Northern Health outlines Holiday hours for NH Connections Bus system

With the holiday season fast approaching now, the schedule of operations for the Northern Health Connections Bus will soon see some holiday modifications in place.

As the bus transportation system that connects Prince Rupert with health facilities in Terrace, Prince George and Vancouver shifting towards its Holiday schedule.

For Prince Rupert residents there are two dates to keep in mind:

December 22nd when the Prince Rupert to Prince George route makes its final run for 2016, with the next transit not taking place until January 4th.  

The final Prince George to Prince Rupert trip takes place on December 23rd, with the resumption of that route taking place on January 2nd of 2017.

The full system schedule can be reviewed below (click to expand):

The Northern Health Connections booking centre will be closed on December 26th and January 2nd but will be open on regular business days through the holiday period.

You can contact them at 1-888-647-4997. You can also contact them by email at NHConnections@northernhealth.ca

You can find more information related to the modified holiday schedule here.

Northern Health Connections Bus to shift to Holiday Season schedule next week

The annual holiday schedule is about to start for the transportation system linking the North Coast with medical facilities across Northern British Columbia and down to Vancouver.

The Northern Connections program will see the bus system working a modified holiday schedule, with the last runs for 2015 taking place December 23rd, with the buses off the roads until the first week of January

The holiday schedule for the Northwest leg of the service can be found below:

Prince George to Prince Rupert last run December 21st
Prince Rupert to Prince George last run December 23rd
Burns Lake to Terrace last run December 17th

Service returns starting on January 3rd

Prince George to Prince Rupert January 3
Prince Rupert to Prince George January 4

For those that are looking to connect to the service to and from Vancouver and Prince George the holiday schedule looks like this

Last route from Prince George to Vancouver is December 20th
Last route from Vancouver to Prince George is December 22nd

That schedule resumes in the first week of January

Prince George to Vancouver  -- January 3, 2015

The full schedule for all routes for the Northern Connections Service can be found here.

For more information related to the Norther Health Connections Service contact them at 1-888-647-4997.

By email at NHConnections@northernhealth.ca or through their online reservation system at www.nhconnections.ca

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