Transit Service Alerts

Last updated on Apr 17, 2025 - 11:48 am

Service Level Reminder

  • Friday, April 18, RDN Transit will be operating Sunday Level Service
  • Monday, April 21, RDN Transit will be operating Saturday Level Service
  • The RDN Transit Administrative Building will be closed on April 18 and 21

1 Nanaimo Rapid Line Downtown

1 Nanaimo Rapid Line Woodgrove

( This route number has been changed to support the transit expansion as of January 5, 2025 )

to Downtown

to Woodgrove


 

7 Cinnabar / Downtown

to Downtown

to Cinnabar

Bus Stop Closure - As of February 3, 2025, until further notice, Haliburton Street will be closed from Finlayson Street to Crace Street. Please use alternative stop located on Irwin Street at Esplanade.
Bus Stop Closure Map

20 Hammond Bay 20A Dover

to Downtown

to Woodgrove

Detour Notice - Due to road work, route 20A to Woodgrove Mall will not be servicing Brickyard Road from April 17, 2025, to approximately mid-May 2025.

Please use alternate bus stops located on Hammond Bay Road and Dover Road.

40 VIU Express

to Downtown

to Woodgrove

Detour Notice - As of Monday April 21, 2025, at 7AM to Wednesday April 23, 2025 to 7PM, Route 40 inbound to downtown only, will be detouring on Boxwood Road.

Detour as follows - Right on Meredith Road then left on Tulsa Road to left on Boxwood Road to left on Dufferin Crescent to regular routing on Bowen Road

Bowen Road Route 40 Inbound 2025 docx.docx

Detour Notice - As of January 2, 2025, until further notice, Route 40 Downtown (Inbound) will detour down Wallace Street to the Downtown Exchange. Bastion Street will be closed due to road work. 
Detour Map

70 Nanaimo - Cowichan Express

to Cowichan

to Nanaimo Downtown

  • RDN transit service, including the Route 70 Nanaimo Cowichan Express (NCX) will not be affected by the Cowichan Valley Regional Transit System service suspension. 
  • Customers using the Route 70 NCX are advised that there will be no local fixed-route service within the Cowichan Valley, and no ability to travel to and from Victoria.

72 Downtown

72 Country Club

( This route number has been changed to support the transit expansion as of January 5, 2025 )

to Downtown

to Country Club