The Oshawa Transit Commission (OTC) was the former public transit operator in the City of Oshawa

Oshawa

Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario approximately 60 kilometres east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of both the Greater Toronto Area and the Golden Horseshoe. It is now commonly referred to as the most...

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Ontario

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It, along with the other public transit agencies in Durham Region, were merged on January 1, 2006 to form Durham Region Transit

Durham Region Transit

Durham Region Transit is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are at 605 Rossland Rd East in Whitby, Ontario, and there are regional centres in Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa.-Overview:...

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History

The following transit agencies operated in Oshawa prior to the formation of Oshawa Transit in 1960:

• Oshawa Railway Company (operated by Canadian National Railway
  Canadian National Railway
  The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
  
  ) 1895-1959
• Queen Bus Lines 1920s

Fleet/Routes

As of its dissolution at the end of 2005, Oshawa Transit operated 43 buses on 19 routes:

• Orion Bus Industries
  Orion Bus Industries
  Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States, is a bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada and established by the Government of Ontario in 1975...
  
   Orion 01.508
• Ontario Bus Industries Orion 05.501
• Flyer Industries D900
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses TGH-3102
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses TDH-3501
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H-5307N
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses and Motor Coach Industries
  Motor Coach Industries
  Motor Coach Industries International Inc. is an American bus manufacturer based in Schaumburg, Illinois, and is a leading participant in the North American coach bus industry. It has various operating subsidiaries:...
  
   TC40-102N
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H-4523N
• NovaBus LFS40-102

denotes wheelchair access

Routes
1 Simcoe

2/2A King

3/3B Park

4 Bloor (Service Terminated 2004)

4A College Hill

5 Central Park
6/6B Dean

7/7B Ritson

8 Rossland (Renamed 8 Stevenson after 2006)

9/9B Thornton

10 Olive Harmony

11 Grandview

12 Adelaide

13 Go Shuttle

14 Community Bus

15 Taunton (Merged To 15-17 Taunton Route In 2004)

denotes fully acessible service

External links

• Drawings and photos of Oshawa buses