Brampton Transit

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Brampton Transit route 1A waiting on Queen Street, near the Downtown Terminal.

Brampton Transit (BT) is public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Brampton Transit began operations in 1974. In May 2005, a major upgrade occurred which put more routes into a grid pattern. In 2006 Brampton Transit became Canada's fastest-growing transit system in terms of ridership. Over 10 million riders used Brampton Transit in 2006, marking a 12.4 percent increase over 2005 levels and shattering all previous ridership records for the city.^[1] The transit system is currently headed by Transit Director Sue Bass.

1 Connections
2 Fares
3 Terminals
4 Routes
5 Vehicles
6 Notes
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Connections

Brampton Transit is connected with Mississauga Transit to the south, and routes along main corridors serve features in both cities, such as Sheridan College (Brampton Campus) , as well as industrial, commercial, and retail centres.

Steeles Avenue, once the boundary between the former Toronto and Chingacousy Townships, is now a major Brampton thoroughfare. The Route 11 now runs west of Shoppers World at Hurontario Street, and eastward into Toronto to Humber College's Main Campus. There is a transfer at the College with Route 50, that serves new developments in the Gore Road area near the former Highway 50, or Albion Road.

In addition, BT's route 77X (which is jointly operated with York Region Transit) runs along most of the former Highway 7 from Bramalea, and presently terminates in the east at the Finch subway station; there it connects with the TTC, York Region Transit, and GO Transit's bus service. During the autumn of 2005, York Region Transit's Viva bus rapid transit service began, but there has been no major change to this route, except for increased Sunday headways, from hourly to forty-five minutes.

Brampton Transit has also been a key carrier of commuters to and from the Georgetown Line. There are transfers to and from the trains and buses at the Bramalea, Brampton, and Mount Pleasant (opened February 2005) Stations, as well as direct connections to express buses at Bramalea City Centre and Trinity Common, and adjacent stop at Shoppers World.

[edit] Fares

As of February 5, 2007, cash fare is $2.75. (exact change) Preschoolers and the blind travel for free.

Age group	10 tickets	Weekly pass	Monthly Pass
Children (Under 16) and students (19 years-of-age and under)	$20.50	$22.00	$86.00
Adults	$22.00	$23.50	$92.00
Senior citizens	$13.00	$10.50	$42.00

The provincial Minister of Transportation has announced plans to introduce the GTA Farecard, a unified smartcard-based payment system for the entire Greater Toronto Area similar to the Octopus Card used in Hong Kong.

[edit] Terminals

Brampton Transit operates out of several terminals in the city:

Bramalea Transit Centre — opened 1991, replacing a stop within the Bramalea City Centre, and has connections with GO Transit buses, and York Region Transit
Downtown Transit Terminal — opened 1991 and has connections with Brampton Train Station and GO buses
Shoppers World Terminal — opened 2001 and has connections with Mississauga Transit and GO Buses.
Trinity Common Terminal — opened 2000 and has connections with GO Transit buses
Sheridan College (Brampton Campus); connections with Mississauga Transit.

Brampton buses also service terminals outside the city including:

York Region Transit GO Finch Bus Terminal in Toronto, connecting to Finch Subway Station.
York Region Transit Promenade Mall Terminal in Thornhill (Vaughan).
Westwood Mall in Malton (Mississauga).
Humber College (North Campus) in Etobicoke.

[edit] Routes

1 Queen (formerly 1A)
1B McMURCHY (presently 52)
2 Main
3 McLaughlin
4 Chingacousy (formerly Drinkwater)
5 Bovaird
6 Mackay
7/7A Kennedy
8 Centre
9A Vodden
9B Williams
10 South Industrial
11/11A Steeles
12 Grenoble
13 Avondale
14 Torbram
15 Bramalea
16 Southgate
17 Howden
18/18A Dixie
19 Fernforest
20 East Industrial
21 former Snelgrove route replaced in May 2005 by Route 3, and by 24 in September 2006.
22 Springdale
23 Sandalwood
24 Van Kirk Industrial
25 Edenbrook
26 Fletcher's Meadow
30 Airport
40 Central Industrial
50 Gore Road
52 McMurchy (Formerly 52 Sheridan)
53 Kingsknoll
66 Canada's Wonderland summer express services.
77 Bramalea City Centre-Finch Subway, shared services with York Region Transit.
91, GO Shuttle A, serving Bramalea (GO Station)
92, GO Shuttle B, serving Bramalea (GO Station)
93, former GO Train Shuttle C Brampton (GO Station)-discontinued May 2005,
94, former GO Train Shuttle D Brampton (GO Station)-discontinued May 2005,
95, (Fast Trak) former Express Bus discontinued in 1990s,
96, (Fast Trak) former Express Bus discontinued in 1990s,
E. former GO Train Connector (E), Introduced in February 2005 with opening of Mount Pleasant GO Station, discontinued in May 2005 with introduction of new routes (4, 9a, 9b, 23) to area.
School routes numbered in the 80's