Brantford Transit
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Brantford Transit is operated by the Transportation Services Department of the City of Brantford, Ontario
, to provide bus service for almost 1.3 million passengers per year.
Monday - Saturday (6am - 6:30pm)
Evening (6:30pm - 1am) and Sunday (8:30am – 6:30pm)
Additional school service is provided to Assumption College
, Brantford Collegiate Institute
, North Park
, Pauline Johnson
, St. John's
, Tollgate Technological Skills Centre, Mohawk College
, Wilfrid Laurier University
.
Greyhound Canada operates intercity services from the downtown Brantford Transit Terminal to destinations throughout southern Ontario.
During the early 1980s Brantford Transit introduced painted buses other than the normal cream and maroon livery. You could find such things as the Minolta Bus, Parsons, Whirpool, Zenith to name a few. These rolling advertisements were the forerunners of today's ad wrapped buses you see now in Brantford and other cities.
The fleet colours were also changed to white, black, blue and red.
The bus fleet once consisted of a mix of GM New Looks
and Classics, Orion V and Orion VII, ElDorado National
, Nova Bus LFS
and Blue Bird Ultra LF. By 2008 most of the GM fishbowls on the fleet had been retired, with 9824, 9842 and 9725 being the only ones left. The fleet is now mostly Nova Buses.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, to provide bus service for almost 1.3 million passengers per year.
Services
Regular routes operate on a half-hour schedule from the downtown terminal.Monday - Saturday (6am - 6:30pm)
- 1 Eagle Place
- 2 West Street - Brier Park
- 4A/4C Mall Link
- 5 West Brant - Oakhill
- 6 West Brant - Shellard Lane
- 7 East Ward - Braneida
- 8 Holmedale - Mayfair (with peak hour extension to Northwest Industrial)
- 9 Echo Place/ Lynden Rd
Evening (6:30pm - 1am) and Sunday (8:30am – 6:30pm)
- 11 West Brant - Oakhill/ NWIA Holmedale
- 12 Eagle Place/ West Brant - Shellard Lane
- 13 King George Rd/ Brantwood Park
- 14 Echo Place/ East Ward
- 15 West Street/ Mayfair
Additional school service is provided to Assumption College
Assumption College School (Brantford)
Assumption College is a Roman Catholic Secondary School in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.-Mission Statement:"Assumption College Schoolis our catholic learning communityWhere we strive for exellenceand we work to BecomeRespectful,Responsible Individuals...
, Brantford Collegiate Institute
Brantford Collegiate Institute
Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, also known as simply "Brantford Collegiate Institute" or "BCI", is a secondary school in the city of Brantford...
, North Park
North Park Collegiate and Vocational School
North Park Collegiate and Vocational School is a public secondary school located in Brantford, Ontario, Canada offering academic courses to students in grades 9 through 12.-Notable alumni:* Bob Probert * Kevin Sullivan * W. Steven Talos...
, Pauline Johnson
Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School
Pauline Johnson Collegiate & Vocational School in Brantford, Ontario, Canada is a composite high school with collegiate and vocational departments. It was named in honour of the Native Canadian poetess E. Pauline Johnson, who was born nearby....
, St. John's
St. John's College (Brantford)
St. John's College is a Roman Catholic high school located in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. As with many Catholic schools, school uniforms are mandatory during school hours. Several courses in theology/religious studies are mandatory for students attending SJC.-History:In 1941, Brantford Catholic...
, Tollgate Technological Skills Centre, Mohawk College
Mohawk College
Mohawk College is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology located in the Golden Horseshoe of Ontario, Canada. Mohawk has three main campuses: the Fennell Campus located in Hamilton, the Brantford Campus located in Brantford and the STARRT Institute located in Stoney Creek, as well as the...
, Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University
Wilfrid Laurier University is a university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It also has campuses in Brantford, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario and Toronto, Ontario and a future proposed campus in Milton, Ontario. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada....
.
Greyhound Canada operates intercity services from the downtown Brantford Transit Terminal to destinations throughout southern Ontario.
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.During the early 1980s Brantford Transit introduced painted buses other than the normal cream and maroon livery. You could find such things as the Minolta Bus, Parsons, Whirpool, Zenith to name a few. These rolling advertisements were the forerunners of today's ad wrapped buses you see now in Brantford and other cities.
The fleet colours were also changed to white, black, blue and red.
Fleet
GM New Look (Fishbowl) Bus
The GM New Look bus, also commonly known by the nickname "Fishbowl" , is a transit bus introduced in 1959 by General Motors and produced until 1987. More than 44,000 New Look buses were built. Its high production figures and long service career made it an iconic North American transit bus. The...
and Classics, Orion V and Orion VII, ElDorado National
ElDorado National
ElDorado National is a bus manufacturer owned by Thor Industries. Heavy-duty buses are built in Riverside, California, and cutaway buses and mobility vans are built in Salina, Kansas.-Products:* Aerotech and similar lines of cutaway buses...
, Nova Bus LFS
Nova Bus
Nova Bus is a Canadian bus manufacturer in North America, owned by Volvo Buses, and headquartered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada.- History :The factory was originally a General Motors plant for building city transit buses intended for the Canadian market...
and Blue Bird Ultra LF. By 2008 most of the GM fishbowls on the fleet had been retired, with 9824, 9842 and 9725 being the only ones left. The fleet is now mostly Nova Buses.