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More bus, SkyTrain and SeaBus service is on the way just as summer vacation comes to a close.

TransLink announced that its fall service increase — the transit authority makes changes to its services every three months — will be the first time it is making changes to those three modes at the same time. The changes take effect on Sept. 3.

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“To all the students nervous about your first day of school, to all the employees worried about all the work they have to catch up on after returning from their vacation season, and to all of our valued customers using our system every day, who are the reason we can run our transit system in the first place: Better transit service is coming,” said TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond.

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More than 40,000 service hours will be added to the bus network, including permanent increases to a dozen routes.

For instance, the 502 Langley Centre/Surrey Central will be upgraded to a limited-stop express service that comes every eight to nine minutes during peak times and every 10 to 15 minutes off-peak, which is an upgrade from every 20 to 30 minutes at peak times and 30 to 60 minutes off-peak.