Kootenay Loop

Kootenay Loop
Trolley bus operating route 14 UBC on layover
General information
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 (1950-08-20)

Kootenay Loop is a bus loop in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the easternmost major transit exchange in the city of Vancouver, with routes serving East Vancouver to Downtown Vancouver, Metrotown, North Burnaby, North Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.

Structure and location

Kootenay Loop opened on August 20, 1950, and 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 northwest of the Burnaby Transit Centre, which houses the public transit buses for Burnaby and is the base of operations for the R5 Hastings St.

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.

Kootenay Loop used to be a streetcar turnaround as there was no service into Burnaby after 1949. There was a small cafe in the centre until the mid-1950s.

Routes

As of April 2020, the following routes serve Kootenay Loop:

Bay	Location	Routes	Notes
1	Kootenay Street Northbound	131 Hastings at Gilmore
2	Bus loop	160 Port Coquitlam Station
3	Bus loop	27 Joyce Station
4	Bus loop	130 Metrotown Station	Unloading only
5	Bus loop	14 UBC	Evening trips do not operate to and from Kootenay Loop.
6	Hastings Street Westbound	28 Phibbs Exchange
		130 Phibbs Exchange	No late evening service to Phibbs Exchange; trips operate to and from Metrotown station only.
		222 Phibbs Exchange	Peak hours only
7	Hastings Street Westbound	R5 Hastings St to Burrard Station	RapidBus service
		160 Kootenay Loop
		N35 Downtown	NightBus service
8	Hastings Street Eastbound	R5 Hastings St to SFU	RapidBus service
		28 Joyce Station
		130 Metrotown Station
		222 Metrotown Station	Peak hours only
		N35 SFU	NightBus service

See also

• List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver

External links

• Media related to Kootenay Loop at Wikimedia Commons