Getting Around Fort Langley: the 562 Bus, the Railway, Commutes and Weekend Parking

Most Fort Langley households have a car, and most trips outside the village are by car. The village still has real transit, a railway you need to plan around, and a weekend parking squeeze that is worth testing before you pick an address. If you are only visiting, our village guide has the visitor version of the parking advice; this page is for people who will be here every day. For the Township-wide picture, see getting around Langley.

What buses serve Fort Langley?

One route does the work: the 562, connecting Langley Centre, Trinity Western University, Fort Langley, Walnut Grove and Carvolth. In the village, board at 96 Avenue and Glover Road (stop 57200 toward Carvolth, 57250 toward Langley Centre). It also uses Trattle Street and 88 Avenue on its way through, which is why a west-side address can be handier for the bus than a rural lot with the same “Fort Langley” label.

Frequencies are worked out from TransLink’s September 7, 2026 timetable, checked in October 2026. Use the live 562 page for the date you travel, since detours happen.

Transfers. Carvolth is where the 562 meets the 555 to Lougheed Town Centre. Carvolth Park and Ride is at 20255 86 Avenue: 679 spaces, $2 a day or $40 a month (plus a $0.35 PayByPhone convenience fee where it applies), checked October 2026. It’s a bus exchange, not a SkyTrain station.

If Sunday service matters to you, you can ask TransLink for more through its feedback form, naming route 562 and the times you need. We found no funded Sunday improvement for Fort Langley.

How long does it take to drive places?

These are third-party routing estimates for driving, checked in October 2026, from Fort Langley to a generic point in each place. They are not rush-hour numbers. Test your real commute at your real hour.

From Highway 1, take Exit 66, then 232 Street and Glover Road north; the historic site is about 6 km north of the highway. Glover Road, 96 Avenue and 88 Avenue are the village’s main approaches. For Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, the Golden Ears Bridge has been toll-free since September 2017. Check the Township’s closures and impacts page before a trip; road work and festival closures land here regularly.

What about SkyTrain?

Fort Langley does not have a SkyTrain station and the current extension doesn’t include one. The Surrey Langley SkyTrain’s Langley stations are Willowbrook (196 Street at Fraser Highway) and Langley City Centre (east of 203 Street at Industrial Avenue). The province still projects service in late 2029, and its May 2026 update reported all eight stations under construction. We haven’t seen a published plan for how Fort Langley’s bus service will connect to them.

The railway

The tracks through the village are CN’s, not CP’s. The 1915 station on Mavis Avenue is a heritage museum run by the Langley Heritage Society, and it is closed for the season until Victoria Day weekend 2027. It isn’t a passenger stop. Glover Road crosses the tracks at a public crossing, so test your route to the core, the waterfront and (for Bedford Landing) the school during a typical morning.

We found no published count of daily trains, no average blockage time and no quiet-zone exemption for the village. CN says whistles are generally required at public crossings. Recurring noise or crossing issues go to CN Public Inquiries (1-888-888-5909); signal malfunctions and railway safety concerns go to the 24-hour line (1-800-465-9239). Never use the tracks as a shortcut.

Walking and cycling

The core packs the daily errands into a few blocks: Lee’s Market and the pharmacy on Mavis Avenue, Wendel’s at Glover and Mavis, and the library on Mavis, a bit farther east. Bedford Landing connects to the channel-side trail, and the western blocks link to Trattle Street and Fort Langley Community Park. These are location relationships, not accessibility guarantees, so check slopes, crossings and surfaces yourself.

• Fort-to-Fort Trail. It’s recreational, with closure risk, not a guaranteed commute. In 2026, Salmon River dike work has required signed detours by local road and 96 Avenue. See parks and recreation for the current status.
• 88 Avenue. The existing corridor has a narrow north-side walkway and a south shoulder. The Township’s proposed separated path and intersection upgrade from Wright Street to Glover Road (about 580 m) has been to engagement and is moving to design. We didn’t find a construction date.
• Elsewhere. See our cycling guide and the Fort-to-Fort Trail page.

Parking in Fort Langley

The rules. The Township does not run a general resident-only street parking permit, and the street beside your home isn’t reserved for you. The default is a 72-hour limit, with shorter signed limits overriding it, including on holidays. We couldn’t find a block-by-block list of limits for Glover and Mavis, so read the signs on the block you care about.

Weekend and event-day pressure. The village is a destination. The Cranberry Festival drew about 35,000 people in 2025 (that is an event estimate, not a normal weekend or a count of cars). The 2026 festival closed Glover Road between Francis and Mavis Avenues, and the 2026 May Day parade closed Mary/Glover, Glover to 88 Avenue, 88 Avenue to Trattle and Trattle north to 96 Avenue from about 10:45 am to 12:30 pm. We found no published ordinary-Saturday occupancy figures, so the practical advice is to see your own street on a weekday evening, a normal Saturday and an event day.

The fort’s lot. Fort Langley National Historic Site’s lot has used paid parking since November 1, 2025. Fort visitors get four hours free by registering their plate at the visitor centre; everyone else pays under the posted scheme. It isn’t free overflow for village shopping. Our festival parking post has the longer story.

If you own an RV, boat or trailer. Township guidance limits RV or trailer parking on public roads to a total of 48 hours per calendar year. For applicable residential properties, seasonal storage in the front driveway is allowed April 1 to September 30, subject to a setback. That’s not year-round permission, so check the bylaw and your zoning. More in our Langley-wide parking guide.

Townhouses and apartments. Ask for the allocated resident and visitor stalls, whether the garage fits a vehicle, and the strata’s rules. We found no evidence that every Bedford Landing street or strata has the same parking problem. The Township approved four raised crosswalks and six speed humps on Billy Brown Road in July 2024, though we couldn’t confirm they were all built. Trattle at Langley Fine Arts is on the Township’s completed traffic-calming list.

Who to tell. Speeding and traffic-calming concerns go to Township Engineering (604-533-6006 or [email protected]). A suspected parking violation goes through the Township’s parking and bylaw channels. Give a street, a time and a date, not just “the Fort”.

Related pages

Overview · Pros and cons · Housing · Bedford Landing · Transit in Langley