Holiday Service Welcome Aboard Fares all fares subject to change Your local transit system runs five days a week. Service is not available on Saturday, Sunday or the Buses serve the Elk Valley, connecting Elkford, following holidays: Cash Elk Valley Transit and Fernie. • New Years Day • B.C. Day Adult/Student/Senior $ 2.00 Fixed-route service – scheduled service to major • Family Day • Labour Day Child, 4 or under free destinations and residential areas. • Good Friday • Thanksgiving Day • Easter Monday • Remembrance Day Tickets (10) Health Connections – booked service to Cranbrook. RIDER’S GUIDE • Victoria Day • Christmas Day Adult/Student/Senior 15.00 About Your Transit System • Canada Day • Boxing Day Effective January 2, 2013 Monthly Pass Funding for your local transit system is cost shared Updated July 2020 Subject to change. Check online at bctransit.com for Adult/Student/Senior 42.00 between the Regional District of East Kootenay and special event service. BC Transit. Health Connections service is administered by the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District and Ticket and Pass Outlets BC Transit and funded by the Interior Health Authority. Pass Programs Cranbrook: Regional District of East Kootenay Office Decisions on fares, routes and service levels are made Transit Pass Tax Credit Elkford: District Office by the Regional District of East Kootenay board based The Government of Canada offers a non-refundable Fernie: City Hall on public feedback and information provided by tax credit if you use a monthly pass. Save your pass Sparwood: Leisure Centre BC Transit. Decisions on Health Connections service are and receipt as proof of purchase. For more information Subject to change. For an updated list of vendor made by the Kootenay East Regional Hospital District visit www.cra.gc.ca locations, visit bctransit.com board. Buses are operated by NextGen Transit Inc. Tax Exemption Operating costs are met by a combination of farebox revenues and joint local and provincial funding. You do not pay tax when you purchase your transit fare. Transit fares are exempt from federal and provincial tax. Contact Government of BC Bus Pass Program Customer Information 1·855·417·4636 The BC Bus Pass Program is offered by the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation. The annual Lost and Found 1·855·417·4636 bus pass is valid for the eligible rider on any fixed-route Web bctransit.com transit service. The pass is non-transferable. Mailing Address 125-C Slater Road NW For information on criteria for eligibility, visit Cranbrook, BC V1C 4M4 www.buspass.gov.bc.ca or call 1·866·866·0800. If you have comments about service in general or suggestions for improvements, contact: How to Ride Corporate Officer Regional District of East Kootenay, Bike Racks 19 – 24th Ave. South, Cranbrook, BC V1C 3H8 Most bikes can be accommodated on BC Transit Phone: 250·489·2791 or 1·888·478·7335 buses. If you’re considering travelling by bike and transit, instructions are posted on the bike racks. Before your bus arrives, make sure that saddlebags, BE PART OF THE SOLUTION... antennas, child carriers or any other item that could interfere with the driver’s vision are removed from REUSE YOUR RIDER’S GUIDE. the bike. Regional District of East Kootenay Bike racks on community buses can only be used during Transit Info 1·855·417·4636 daylight hours. Bikes block the headlights at night. Visit Rider Info at bctransit.com for an bctransit.com instructional video. 21192-5-20239 To Elkford Baby Strollers 1 Elkford, Fernie, Sparwood to Fernie Arbutus N • should be collapsible Monday to Friday • must be kept clear of the aisles Elkford Sparwood Fernie SPARWOOD A ELKFORD Natal District • must be positioned in an unoccupied wheelchair

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Elk Vally Hwy Vally Elk please store your folded stroller between seats. Hold Lv. Elkford Lv. Health Centre Sparwood Heights Greenwood Mall Sparwood Leisure Centre Sparwood Health Centre Elk Valley Hospital Community Fernie Centre College of the Rockies 7:00 7:40 7:50 7:55 8:00 8:30 8:35 8:40 1 on to your child at all times. — — — — 11:00 — — — Sparwood Hwy. 43 Elkford 12:00 12:40 12:50 12:55 1:00 1:30 1:35 1:40 Alpine Flagging the Bus SPARDELL — — — — 4:20 — — — 1 Some rural community systems do not have physical — 4:40 — — — 5:10 5:15 5:20 Hwy. 43 bus stops. In these communities, customers “wave” 1 1 Elkford, Fernie, Sparwood to Elkford Pine a bus down on designated roads.

Monday to Friday 3rd Library When you want to flag the bus, find a safe location Red Cedar Spruce Leisure C Balmer Centre along the route and wave at the bus. A safe location Fernie Sparwood Elkford Aspen Pine Greenwood Mall is one where visibility is good and where the bus can G E D C GM B A Centennial GM

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Fernie Community Fernie Centre Elk Valley Hospital Sparwood Health Centre Sparwood Leisure Centre Greenwood Mall Sparwood Heights Elkford Ar. Health Centre Centre 8:45 8:50 9:15 9:20 9:25 9:35 — B Cunliffe Transit drivers can contact local police, ambulance — — — 11:05 11:10 11:20 12:00 SPARWOOD C GM and other emergency services. Transit drivers are also Sparwood D 1:45 1:50 2:15 2:20 2:25 2:35 — D Health Centre trained to assist a child or adult in need. Tell the driver Dicken — — — 4:25 4:30 4:40 — Pine if you are concerned about your safety. 5:25 5:30 5:55 6:00 6:05 6:15 6:55 To Fernie N BC Transit’s safety and security practices uphold the Transit Act and the B.C. Motor Health Connections 1 Vehicle Act.

Service to Cranbrook Hwy. 3 Be Safe and Be Seen Call to book these trips 1·855·417·4636 Sometimes it is difficult for transit drivers to see you at bus stops, especially along unlit roads. Wear light Health Connections provides communities with a coloured clothing, wear a reflective strip, use a flashlight transportation option to access non-emergency Hwy. 3 or use the light from your mobile phone to signal the medical appointments. Although medical Elk Valley driver that you are at the stop. appointments have priority, everyone can use this N 13th St. 9th Ave. E Hospital Request-a-Stop service if space is available. Service is available to any 5th Ave. Community Ave. Fernie community along the route. You must phone 24 hours Centre 6th Customers who feel that their personal safety is at risk G ahead to book your trip. If you have mobility 9th St. can ask their driver to stop between regular bus stops. difficulties, door-to-door service is available. E F 8th St. Ask your transit driver at least one bus stop ahead of G FERNIE Information and Bookings: 1·855·417·4636 2nd Ave. where you wish to get off. You will be let off at a safe location closest to your request. Please contact your One-way Fare for all passengers: $2.50 4th St. Elk Valley F local transit office for details and any time restrictions. Hwy. 3 College 1 Elkford, Fernie, Sparwood of the Transit Info 1·855·417·4636 Rockies N Bus Stop Transit maps show transit routes, exchanges and relevant landmarks bctransit.com to help riders use the transit system. They are not complete street maps.