What Number for What Route?

[Retrovision]

Here are BC Ferries' route numbers and corresponding terminals:

Route 1 : Tsawwassen - Swartz Bay

Route 2 : Horseshoe Bay - Departure Bay

Route 3 : Horseshoe Bay - Langdale

Route 4 : Swartz Bay - Fulford Harbour

Route 5 : Swartz Bay - Outer Gulf Islands

Route 6 : Crofton - Vesuvius

Route 7 : Earls Cove - Saltery Bay

Route 8 : Horseshoe Bay - Snug Cove

Route 9 : Tsawwassen - S. Gulf Islands

Route 10 : Port Hardy - Prince Rupert

Route 11 : Prince Rupert - Queen Charlottes

Route 12 : Mill Bay - Brentwood Bay

Route 13 : Langdale - Gambier - Keats

Route 17 : Comox - Powell River

Route 18 : Powell River - Texada

Route 19 : Nanaimo Harbour - Gabriola

Route 20 : Chemainus - Thetis - Kuper

Route 21 : Buckley Bay - Denman

Route 22 : Denman - Hornby

Route 23 : Campbell River - Quadra

Route 24 : Quadra - Cortes

Route 25 : Port McNeill - Alert Bay - Sointula

Route 26 : Skidegate - Alliford Bay

Route 30 : Tsawwassen - Duke Point

Route 40 : Port Hardy - Mid-coast


For route descriptions see our administrator's website, The Ferry Terminal:

www.geocities.com/ferries_bc/routes_bcf.html

[Dane]

I aksed that once - it's for area where expansion/signifigant changes were once thought to be on the way (read: passenger only service, YVR terminal)

[Koastal Karl]

Ok I never noticed they go from route 13 to 17, hmm! I have always wondered why they go from route 26 to 30 to 40. Anyone know?? So how many routes does BC Ferries actually have if you count the 30 and 40 as two more that makes 28 routes not 40 routes. Dosent make sense why they do it like that.

[kylefossett]

i have counted 25. the gap in numbers is probably for new routes out of those areas. example- a new midcoast area route would then be 41

[Retrovision]

kylefossett said:

i have counted 25. the gap in numbers is probably for new routes out of those areas. example- a new midcoast area route would then be 41

The same as how transit systems go about creating new route numbers.

[BrianWilliams]

Route numbers are kinda interesting.

The list shows that a lot of routes were just numbered sequentially as they went into service - but more recently BCF has given some thought to holding blocks of numbers open for region-specific designations, like the "41" you suggest.

If we started over, we'd probably use single digits (1-9) for the highest volume routes, 10's thru 90's for regional service, and 101-999 for little island hoppers.

It's not very important to the public: most ferry travellers never know the route # they're sailing on.

[Hardy]

tsawwassenterminal said:

The same as how transit systems go about creating new route numbers.

As a captive (but avid) bus rider in the sLower Mainland, I am intrigued by what you mean by this. Care to elaborate?

[kylefossett]

hardy said:

tsawwassenterminal said:

The same as how transit systems go about creating new route numbers.

As a captive (but avid) bus rider in the sLower Mainland, I am intrigued by what you mean by this. Care to elaborate?

i don't know about the rest of the fraser valley lower mainland region but in mission and abbotsford, the abbotsford routes all number upto 17. mission routes start at 31. this is for future route expansion. mission routes will be numbered from were they are now and abbotsford routes would be numbered upto the mission routes