Aurora Transit
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Aurora Transit operated public transit within the town of Aurora, Ontario, Canada, from 1973 to 1999. Service in the town is now provided by the current York Region Transit system.
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[edit] History
Aurora's public transit system began operations in 1973. Like Newmarket, Aurora was much smaller in size and population, than other southern York Region municipaliites, which benefited from connections to GO Transit and Toronto Transit Commission. Aurora Transit provided feeder service to GO Transit commuter trains and buses as well as community bus service to town's major destinations.
A fare arrangement between Aurora Transit and GO Transit allowed passengers to use Aurora Transit tickets on GO Transit 'route B' buses that provided local service on Yonge Street, provided the entire trip was within Aurora city limits (GO Transit zone 63). Passengers travelling to the neighboring Oak Ridges or Newmarket or (Zones 62 or 64) could still use Aurora Transit tickets with a cash supplement.
On August 30, 1998 Aurora Transit restructured its services into a single route with service in the southern part of the town provided by Richmond Hill Transit. At the same time Newmarket Transit route 77/11 was extended south on Bayview Avenue to connect with Aurora Transit's only route at Bayview Shopping Centre. Aurora Transit ended its operations on September 4, 1999, when the transit service in the town was transferred to Newmarket Transit. The latter became part of the York Region Transit on January 1, 2001 when the four regional transit systems were merged.
[edit] Fleet
Aurora's fleet was small due to the size and usage of public transit north of Toronto, as well as the key Yonge Street corridor was part of the GO Transit Yonge Street B routing.
- 781 - Ontario Bus Industries 1978 Orion I 01.501 (Retired by 1998)
- 891 - Ontario Bus Industries 1989 Orion I 01.502 (Operated by York Region Transit as of mid-2006[1])
[edit] See also
Other agencies merged into York Region Transit and Viva (bus rapid transit):
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