October was busiest month ever on transit

If you noticed more people riding the bus or SkyTrain last month, you were correct.

October was the busiest month in TransLink history with 39.65 million boardings, which smashed the previous record of 39.2 million boardings set in February 2010, when Vancouver was hosting the Winter Olympics.

October’s total ridership — for bus, SkyTrain, HandyDart, SeaBus and West Coast Express — was up 9.3 per cent over October 2017.

“At TransLink our focus is on delivering transit-service improvements for our customers through the Mayors’ 10-Year Vision,” said TransLink CEO Kevin Desmond. “It’s great to see this kind of ridership growth, one sign that customers are responding to better transit service right across the region.” October ridership by the numbers:

24.45 million Total bus ridership, an all-time record

10.04 million Expo/Millennium line surpassed

10 million boardings for the first time

4.26 million Canada Line ridership, up seven per cent from October 2017

530,000 SeaBus ridership, up 9.3 per cent from October 2017

240,000 West Coast Express ridership, its biggest month since October 2014

140,000 HandyDart ridership, up 9.1 per cent from October 2017

407 million Total ridership in 2017