Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System

Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System is a public bus service in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The conventional transit of the Cowichan Valley Transit System has been in service since 1993.^[2] handyDART is a transportation service for people with a disability who are unable to use conventional transit, which is operated by Volunteer Cowichan.^[3]

Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System

9300 Nova LFS Suburban on route 99 'Shawnigon Lake Pick Up Only' on Trans Canada Highway at Helmcken Road.
Parent	BC Transit
Founded	1987
Headquarters	5280 Polkey Road[1] Duncan, British Columbia
Service area	Cowichan Valley
Service type	Transit bus, Paratransit
Alliance	BC Transit
Routes	14
Hubs	Village Green Mall
Fleet	20
Fuel type	diesel
Operator	First Canada[1]
Website	Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System

Services

There is a weekday commuter service between Duncan, Cobble Hill, Mill Bay, Shawnigan Lake, and Victoria. Buses leave the Cowichan Valley in the morning and return in the evening. They travel via the Malahat. Funding for the service, which started operating on October 20, 2008^[4] is provided by Cowichan Valley Regional District, Victoria Regional Transit and BC Transit.

Routes

Regional routes

No.	Route	Termini	Notes
2	Mt. Prevost	Cowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Cowichan District Hospital
3	Quamichan	Cowichan Commons-Village Green Mall via Duncan Westside
4	Maple Bay	Maple Bay-Village Green Mall
5	Eagle Heights	starts and ends at Village Green Mall. Travels via Cowichan 1 Reserve, and Eagle Heights and Koksilah areas.[5]	Runs on weekdays.
6	Crofton/Chemainus	Chemainus-Village Green Mall. 6A travels from Crofton Rd to Henry Rd along Chemainus. 6B travels from Crofton Rd to Henry Rd along Mt. Sicker and Hwy 1. [6]
7	Cowichan Lake	Lake Cowichan Town Centre-Village Green Mall via Gibbins
7X	Cowichan Lake Express	Lake Cowichan Town Centre-Village Green Mall via Hwy 18. Some runs of 7 and 7X travel further along South Shore Rd and then into residential south Lake Cowichan. [7]	Weekday peak service.
8	Mill Bay via Telegraph Road / Duncan via Shawnigan Lake	Village Green Mall - Mill Bay	Stops at BC Ferries Mill Bay terminal. [8]
9	Mill Bay via Shawnigan Lake / Duncan via Telegraph Road	Village Green Mall - Mill Bay
20	Youbou Connector	Lake Cowichan-Youbou	Runs daily except Sunday. [9]
21	Honeymoon Bay Connector	Lake Cowichan-Gordon Bay Provincial Park	Runs daily except Sunday. [10]
31	Alderwood-Ladysmith	starts and ends at 1st & Symonds in Ladysmith. Travels through Downtown and through western and northern portions of the town.[11]	Runs daily except Sunday.
34	Ladysmith-Chemainus	Ladysmith-Chemainus [12]	Runs daily except Sunday.
36	Ladysmith-Duncan Express	Ladysmith-Village Green Mall [13]	Runs daily except Sunday.
70 NCX	Nanaimo-Cowichan Express	Downtown Nanaimo-Village Green Mall	Runs daily except Sunday. [14]

Commuter routes

No.	Route	Termini	Notes
66 CVX	Cowichan-Victoria Express	Village Green Mall-Downtown Victoria	Runs daily except Sunday. Former Saturday service (Route 44) merged into 66 in 2023.[15]
99 SVX	Shawnigan Lake-Victoria Express	Cobble Hill Park & Ride-Downtown Victoria	Weekday peak service.[16]