Dawson Creek is now the end of the line for Greyhound.

The Passenger Transportation Board has approved Greyhound Canada’s request to eliminate service in Northeast B.C. In a decision released Wednesday, the board approved route cuts from from Dawson Creek to the Yukon border effective June 1. Prince George to Dawson Creek was also lost.

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Greyhound must maintain a minimum four trips weekly, two in each direction, until the end of May, the board ruled.

“These routes or route segments have extremely low ridership and very large operating losses that significantly impair Greyhound’s financial viability,” the board wrote in its decision.

At a December hearing, the company said its ridership in B.C. has plummeted 46 per cent since 2010, leading to $70 million in losses over the last six years as it struggles to adapt to changing market conditions. Greyhound says its losing $35,000 a day on its passenger services in the province.

Greyhound is looking to exit Northeast B.C. entirely amid crippling losses. In the Northeast alone, use of the service along the Alaska Highway between Dawson Creek and Fort Nelson dropped from 18,307 passengers in 2014 to 9,647 in 2017.

It has proposed a provincial fund for municipalities and First Nations that could fund bids from private operators to continue bus service.

It has also proposed to cut routes and reduce service in parts of southern B.C.

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