Transit Service Alerts

Last updated on Dec 20, 2024 - 4:30 pm

For trip planning, including the new winter schedule, visit bctransit.com/nanaimo

Service Alert - While school is not in session, all routes marked with an ‘s’ in the rider's guide will not be running between December 22, 2024, to January 5, 2025. The routes will resume once school is back in session.

Upcoming Service Alert - To support the 2025 January transit expansion and associated winter schedule, please be advised of a few route name and number changes noted below that will take effect on January 5, 2025:

  • Route 11 Lantzville will become Route 31 (Lantzville).
  • Route 91 (Parksville/Qualicum Beach, Woodgrove) will become Route 9 Intercity Line (Parksville/Qualicum Beach, Woodgrove).
  • Route 1 (Country Club, Downtown) will become Route 72 (Country Club, Downtown).
  • Route 50 (Downtown to Woodgrove) will become Route 1 Nanaimo Rapid Line (Downtown, Woodgrove).

Adverse Weather Routing
During adverse weather, many factors can impact bus routes such as accidents, detours and changing road conditions. To ensure the safety of passengers, drivers and the public, bus routes are detoured as needed. Changes to routes can happen many times over the course of an adverse weather event and every effort is made to update transit users as information becomes available. Please visit this webpage for the latest bus route information and impacts to services. 
 

6 Harewood

to Downtown

to VIU

Bus Stop Closure - Route 6 Inbound (to downtown) - Beginning Friday, December 6, 2024, the bus stop located on Seventh St. will be closed for approx. 6 months. Please use the temporary stop on Seventh St. at Georgia Avenue.
Bus stop Closure Map
 

15/15A VIU

15/15A Woodgrove

to VIU

to Woodgrove

SCHEDULE UPDATE - BC Transit acknowledges an error in the most recent printed Rider’s Guide for the Regional District of Nanaimo, which includes incorrect trip times on the Saturday schedule for Route 15 VIU/Woodgrove. Changes have been made to correct these errors in the online version of the Rider’s Guide, which is available here: bctransit.com/nanaimo/schedules-and-maps/riders-guide/