Note:
Following the posting of the above, I have
received an e-mail from Kevin Lam, who lives in Vancouver, who has been
able to correct me. He has explained the situation so well that I have
used his words!!
"A minor correction to the captions though,
if you don't mind. It is more precise to say the buses wear "BC Transit"
livery, and are operated by the Victoria Regional Transit System, who operates
these buses in Victoria, BC, Canada.
Although Victoria is the provincial capital,
internationally it isn't as well-known as Vancouver. Since the two cities
are just a ferry trip away from each other, to anyone outside Canada, mentioning
Vancouver is not far off :) However, Victorians may be offended!
BC Transit operates buses all over the province
of British Columbia. Its regional transit systems operate buses in the
respective cities; for example, Kelowna Regional Transit System operates
Dennis Tridents in Kelowna. Apart from double deckers, Dart SLF's make
up a small portion of BC Transit's fleet; the remainder is domestic/US
products.
Vancouver, however, is not part of BC Transit's
serviced area. It is handled by another operator, coincidentally called
"Coast Mountain Bus", which abbreviates to CMB! Unfortunately CMB doesn't
operate any British buses."
Many thanks Kevin.
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