Regina Transit

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Regina Transit
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Founded 1911
Headquarters 333 Winnipeg Street
Locale Regina, SK
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes 16
Fleet 98 buses
Web site reginatransit.com

Regina Transit is the public transportation agency operated by the city of Regina, Saskatchewan. It is the oldest public transit system in Saskatchewan and has been city-owned since its inception.

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[edit] History

Regina Transit's roots go back to July 28, 1911 (as the Regina Municipal Railway)[1] with streetcar operations, originally on 10 miles of track, growing to 20 miles in the early 1930s. The "Dirty Thirties" saw huge deficits resulting in major cut-backs in service. With a shortage of gasoline and steel during World War II, streetcar ridership grew dramatically. The 32 streetcars used in 1945 carried 9,000,000 more passengers than they did in 1940. An important event in the system's history was a fire in its "bus barn" in 1949 that destroyed much of its fleet. In September 1950, Regina Municipal Railway became the Regina Transit System. Regina Transit provided trolley bus service from 1947 to 1966 using Canada Car and Foundry Brill trolley buses. Since 1955, its preferred transit fleet has been buses because their freedom from overhead lines makes them suitable for detours and charters. An innovation in the early 1970s was its "Telebus" service, which used a telephone/radio dispatching system to send buses to individual homes. This service ended in the early 1980s because of its high cost.

[edit] Routes

Regina Transit operates on 16 routes 7 days a week (except holidays)

  • 1 Dieppe, Broad North
  • 2 Argyle Park, Downtown
  • 3 University, Sherwood Estates
  • 4 Hillsdale, Walsh Estates
  • 5 Uplands, Downtown
  • 6 Westhill
  • 7 Glencairn, Whitmore Park
  • 8 RCMP, Eastview
  • 9 Parkridge, Albert Park
  • 10 Woodland Grove, Downtown
  • 11 Normanview, Normandy Heights
  • 12 Varsity Park, Downtown
  • 13 Mount Royal, South Lakeview
  • 14 Ross Industrial
  • 15 Heritage
  • 16 Rochdale

[edit] Fleet

The system, whose service area is confined to Regina's city limits, maintains a fleet of 102 buses:

Handicapped/disabled access denotes wheelchair accessible vehicles

Regina Transit operates a charter bus service and a paratransit service for residents who cannot use the regular transit system.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Regina: The Early Years 1880 - 1950, 2007.
  2. ^ Regina Paratransit main page, 2007.

[edit] External links


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