzer |publisher=British Columbia Electric Railway Company Ltd. |access-date=January 28, 2017}} and is the westernmost exchange in the City of Vancouver.{{proveit|date=March 2021}}

Dunbar Loop can accommodate both diesel and trolley buses of various lengths, including articulated buses. It is part of the TransLink system and also acts as a power station for trolleys.

Structure and location

Dunbar Loop is located at the intersection of Dunbar Street and West 41st Avenue in the Dunbar–Southlands neighbourhood of Vancouver. The majority of the services at this exchange load and unload at Dunbar Street or 41st Avenue, while 2 services (2 and N22) load and unload inside the loop.

Because of its proximity to the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the University Endowment Lands, it is heavily used by students. All routes going westbound from Dunbar Loop terminate at UBC during regular weekday hours.{{Proveit|date=March 2021}}

Routes

class="wikitable" ! Bay ! Location ! Routes ! Notes
rowspan="2" \|1 \| rowspan="2" \|Dunbar Street Southbound \|49 Metrotown Station \|
Unloading only: 7, 32 \|
rowspan="2" \|2 \| rowspan="2" \|Dunbar Loop \|2 Downtown \| Burrard Station
N22 Downtown \| NightBus service
rowspan="2" \|3 \| rowspan="2" \|41st Avenue Eastbound \|41 Joyce Station \|
480 Bridgeport Station \| Peak hours only Express route Route temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
4 \| 41st Avenue Westbound \| 49 UBC \| Late night trips terminate at Dunbar Loop
rowspan="3" \|5 \| rowspan="3" \|41st Avenue Westbound \|R4 41st Ave to UBC \| RapidBus service
41 Crown \|
480 UBC \| Peak hours only Express route Route temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
rowspan="2" \|6 \| rowspan="2" \|Dunbar Street Northbound \|7 Nanaimo Station \|
32 Downtown \| AM peak hours only Route temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic
7 \| 41st Avenue Eastbound \|R4 41st Ave to Joyce Station \| RapidBus service

class="wikitable"

! Bay

! Location

! Routes

! Notes

rowspan="2" |1

| rowspan="2" |Dunbar Street
Southbound

|49 Metrotown Station

Unloading only: 7, 32

rowspan="2" |2

| rowspan="2" |Dunbar Loop

|2 Downtown

Burrard Station

N22 Downtown

NightBus service

rowspan="2" |3

| rowspan="2" |41st Avenue
Eastbound

|41 Joyce Station

480 Bridgeport Station

Peak hours only
Express route
Route temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic

| 41st Avenue
Westbound

| 49 UBC

Late night trips terminate at Dunbar Loop

rowspan="3" |5

| rowspan="3" |41st Avenue
Westbound

|R4 41st Ave to UBC

RapidBus service

41 Crown

480 UBC

Peak hours only
Express route
Route temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic

rowspan="2" |6

| rowspan="2" |Dunbar Street
Northbound

|7 Nanaimo Station

32 Downtown

AM peak hours only
Route temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic

| 41st Avenue
Eastbound

|R4 41st Ave to Joyce Station

RapidBus service

References

External links

[http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/exchange_maps/dunbar.pdf Dunbar Loop map (PDF file)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214183933/http://infomaps.translink.ca/System_Maps/exchange_maps/dunbar.pdf |date=2019-02-14 }}
[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/2010s/2016/Buzzer_06_17_2016.pdf Route 49 Service upgrades in June 2016]
[https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/rider_guide/Buzzer%20Vault/2010s/2016/Buzzer_08_19_2016.pdf Route 49 Service upgrades in September 2016]
[http://buzzer.translink.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Sept_2017_print_buzzer.pdf Route 43 Service upgrades in September 2017]

{{TransLink Services|state_skytrain=collapsed|state_bus=uncollapsed}}

Category:TransLink (British Columbia) bus stations