YVR -> Nanaimo now connected

[Mike C]

NEW BUS SERVICE CONNECTS NANAIMO AND YVR VIA BC FERRIES

VICTORIA – BC Ferries and Pacific Coach are pleased to announce the launch of a regularly scheduled bus service connecting Nanaimo to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) via BC Ferries’ Duke Point – Tsawwassen route.

Pacific Coach will provide passenger bus service on four sailings per day from both Duke Point and Tsawwassen terminals Thursday through Monday. The introductory rate for this new service is $39 each way, including ferry fare.

“BC Ferries and Pacific Coach are teaming up to provide convenient, direct passenger transportation between Nanaimo and YVR,” said Dan Wong, BC Ferries’ Vice President of Corporate Development.
“Currently, Nanaimo area residents either fly to YVR or take their own vehicle to the international airport,” said Darian Tooley, Pacific Coach’s Director of Sales and Marketing. “We are proud to offer an affordable, environmentally-friendly alternative on a comfortable coach.”

Pick-up and drop-off locations in Nanaimo are at the Woodgrove Centre, Country Club Centre and Prideaux bus exchanges. On the Metro Vancouver side, passengers can join the Pacific Coach buses at YVR and travel directly to BC Ferries’ Tsawwassen terminal.
For full schedule details and bookings, call 1-800-661-1725 or visit www.pacificcoach.com.

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[corporalrabbinoff]

This is the second time PCL decided to try this service, If this lasts more than a month I may finally get a chance to get some picts of the "New Look" of the Queen of Alberni and the Coastal Inspiration.

[Coastal Canuck]

Jul 26, 2008 8:52:29 GMT -8 @corporalrabbinoff said:

This is the second time PCL decided to try this service, If this lasts more than a month I may finally get a chance to get some picts of the "New Look" of the Queen of Alberni and the Coastal Inspiration.

It better last more than a month cause I won't get a chance to do it till September

[Hardy]

Information update: for footies boarding Tsawwassen, it is $17 to purchase a ticket from PCL onboard BCFerries to go to Woodgrove Centre.

[DENelson83]

Notwithstanding PCL service, I'm still waiting for the RDN to start providing transit service to Duke Point.

[PCL Driver]

Jul 26, 2008 20:16:37 GMT -8 Coastal Canuck said:

Jul 26, 2008 8:52:29 GMT -8 @corporalrabbinoff said:

This is the second time PCL decided to try this service, If this lasts more than a month I may finally get a chance to get some picts of the "New Look" of the Queen of Alberni and the Coastal Inspiration.

It better last more than a month cause I won't get a chance to do it till September

PCL has committed to a three month trial

[PCL Driver]

Jul 27, 2008 7:54:21 GMT -8 Hardy said:

Information update: for footies boarding Tsawwassen, it is $17 to purchase a ticket from PCL onboard BCFerries to go to Woodgrove Centre.

The fare is $14.50 according to the tariff sheet I got from the company

[Hardy]

Aug 7, 2008 7:09:04 GMT -8 PCL Driver said:

Jul 27, 2008 7:54:21 GMT -8 Hardy said:

Information update: for footies boarding Tsawwassen, it is $17 to purchase a ticket from PCL onboard BCFerries to go to Woodgrove Centre.

The fare is $14.50 according to the tariff sheet I got from the company

I emailed them and got my above information emailed back to me direct from PCL. I will cut'n'paste my email in later...

[PCL Driver]

Aug 8, 2008 1:18:45 GMT -8 Hardy said:

Aug 7, 2008 7:09:04 GMT -8 PCL Driver said:

The fare is $14.50 according to the tariff sheet I got from the company

I emailed them and got my above information emailed back to me direct from PCL. I will cut'n'paste my email in later...

Hardy:

I talked to one of the drivers today doing the run, and the cost is $14.50. As for whoever e-mailed you, it was the wrong info.

[Retrovision]

Aug 10, 2008 17:16:49 GMT -8 PCL Driver said:

Aug 8, 2008 1:18:45 GMT -8 Hardy said:

I emailed them and got my above information emailed back to me direct from PCL. I will cut'n'paste my email in later...

Hardy:

I talked to one of the drivers today doing the run, and the cost is $14.50. As for whoever e-mailed you, it was the wrong info.

In any case this is great news, until BC Transit's Nanaimo Regional Transit System gets their act together and services their other major terminal, and cheap compared to a cab which costs about $40 only to downtown or about $20 dollars to connect with transit at South Parkway Plaza along with major transfer layovers waiting for the cab and the bus in the latter case.