Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System is a public bus service in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The conventional transit of the Cowichan Valley Transit System has been in service since 1993.The Cowichan Valley Transit System is Expanding, March 3, 2008 handyDART is a transportation service for people with a disability or seniors who are unable to use conventional transit, which is operated by Volunteer Cowichan.
Services There is weekday commuter service between Duncan, Cobble Hill, Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake, and Victoria. Buses leave the Cowichan Valley in the morning and return in the evening. They travel via the Malahat. Funding for the service, which started operating on October 20, 2008 is provided by Cowichan Valley Regional District, Victoria Regional Transit and BC Transit. Service between Duncan, Ladysmith, Oyster Bay, and Nanaimo along Hwy 1 is operated by RDN Transit.
Routes
Regional routes No. Route Termini Notes2 Mt. Prevost Cowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Cowichan District Hospital 3 Quamichan Cowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Duncan Westside 4 Maple Bay Maple Bay-Village Green Mall 5 Eagle Heights starts and ends at Village Green Mall. Travels via Cowichan 1 Reserve, and Eagle Heights and Koksilah areas. Runs on weekdays.6 Crofton/Chemainus Chemainus-Village Green Mall. 6A travels from Crofton Rd to Henry Rd along Chemainus Rd. 6B travels from Crofton Rd to Henry Rd along Mt. Sicker and Hwy 1. 7 Cowichan Lake Lake Cowichan Town Centre-Village Green Mall via Gibbins 7X Cowichan Lake Express Lake Cowichan Town Centre-Village Green Mall via Hwy 18. Some runs of 7 and 7X travel further along South Shore Rd and then into residential south Lake Cowichan. Weekday service. 8Mill Bay via Telegraph Road / Duncan via Shawnigan LakeVillage Green Mall - Mill Bay Stops at BC Ferries Mill Bay terminal. 9Mill Bay via Shawnigan Lake / Duncan via Telegraph RoadVillage Green Mall - Mill Bay20 Youbou Connector Lake Cowichan-Youbou Runs daily except Sunday. 21 Honeymoon Bay Connector Lake Cowichan-Gordon Bay Provincial Park Runs daily except Sunday. 31 Alderwood-Ladysmith Starts and ends at 1st & Symonds in Ladysmith. Travels through Downtown and through western and northern portions of the town. Runs daily except Sunday.34 Ladysmith-Chemainus Ladysmith-Chemainus Runs daily except Sunday.36 Ladysmith-Duncan Express Ladysmith-Village Green Mall Runs daily except Sunday.
Commuter routes No. Route Termini Notes66 CVX Cowichan-Victoria Express Village Green Mall-Downtown Victoria Runs daily except Sunday. Former Saturday service (Route 44) merged into 66 in 2023.99 SVX Shawnigan Lake-Victoria Express Cobble Hill Park & Ride-Downtown Victoria Weekday peak service.
References
External links Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System at BCTransit.com Cowichan Valley Commuter Transit System