The new R6 Scott Road RapidBus service will be officially launched from Scott Road SkyTrain Station bound for Newton Exchange on Tuesday morning, speeding up public transit service by as many and eight minutes in both directions and bringing to an end seemingly endless months of aggravating road construction and related congestion for commuters and businesses along Scott Road to accommodate the R6.
The service follows the 319 bus route, between Scott Road SkyTrain Station and 72 Avenue, where it heads east and crosses King George Boulevard to the Newton Exchange.
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TransLink says the R6 will be able to pick up to 20 per cent more riders on what it says is the busiest bus corridor south of the Fraser River, picking up more than 30,000 passengers every weekday and experiencing the strongest transit ridership growth in Metro Vancouver.
While the R6 officially launched on Jan. 2 it began operating on a holiday schedule before then. According to a press release, it’s TransLink’s sixth RapidBus service in Metro Vancouver, “with high frequencies, bus priority lanes, limited stops, all-door boarding, and articulated 60-foot buses.”
Representatives from TransLink, provincial government, the City of Surrey and the City of Delta will be at the launch.
The R6 service is a harbinger of increased densification along the corridor.
More to come.