Transit Service Alerts

Last updated on Jul 18, 2025 - 1:53 pm

Reduced Service Notice - Effective Sunday, June 29, 2025

  • To align with the end of the school year, 'S' trips on Routes 5, 15, 20, 30, 40 and 72 will be discontinued.
  • Route 92 will discontinue its service and will resume in fall.

5 Fairview

to Downtown

to VIU / Westwood

VIU Loop Closure Detour Notice - July 21, 2025, to late August 2025 - Due to construction on Fourth Street, Transit will be using Parking Lot W1 next to the Trades Discovery Centre for all VIU exchange route pickups and drop off. Please see detour map below.
VIU Loop Closure Detour

6 Harewood

to Downtown

to VIU

VIU Loop Closure Detour Notice - July 21, 2025, to late August 2025 - Due to construction on Fourth Street, Transit will be using Parking Lot W1 next to the Trades Discovery Centre for all VIU exchange route pickups and drop off. Please see detour map below.
VIU Loop Closure Detour

7 Cinnabar / Downtown

to Downtown

to Cinnabar

Bus Stop Closure - As of February 3, 2025, until further notice, Haliburton Street will be closed from Finlayson Street to Crace Street. Please use alternative stop located on Irwin Street at Esplanade.
Bus Stop Closure Map

8 Cedar 8 VIU

to Cedar

to VIU

VIU Loop Closure Detour Notice - July 21, 2025, to late August 2025 - Due to construction on Fourth Street, Transit will be using Parking Lot W1 next to the Trades Discovery Centre for all VIU exchange route pickups and drop off. Please see detour map below.
VIU Loop Closure Detour

15/15A VIU

15/15A Woodgrove

to VIU

to Woodgrove

VIU Loop Closure Detour Notice - July 21, 2025, to late August 2025 - Due to construction on Fourth Street, Transit will be using Parking Lot W1 next to the Trades Discovery Centre for all VIU exchange route pickups and drop off. Please see detour map below.
VIU Loop Closure Detour

25 Ferry Shuttle

25 Woodgrove

to Ferry Shuttle

to Woodgrove

Delays Expected.

Detour Notice - Due to Road work, Route 25 (Outbound only) will detour via Northfield Road to Spencer Road, to Meredith Road to Bowen Road.
Route 25 Northfield Detour

 

40 VIU Express

to Downtown

Delays Expected.

to Woodgrove

Delays Expected.

VIU Loop Closure Detour Notice - July 21, 2025, to late August 2025 - Due to construction on Fourth Street, Transit will be using Parking Lot W1 next to the Trades Discovery Centre for all VIU exchange route pickups and drop off. Please see detour map below.
VIU Loop Closure Detour

Detour Notice: Bastion Street Bridge will be closed on Thursdays from 2 p.m. for the remainder of the evening for the Night Market. This detour notice is in effect for Thursdays from now until mid-September.

Detour Notice - As of January 2, 2025, until further notice, Route 40 Downtown (Inbound) will detour down Wallace Street to the Downtown Exchange. Bastion Street will be closed due to road work. 
Detour Map

 

70 Nanaimo - Cowichan Express

to Cowichan

Delays Expected.

to Nanaimo Downtown

Delays Expected.
  • RDN transit service, including the Route 70 Nanaimo Cowichan Express (NCX) will not be affected by the Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System service suspension. 
  • Customers using the Route 70 NCX are advised that there will be no local fixed-route service within the Cowichan Valley, and no ability to travel to and from Victoria.

72 Downtown

72 Country Club

( This route number has been changed to support the transit expansion as of January 5, 2025 )

to Downtown

to Country Club

Detour Notice - Effective Tuesday, July 22, 2025, Route 72 Millstone Ave will be closed from Eberts St to Townsite Rd. Please see detour map below for alternate bus stop locations.
Detour Notice Route 72