24 August 2026

BC Transit and its regional partners* are informing customers of a seasonal service change for the Kelowna Regional Transit System, effective September 6, 2026.

Service will resume on Route 4 Pandosy/Orchard Park and Route 88 School Special. School trips on routes across the system will resume as well.

Minor changes will be made to the following routes:

  • Route 13 Quail Ridge
  • Route 84 Academy Way
  • Route 98 Rutland/UBCO Express

Trips are being added to several routes across the system. These trips will be denoted by the ‘I’, ‘U’ and ‘S’ in the Riders Guide. This change includes new overload trips for school students on the following routes:

  • Route 5 Gordon/Downtown
  • Route 8 University/College
  • Route 16 Mission
  • Route 19 Glenmore/Orchard Park
  • Route 32 The Lakes

As families prepare for the upcoming school year, BC Transit encourages parents and students to visit BusReady to help young people travel with confidence. BusReady offers educational resources, safety information, and practical trip-planning tools that help make the journey to and from school safer, easier and more comfortable for students.

We encourage our customers to use the Umo app, Transit App, Google Transit or any other app of their choice for real-time bus tracking and planning your next transit journey.

For more information about trip planning, fares and schedules, please visit bctransit.com/kelowna.

Media Contacts

BC Transit Communications                            

media@bctransit.com         

* Regional partners include: City of Kelowna, City of West Kelowna, District of Lake Country, Westbank First Nation, District of Peachland and the Regional District of Central Okanagan.

Transit System: Kelowna