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{{short description|Former express bus service in Metro Vancouver, Canada}}
{{Notability|date=December 2023}}
{{Infobox bus line
|name        = 97 B-Line
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|image       = 97 B-Line P14030.jpg
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|system      = [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]]
|start       = [[Lougheed Town Centre station|Lougheed Town Centre]]
|end         = [[Coquitlam Central station|Coquitlam Central]]
|stops       = 19
|open        = September 2, 2002<ref>{{cite web|title=Communities Preview New B-Line Service|url=http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2002/July/Communities-Preview-New-B-Line-Service.aspx|website=TransLink|access-date=28 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309184903/http://www.translink.ca/en/About-Us/Media/2002/July/Communities-Preview-New-B-Line-Service.aspx|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|close       = December 18, 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Service-Changes.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430053443/http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Service-Changes.aspx |archive-date=2010-04-30 |title=TransLink.ca - Transit Service Changes}}</ref>
|operator    = [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]]
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|length  = {{convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}}
|ridership   = 10,750 (avg. weekday)<ref name="translink_bspr_route_97">{{cite web| url=http://www.translink.ca/en/site-info/document-library-result.aspx?id=%7B96D5C148-EF81-4F1D-91E6-387E6E4939F9%7D%7C%7BCF3CF6A4-B167-452C-A8F0-E195DFA39011%7D%7C&ref=%7B21ADD83C-4B6B-40BF-A72E-9A92988A1AE6%7D| title=Bus System Performance Review| date=May 31, 2012| publisher=[[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]]| access-date=November 29, 2012}} Specifically [http://www.translink.ca/~/media/Documents/bpotp/managing_the_transit_network/2011%20BSPR%20Route%20Summaries%201%20to%2099.ashx 2011 BSPR Route Summaries 1 to 99]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} PDF.</ref>
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The '''97 B-Line''' was an [[express bus]] line in [[Metro Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada. It connected [[Coquitlam Central station]] on the [[West Coast Express]] system to [[Lougheed Town Centre station]] on the [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] system. It was operated by [[Coast Mountain Bus Company]] and funded by [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]]. Going west, the route went along Clarke Rd., St. John's St., Ioco Rd, Guildford Way and Pinetree Way, and served [[Burnaby]], [[Port Moody]], and [[Coquitlam]]. The 97 B-Line was discontinued on December 18, 2016, as part of the December 2016 TransLink seasonal bus service changes, many resulting from the opening of the [[Evergreen Extension]] of the [[Millennium Line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Service-Changes.aspx |title=Transit Service Changes |publisher=TransLink |access-date=December 2, 2016 |archive-date=April 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430053443/http://www.translink.ca/en/Schedules-and-Maps/Transit-Service-Changes.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> The line carried 10,750 passengers on weekdays in 2011.<ref name="translink_bspr_route_97"/>
{{stack|[[File:97 B-Line P8030.jpg|thumb|right]]}}
Unlike the other [[Coast Mountain Bus Company#Routes|B-Line]] services, this route mainly used conventional {{Convert|40|ft|m|1|adj=on|order=flip}} buses with no special paint scheme, instead of the {{Convert|60|ft|m|1|adj=on|order=flip}} articulated buses. It took 45 minutes to complete during rush hour, and about 30 minutes off-peak.

==97 B-Line stops and transfer points==
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{{rmri|U||9}} {{BSto|[[Millennium Line]]|to [[VCC–Clark station|VCC–Clark]]}}! !CONTg yellow\~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~bg=#ffeeee
BHF yellow\nKHSTa orange~~ ~~ ~~[[Lougheed Town Centre station|Lougheed Town Centre]]~~ ~~bg=#ffeeee
{{rmri|L||9}} {{BSto|[[Millennium Line]]|to [[Waterfront Station (Vancouver)|Waterfront]] via [[Columbia station (SkyTrain)|Columbia]]}}! !CONTr+g yellow\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Austin~~ ~~bg=#ffeeee
\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Cameron~~ ~~bg=#ffeeee
\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Foster~~ ~~bg=#ffeeee
\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~500 Block / Smith~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Como Lake~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Glenayre~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Barnet Highway / Albert~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
{{rmri|U||9}} {{BSto|[[West Coast Express]]|to [[Waterfront Station (Vancouver)|Waterfront]]}}! !CONTg violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Queens~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
[[Port Moody Station|Port Moody]]! !BHF violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Williams~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Moray~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Newport~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Ungless~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Falcon~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Lansdowne~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Johnson~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Pinetree / Guildford~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
STR violet\nHST orange~~ ~~ ~~Lincoln / Anson~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
BHF violet\nKHSTe orange~~ ~~ ~~[[Coquitlam Central station|Coquitlam Central]]~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
{{rmri|D||9}} {{BSto|[[West Coast Express]]|to [[Mission City station|Mission City]]}}! !CONTf violet\~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
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\BUS\nSTRq orange\nHSTq orange\nSTRq orange~~97 B-Line (Bus)
ICTS\TRAIN2\STRq yellow\BHFq yellow\STRq yellow~~[[Millennium Line]] (SkyTrain)
\TRAIN3\STRq violet\BHFq violet\STRq violet~~[[West Coast Express]] (Commuter Rail)
\\\\~~ ~~Fare Zone 2~~ ~~ ~~bg=#ffeeee
\\\\~~ ~~Fare Zone 3~~ ~~ ~~bg=#eeffee
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===Burquitlam stops===
[[Image:Lougheed-stn-platform.jpg|thumb|[[Lougheed Town Centre station]]|left]]
*[[Lougheed Town Centre station]]{{efn|name=north|This stop is located on North Road, the street separating Burnaby and Coquitlam.}} – connected to the [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] system and also served the [[Lougheed Town Centre]] shopping mall and the standing stones.
* Lougheed Mall / Austin{{efn|name=north}} – an alternate stop for the Lougheed Town Centre mall.
* Cameron{{efn|name=north}} – served the Sullivan Heights neighbourhood in Burnaby.
* Foster{{efn|name=north}} – alternate stop for Sullivan Heights.
* 500 Block / Smith – served the Plaza Burquitlam shopping area.
* Como Lake – alternate stop for the Plaza Burquitlam.

===Port Moody stops===
* Glenayre – served the Glenayre and Seaview neighbourhoods of Port Moody, with connections to a local community shuttle.
* Barnet Highway / Albert – served the East Hill neighbourhood.
* Queens – served the northwestern part of the Harbour Chines neighbourhood and the Port Moody Station Museum.
* Williams – served the now-closed [[Port Moody station]] of the [[West Coast Express]] and northern Harbour Chines.
* Moray – served the industrial areas in southeast Port Moody.
* Newport – served the Port Moody City Hall, the local theatre and library, [[NewPort Village]], [[Suter Brook]], and the Heritage Mountain Shoppers Village strip-mall.
* Ungless – served [[Eagle Ridge Hospital]].

===Coquitlam stops===
[[Image:Coq-ctr2.jpg|thumb|Coquitlam Centre]]
* Falcon – served the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood around the Coquitlam/Port Moody border.
* Lansdowne – served the Eagle Ridge and Highland Park neighbourhoods.
* Johnson – served the Canyon Springs neighbourhood.
* Pinetree / Guildford – served the [[Coquitlam City Hall]] area and [[Douglas College]]'s David Lam campus.
* Lincoln / Anson – first stop for the [[Coquitlam Centre]] shopping mall; also served [[Henderson Place Mall]] and the Westwood neighbourhood.
*[[Coquitlam Central station]] – connected to the West Coast Express's Coquitlam Station and the Coquitlam Centre mall; also served Westwood Mall and Pinetree Village.

===Notes===
{{notelist}}

==See also==
*[[R1 King George Blvd]]
*[[R4 41st Ave]]
*[[R5 Hastings St]]
*[[98 B-Line]]
*[[99 B-Line]]
*[[List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.translink.bc.ca TransLink]
* [http://infomaps.translink.ca/Public_Timetables/84/tt097.pdf Timetable]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://infomaps.translink.ca/Route_Diagrams/84/r097.pdf Route Diagram]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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[[Category:2002 establishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:2016 disestablishments in British Columbia]]
[[Category:B-Line (Vancouver)]]
[[Category:Port Moody]]
[[Category:Transport in Burnaby]]
[[Category:Transport in Coquitlam]]