Cowichan 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]

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

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.RouteTerminiNotes
2Mt. PrevostCowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Cowichan District Hospital
3QuamichanCowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Duncan Westside
4Maple BayMaple Bay-Village Green Mall
6Crofton/ChemainusChemainus-Village Green Mall
7Cowichan LakeCowichan Lake-Village Green Mall via Gibbins
7XCowichan Lake ExpressCowichan Lake-Village Green Mall via Hwy 18Weekday peak service.
8 Mill Bay via Telegraph Road /

Duncan via Shawnigan Lake

 Village Green Mall - Mill Bay
9 Mill Bay via Shawnigan Lake /

Duncan via Telegraph Road

 Village Green Mall - Mill Bay
20Youbou ConnectorLake Cowichan-Youbou
21Honeymoon Bay ConnectorLake Cowichan-Gordon Bay Provincial Park

Commuter routes
No.RouteTerminiNotes
44 Victoria / Duncan Village Green Mall-Downtown Victoria Saturday service to Victoria
66Duncan CommuterVillage Green Mall-Downtown VictoriaWeekday peak service.
99Shawnigan Lake CommuterCobble Hill Park & Ride-Downtown VictoriaWeekday peak service.

References
  1. 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.
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