Vernon Regional Transit System | |
Founded: | 1978[1] |
Locale: | Greater Vernon |
Service Area: | Regional District of North Okanagan |
Service Type: | Transit bus, paratransit |
Alliance: | BC Transit |
Routes: | 13 (9 local, 3 regional, 1 operated by other system.) |
Operator: | FirstCanada ULC[2] |
Website: | Vernon Regional Transit |
The Vernon Regional Transit System provides bus service to destinations in Vernon, Coldstream and the North Okanagan area of British Columbia, using fully accessible low floor transit buses.[3]
This transit system is responsible for all local full-service and handyDART public bus transportation, in cooperation with the provincial agency BC Transit. Currently, the Vernon Regional Transit System operates a combination of twelve local and regional routes, with a thirteenth route operated by Shuswap Regional Transit servicing Vernon as well.
No. | Route | Notes | Service days | |
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Local routes | ||||
1 | Coldstream / Downtown | Mon-Sun | ||
2 | Pleasant Valley | Mon-Sun | ||
3 | North End via Alexis Park / Downtown | Mon-Sun | ||
4 | East Hill | Mon-Sun | ||
5 | South Vernon | Mon-Sun | ||
6 | College / Downtown via Hospital | Connects to Okanagan College. | Mon-Sun | |
7 | Okanagan Landing | Mon-Sun | ||
8 | Bella Vista | Mon-Sun | ||
9 | North End / Downtown | Service every 15 minutes at peak times | Mon-Sun | |
Regional routes | ||||
41 | Operated by Shuswap Regional Transit. Previously Route 11, renumbered 1 April 2022.[4] | Wednesday only | ||
60 | Enderby / Armstrong / Vernon | Saturday: Armstrong only | Mon-Sat | |
61 | Connects Lumby with downtown Vernon | Mon-Fri | ||
90 | UBCO Connector / Vernon | Connects Vernon to the UBC Okanagan campus in Kelowna. | Mon-Sun | |
Source: BC Transit[5] |