Now that I guess we’re all in a sort of transit thinking mindset with yesterday’s Mayors’ Council plan reveal, here’s a bit of transit history!

I found this old transit map dating from about 10 years ago while on a recent internet browsing rampage. Here are some highlights about our previous transit network:

Unbuilt/nonexistent: Canada Line SkyTrain , VCC-Clark Station , 96 B-Line

, , Other nonexistent routes: 84 VCC-Clark/UBC, 555 Port Mann Express, 301 Newton/Richmond, 791 Maple Ridge/Braid Stn, 620 Tsawassen/Vancouver, 430 Metrotown/Richmond, 531 White Rock/Langley, 364 Scottsdale/Langley, C12 Lions Bay

Port Mann Express, Newton/Richmond, Maple Ridge/Braid Stn, Tsawassen/Vancouver, Metrotown/Richmond, White Rock/Langley, Scottsdale/Langley, Lions Bay The routes were coloured in red!

Different route numbers! The #10 was part of the #8 , and the #14 was the #10

was part of the , and the was the No #9 service whatsoever past Alma

service whatsoever past Alma #135 continues to Stanley Park Loop

continues to Stanley Park Loop Today’s C21 and C23 were previously the #1

and were previously the Today’s C5 and C7 were previously the #114 and #115

and were previously the and Today’s C71 a nd C73 were previously the #317 and #328

nd were previously the and Richmond had several peak hour express routes ( 491 , 496 , etc) that complemented local routes and ran to Vancouver

, , etc) that complemented local routes and ran to Vancouver The #41 used to do an evening detour onto Thunderbird Blvd at UBC

used to do an evening detour onto Thunderbird Blvd at UBC The #640 was the Tsawassen Ferry route!

was the Tsawassen Ferry route! The #319 portion between Scottsdale and Newton was served by separate #322

portion between Scottsdale and Newton was served by separate The #340 was one huge, confusing mess of a route running on today’s 340 and 341 bus routes

was one huge, confusing mess of a route running on today’s and bus routes South Surrey just introduced community shuttles

For comparison: today’s map at [CLICK HERE]