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North Shore News

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NEWS photo Stuart Davis

WEST Vancouver Blue Buses hive a new home in North Vancouver, A $3.9 million, state-of-the-art operations

and maintenance ceatre was officially opened Friday at 22

1 Fosd Ave. On hand to snip the ribbon were, left to

sight, MLA Angus Ree, West Yan Mayor Derrick Humphreys, Rita Jotiastoa, Minister of Municipal Affairs

and Transit, MLA Johan Reynolds, and Burnaby Mayor Bill Lewarne, Vancouver Regional Vransit chairman,

WEST VANCOUVER'S Blue Bus
system has moved into a new $3.9
million operations and
maintenance centre at 221 Ltoyd
Avenuc in North Vancouver.

The former centre, on the origi-
nal 1913 ferry terminal site at 14th
Street in West Vancouver, will be
preserved as part of the
Ambleside-By-The-Sea project.

The Blue Bus system started in
1915 with a seven-passenger Pierce
Arrow touring car that connected
with the ferries and now has 33
buses and a staff of 60.

The Hon. Rita Johnston,
Minister of Municipal Affairs and
Transit, and West Vancouver
Mayor Derrick Humphreys of-
ficially opened the new centre Oct.

31.

In her remarks, the minister
thanked the mayor, a director of
BC Transit, for his untiring efforts
over the past five years in bringing
this project to a successful conclu-
sion,

She went on to compliment the
West Vancouver system on its rep-
utation for service and efficiency,

“It’s second to none,"’ she said.
“Last year, 1985/86, the system
carried over two and three-quarter
million revenue passengers with a
higher than average percentage of
the cost coming from the farebox
—- 56.3 per cent.

“This centre,’’ she continued,
“has all the modern facilities re-
quired to help employees do their
usual first-class jobs more effi-
ciently and with greater safety.
And there’s room on the 3.25-acre
site for future expansion."’

Equipment includes an
automatic 90-second bus wash, an
up-to-date fuel istand where diesel
oil, anti-freeze and transmission oil
are easily and safely dispensed,
two hoists, and a maintenance pit
with features that include electrical
and air outlets and special lighting.

Before helping to cut the ribbon,
Humphreys spoke of the history of
the municipally-operated system
and of the special relationship the
Blue Bus drivers have with the
community. ‘it's little wonder,”
he said, ‘that Blue Bus drivers
have a reputation for courtesy and
service that is unequalled in the
bus transit world.”’

The system, still operated by
West Vancouver, is now funded
and planned by BC Transit as an
integral part of the Vancouver
Regional Transit System.

Terry works hard for condo &
cabin-owners too.

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