Comox Valley Transit System
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Comox Valley Transit System provides public transportation in the Comox Valley
area on the east coast of Vancouver Island
, British Columbia
, Canada
. Service is provided to the City of Courtenay
and the towns of Comox, Royston, Oyster River, Black Creek, and Cumberland. Funding is provided under a partnership between the Comox Valley Regional District and BC Transit
, the provincial agency which plans and manages municipal transit systems.
Comox Valley
The Comox Valley is a region on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada that includes the city of Courtenay, the town of Comox, the village of Cumberland, and the unincorporated settlements of Royston, Union Bay, Fanny Bay, Black Creek and Merville. The communities of Denman...
area on the east coast of Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada. It is one of several North American locations named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Northwest coast of North America between 1791 and 1794...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
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. Service is provided to the City of Courtenay
Courtenay, British Columbia
Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the seat of the Comox Valley Regional District which replaced the Comox-Strathcona Regional District...
and the towns of Comox, Royston, Oyster River, Black Creek, and Cumberland. Funding is provided under a partnership between the Comox Valley Regional District and BC Transit
BC Transit
BC Transit is a provincial crown agency responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside of Greater Vancouver...
, the provincial agency which plans and manages municipal transit systems.
Routes
Most routes are centered on Courtenay, radiating to the other communities in the area.No. | Route | Notes |
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1 | Fitzgerald | |
2 | Cumberland Cumberland, British Columbia Cumberland is a town in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The village was originally named Union, British Columbia after the Union Coal Company, which was in turn named in honour of the 1871 union of British Columbia with Canada. The town was renamed after... |
Downtown to Anfield Centre, then to Cumberland and return. |
3 | Comox Comox, British Columbia Comox is a town of 12,000 people located on a small peninsula in the Georgia Strait on the eastern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The warm dry summers, mild winters, fertile soil and abundant sea life attracted First Nations thousands of years ago, who called the area kw’umuxws... via Ryan & Lerwick |
No Sunday service. |
4 | Comox via Comox Road | |
5 | Vanier | Weekday peak service, plus one bus in each direction on Saturdays. |
6 | Uplands | Downtown to eastern Courtenay (including North Island College) and return. |
7 | Arden | No Sunday service. |
8 | Willemar | |
10 | Royston Royston, British Columbia Royston is a small hamlet which is part of the greater Comox Valley region, 100 km northwest of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated across the harbour from Comox and just southeast of the municipal boundary of Courtenay... /Buckley Bay Buckley Bay, British Columbia Buckley Bay is a geographical location on the east coast of Vancouver Island, located between Union Bay to the north and Fanny Bay to the south. It is the departure point for the BC Ferries crossing of Baynes Sound to Denman Island. It is accessible from both the Old Island Highway and from Exit... |
Downtown to Driftwood Mall, Royston, the BC Ferries BC Ferries British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. or BC Ferries is a de facto Crown Corporation that provides all major passenger and vehicle ferry services for coastal and island communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia... terminal at Buckley Bay, and return. |
11 | Little River Little River, British Columbia Little River is a community in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.Its namesake, Little River, is a short stream of the same name which enters Little River Bay, just to the west of which there is an officially named Little River Beach just east of the BC Ferries... |
Downtown to North Island College, Comox Airport, and BC Ferries terminal at Little River and return. No Sunday service. |
12 | North Valley Connector | Courtenay to Merville Merville, British Columbia Merville is an unincorporated community in the Comox Valley between the City of Courtenay, Mount Washington, Dove Creek, and Black Creek near the east coast of Vancouver Island... , Black Creek Black Creek, British Columbia Black Creek is a community on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. It is approximately 16km north of Courtenay. It is primarily an agricultural hamlet and bedroom community to Courtenay and Campbell River - approximately 20 km to the north.... and Oyster River Oyster River, British Columbia Oyster River is a small community located between Campbell River, BC and Black Creek, BC mainly along or shortly off of Highway 19A... with transfers to Campbell River Transit Campbell River Transit System Campbell River Transit System provides public transportation to the city of Campbell River, on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Service also extends to Oyster Bay-Buttle Lake, under an agreement with the Strathcona Regional District. Most transit buses are low floor wheelchair... . So Sunday service. |
99 | Veteran's Memorial Parkway Connector | Morning service to schools and afternoon service from schools |