White Rock Centre is an on-street bus exchange located on the border between
White Rock and
Surrey
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, British Columbia, Canada. It is the southernmost transit hub in the
Metro Vancouver
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region and the nearest to the
Canada–United States border
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. As part of the
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system, it has routes serving White Rock and
South Surrey
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, including towards
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via
Bridgeport station in
Richmond
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, as well as to
Surrey City Centre,
Newton
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,
Guildford
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is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
and
Langley City
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.
Structure and location
The exchange opened on April 4, 1975, and is located at the intersection of 152 Street (Johnston Road) and 16 Avenue (North Bluff Road); it uses a curb lane and is not separated from regular traffic. Roughly half of the exchange is located on the White Rock side, while the other half lies on the Surrey side—the city limits separating the two cities run through the exchange.
Adjacent to White Rock Centre is the largest mall in the area,
Semiahmoo Shopping Centre
Semiahmoo Shopping Centre ( ) is an indoor shopping mall on the Semiahmoo peninsula in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1980, the shopping centre is named after the nearby Semiahmoo Bay and is currently anchored by Save-On-Foods and Win ...
.
Peace Arch Hospital, the primary hospital in the area, is located approximately east of the exchange, while White Rock's city hall is located approximately the same distance but to the south.
White Rock Centre's location is considered to be White Rock's downtown, despite the fact that half the area lies on the Surrey side of the city border.
Routes
, the following routes serve White Rock Centre exchange:
See also
*
List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver
The following list of current bus routes in Metro Vancouver is sorted by region and route number.
Routes with trolleybuses, articulated buses or suburban highway buses are noted as such. All route destination names are based on the official Tr ...
References
External links
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TransLink (British Columbia) bus stations
White Rock, British Columbia
Transport in Surrey, British Columbia
1975 establishments in British Columbia