Brantford Transit
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| Founded | 1940 |
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| Headquarters | 64 Darling St., Brantford, ON |
| Service area | Brantford, Ontario |
| Service type | bus service |
| Routes | 9 regular routes plus industrial and school services |
| Fleet | 29[1] |
| Operator | City of Brantford |
| Web site | Brantford Transit |
Brantford Transit is operated by the Transportation Services Department[2] of the City of Brantford, Ontario, to provide bus service for almost 1.3 million passengers per year.
[edit] Services
Regular routes operate on a half-hour schedule from the downtown terminal.
- Northwest Industrial Area
- 1 Eagle Place
- 2 West Street - Brier Park
- 4a Mall Link
- 4c Mall Link
- 5 West Brant - Oakhill
- 6 West Brant - Shellard
- 7 East Ward - Braneida
- 8 Holmedale - Mayfair
- 9 Echo Place - Lynden Rd.
- Red, Blue & Green - Evening & Sunday Service
Additional school service is provided to Assumption College, Brantford Collegiate Institute, North Park Collegiate & Vocational School, Pauline Johnson Collegiate, St. John's College, Tollgate Technological Skills Centre, Mohawk College, Wilfrid Laurier University.
Operation Lift provides door to door, low floor specialized transportation service for persons with disabilities. [3]
Greyhound Canada operates intercity services from the downtown terminal to destinations throughout southern Ontario.
[edit] Fleet
The bus fleet consists of GM New Looks and Classics, Orion V and Orion VII, and Nova Bus LFS buses. [4]
[edit] History
Public transit began in Brantford in 1886 with horse drawn cars which by 1893 had been converted to electric. The City of Brantford took over these operations in 1914. The Public Utilities Commission was formed in 1935 by amalgamating the Hydro Electric Commission, the Board of Water Commissioners and the Municipal Railway Commission. Around 1936 buses began to replace street cars and by the end of 1939 the change over was complete. [5]
