Orillia Transit
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Orillia Transit is operated by First Student Canada
(formerly Laidlaw School Transit) under contract to the City of Orillia
in central Ontario
, Canada
. First Student Canada provides drivers, maintains the vehicles and supplies fuel. Service is provided on four routes throughout the city every day except Sundays and statutory holidays, and one weekday special industrial area service. All of these routes run on loops which depart and end at the downtown bus terminal on Peter Street at Mississauga Street.
Orillia has had transit service since the 1950’s when a private operator, Orillia Transportation Company, started to provide local bus service to the city. Responsibility for the service was assumed by the City in 1975 and in 1978 a specialized transit service for persons with disabilities was introduced.
Weekday service
Saturday service
First Student Canada
First Student Canada, a subsidiary of the British company FirstGroup and a division of FirstGroup America, is a major contractor of school bus services and public transit systems. The company provides services in Canada comparable to those delivered by sister companies First Transit and First...
(formerly Laidlaw School Transit) under contract to the City of Orillia
Orillia, Ontario
Orillia, pronounced ōrĭl'ēə, is a city located in Simcoe County in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, 135 kilometres north of Toronto.Originally incorporated as a village in 1867, the history of...
in central Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
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. First Student Canada provides drivers, maintains the vehicles and supplies fuel. Service is provided on four routes throughout the city every day except Sundays and statutory holidays, and one weekday special industrial area service. All of these routes run on loops which depart and end at the downtown bus terminal on Peter Street at Mississauga Street.
Orillia has had transit service since the 1950’s when a private operator, Orillia Transportation Company, started to provide local bus service to the city. Responsibility for the service was assumed by the City in 1975 and in 1978 a specialized transit service for persons with disabilities was introduced.
Scheduled routes
Buses operate on one way loops out and back from downtown. Each route varies on alternate trips to cover a slightly different portion of the service area and still maintain a half hourly frequency.Weekday service
Saturday service
- Laclie - serves Front Street North, Laclie Street, Bay Street
- West - serves Mississauga Street West, Barrie Road, Memorial Avenue, O.P.P.Ontario Provincial PoliceThe Ontario Provincial Police is the Provincial Police service for the province of Ontario, Canada.-Overview:The OPP is the the largest deployed police force in Ontario, and the second largest in Canada. The service is responsible for providing policing services throughout the province in areas...
Central Headquarters, Huronia Regional Centre, Georgian CollegeGeorgian CollegeGeorgian College is an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology. Its primary campus is in Barrie, Ontario, with satellite campuses in Orillia, Midland, Collingwood, Bracebridge, Port Colborne, Orangeville, and Owen Sound....
, Colborne Street West - South - serves Colborne Street East, Front Street South, West Street South
- North - serves West Street North, Orillia Square Mall, Wal-Mart, Coldwater Road
- West Ridge - special weekday morning and afternoon service between downtown and Teletech