Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) is the contract operator for bus transit services in Metro Vancouver and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority, known locally as TransLink, the entity responsible for public transit in the region. The buses form part of the integrated transit network of the Lower Mainland. History The Coast Mountain Bus Company was created on April 1, 1999, concurrent with the implementation of TransLink. Bus service in Metro Vancouver was formerly provided by BC Transit, the provincial government crown corporation that operates transit outside of Metro Vancouver. Services Coast Mountain Bus Company operates the buses throughout Greater Vancouver, except for some routes in West Vancouver, which are run by its own municipal transit system. One contract operator provides select Community Shuttle service, and another contract operator provides HandyDART services: 220 bus routes in total This includes: Regular transit service School specials Express coach service to/from suburban municipalities Trolley bus service – 13 routes primarily in the City of Vancouver NightBus – special late-night routes that generally start service at approximately 1 am B-Line express bus (1 route) RapidBus express bus (5 routes) Community shuttles – routes operating minibuses that connect to the larger ones SeaBus – passenger ferry across the Burrard Inlet The regional transit network including bus routes, service levels and fares are set by TransLink. B-Line B-Lines are a type of express bus route with bus rapid transit elements using mostly low-floor articulated buses. All B-Line routes currently in operation feature all-door boarding . One route is currently in operation: 99 B-Line: Broadway between UBC Exchange and Commercial–Broadway station, via Broadway–City Hall station Four routes no longer operate: 95 B-Line: Waterfront station to Simon Fraser University's Burnaby campus. This service was rebranded as the R5 Hastings St RapidBus. 96 B-Line: From Newton Exchange to Guildford Mall. This service was rebranded as the R1 King George Blvd RapidBus. 97 B-Line: From Coquitlam Central station to Lougheed Town Centre station. It was replaced by the Millennium Line's Evergreen Extension. 98 B-Line: Granville Street and No. 3 Road between Burrard station and Richmond Centre. It was replaced by the Canada Line. RapidBus On January 6, 2020, two of the existing B-Line routes (the 95 and the 96) were rebranded as RapidBus routes (routes R5 and R1 respectively), and the following routes began service: R3 Lougheed Hwy: Lougheed Highway between Coquitlam Central