BC Transit Health Connections or simply Health Connections are a supplementary interregional public transit bus service provided by BC Transit in various communities throughout the province of British Columbia. While, as the title implies, the scheduled services are geared towards passengers needing to reach an urban centre for health reasons, all are able to use the service if space allows.
Operations
Health connections buses are marked BC Transit buses. While they operate on a fixed schedule along a fixed route (with exceptions), no number designation is given to the buses and they are generally not listed in local transit guides, timetables or on departure boards. Like other BC Transit services, Health Connections buses are operated by a contracted operator and not by BC Transit itself. The services are funded in part by the provincial government as a complement to the Travel Assistance Program. In February 2020, BC Transit announced that no direct connection between Logan Lake and Kamloops would be maintained after that March, with all services routing direct to Merritt instead.
Service and routing
Health Connections operate within and between various transit systems already served by BC Transit, and sometimes parallel existing routes on a different schedule. Nearly all Health Connections operate on only select days or the week, while others only operate on demand. The routes are the only passenger transportation available to some major communities that are currently lacking in any form of intercity bus.
Route name Communities served enroute Notes 100 Mile House/Williams Lake 100 Mile House, Williams Lake Creston/Cranbrook Creston, Cranbrook Elkford/Cranbrook Elkford, Sparwood, Fernie, Cranbrook Golden/Cranbrook Golden, Invermere, Cranbrook Kamloops/Chase Kamloops, Chase, Pritchard Kamloops/Lillooet Kamloops, Fountain Valley, Cache Creek, Savona, Kamloops Kamloops/Logan Lake Kamloops, Logan Lake To be terminated March 4th, 2020. Kamloops/Logan Lake/Merritt Kamloops, Logan Lake, Merritt Logan Lake will be eliminated from the route on March 4th, 2020. Kamloops/Logan Lake/Merritt/Kelowna Kamloops, Logan Lake, Merritt, Kelowna Logan Lake will be eliminated from the route on March 4th, 2020. Kamloops/Lytton Lillooet, Spences Bridge, Ashcroft, Cache Creek, Savona, Kamloops Kamloops/Revelstoke Kamloops, Chase, Sorrento, Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Revelstoke Kamloops/Williams Lake Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, Clinton, Cache Creek, Kamloops Kimberley/Cranbrook Kimberley, Cranbrook Penticton/Princeton Penticton, Olalla, Cawston, Keremeos, Hedley, Princeton, Coalmont Parallels South Okanagan-Similkameen route 50 Penticton/Summerland/Osoyoos Summerland, Penticton, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos Parallels South Okanagan-Similkameen routes 30, 20, and 40 Revelstoke, Kelowna Revelstoke, Sicamous, Enderby, Vernon, Kelowna
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