Yellowknife Transit

Yellowknife Transit
Founded 1999
Service type bus service, paratransit
Routes 5
Fleet 10 bus; 8 regular and 2 paratransit
Operator First Student Canada
Web site YK

Yellowknife Transit is the public transportation agency in the city of Yellowknife, and is the only transit system in Canada's Northwest Territories. There are three regular bus routes which run from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. on Saturday, with two express routes which only run during the morning and afternoon peak hour. There is no service on Sunday or statutory holidays.[1] The municipally funded and controlled system has been operated by private contractors since 1999.[2]

Contents

Routes

Number Name Notes
1 Borden/Downtown/Range Lake Weekday service through the suburbanized west side of the city to Downtown.
2 N’dilo/Downtown/Forrest Drive Weekday service through the older east side of the city and the native community of N'dilo to Downtown.
3 Saturday/Summer/Christmas Combination of Routes 1 & 2 that runs at off-peak times.
Express Borden/Northlands Weekday peak service from Downtown to northwestern suburbs.
Express Frame Lake South Weekday peak service from Downtown to southwestern suburbs.

Paratransit

Yellowknife Accessible Transit System (YATS) provides transportation for those people who are unable to physically use the regular transit system. Customers are required to pre-register, outlining the extent of their disability.[3]

Fleet

References

  1. ^ "YK Transit, General Information". City of Yellowknife. http://www.yellowknife.ca/Residents/Bus_Schedules/General_Transit_Information.html. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 
  2. ^ Transit History of Northwest Territories Communities
  3. ^ Yellowknife Accessible Transit System


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