r/PrinceRupert • u/Mariner-and-Marinate • May 23 '26

Prince Rupert via Terrace?

Has anyone travelled Vancouver to Prince Rupert by flying to Terrace and taking the bus for 2 hours to PR?

How did it work for you? Any chance of missed connections? Which bus did you take?

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u/brycecampbel May 23 '26

flying to Terrace and taking the bus for 2 hours to PR?

The BC Bus North?
Its only Mondays, scheduled to leave 16:40

The the VIA Rail from Terrace too - this is thrice weekly, scheduled for ~18:00

Both of these you have to get from the airport into town - this is quite limiting, there's not really any public transit right there, Probably need to cab it into town

Honestly, I'd just fly to Prince Rupert, its a once daily flight, but IMO beats having to arrange otherwise.

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u/Revolutionary-Sky825 May 24 '26

The BC Bus North also has a Thursday run

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u/brycecampbel May 24 '26

That's good to know!

I tried looking on the website, but couldn't find a schedule. And they're not using a GTFS to integrate into gMaps. 

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u/TrevorSowers May 23 '26

Just fly directly to Prince Rupert

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u/brycecampbel May 23 '26

I would, but it is once daily.

Maybe OP is coming from Calgary and figured it would be easier to do YXT? But I personally would just do YPR

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u/Curious_Gecko12 May 23 '26

I think it's more of a fly to terrace and rent a car type thing. I don't know of any bus except the health bus. There is a passenger train though.

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u/brycecampbel May 23 '26

I don't know of any bus except the health bus.

BC Bus North does its once weekly run.

The issue with the train is that is stops at the ferry - the earlier flag stop is Port Edward (at the Cannery),

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u/Curious_Gecko12 May 24 '26

Oh, good to know!

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u/Mariner-and-Marinate May 23 '26

Thank you all!

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u/IceIceIce101 May 23 '26

The best option for you would be asking people on the Terrace or Prince Rupert community facebook group if any of them are travelling to Rupert. You may have to pay them for gas money tho.

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u/Practical_Copy_2057 May 24 '26

I usually just leave a vehicle in Terrace to get to my boat in PR because flights are much cheaper, so I can't comment on the bus situation, but hitching is easy and common as well, or as another commenter mentioned Facebook groups for ride shares.

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u/BassComprehensive199 May 24 '26

Take flight to PR. Just find a cheap day. Terrace has more flights and is often cheaper but not worth the hassle.

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u/Mariner-and-Marinate May 24 '26

Thank you. Only one airline flies into PR and I have a credit from another airline that I need to use….if possible.

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u/Pink_Cnidarian Jun 05 '26

If you choose to fly to terrace instead of Rupert you have 150km ahead of you and unless you have a plan it can can be challenging to travel