how much time does it take from Vancouver to Surrey,or Vancouver to Burnaby?

Question

If i settle in Vancouver,how can i get to Surrey and how much does it take for example?
Is that easy to study in Surrey and live in Vancouver if our campus is in Surrey or i should get a doorm in Surrey?

Answer 1

The answer depends on several factors:
1) Location of where you live
2) Mode of Transportation
3) Location of destination
4) Days and time of travel

Probably the best choice of transportation between Vancouver downtown and either Burnaby or Surrey is the Sky Train. The closer both your home and your destination are to the sky train, the better and faster it will be, as the fewer busses you will have to take to get to Sky Train stations. You can look up the Sky Train station locations on the web.

You will find that generally speaking, rents are lower in Burnaby and Surrey than they are in Vancouver. There are some areas of Surrey to avoid (whalley in particular). You will also want to avoid renting in the downtown east Vancouver, anything east of Nanaimo on up to Burnaby and including Burnaby isn't bad though.

As far as length of commute in time, it depends on from where to where and how many legs of the journey there are (walking time, busses, waiting, skytrain, etc).

Commuting by car can be a real headache, because you have to cross one of three bridges to get from/to Surrey from Burnaby or Vancouver. Parking is also often a problem.

In short, it's not too bad to commute between these various areas, depending again on locations, but as always, the shorter the commute, the easier it is on you.

If you live and study in Surrey, it will be fairly easy on weekends and/or evenings to go on in to Vancouver for fun.