Pickering Transit was a former Canadian

Canada

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 public transit operator in the City of Pickering, Ontario

Pickering, Ontario

Pickering is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area, the largest metropolitan area in Canada.- Early Period :...

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History

Transit service in Pickering began with the Bay Ridges Dial-A-Bus, which ran from July 1970 to January 1973 as a demonstration project conducted by the Government of Ontario

Ontario

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. Local GO fixed route supplementary service was introduced in February 1972.

Transit service was taken over by the municipality with the creation of Pickering Transit in 1973.

Pickering Transit and Ajax Transit

Ajax Transit

Ajax Transit was the former public transit operator in the Town of Ajax, Ontario. Ajax Transit and Pickering Transit were merged on September 4, 2001 to form the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority...

 were merged on September 4, 2001 to form the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority

Ajax-Pickering Transit

The Ajax Pickering Transit Authority was the former public transit operator in the Town of Ajax, Ontario and the City of Pickering, Ontario...

. APTA was itself merged into 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:...

on January 1, 2006. DRT's Pickering operations remain heavily based on those operated by Pickering Transit.

Routes

The following routes were operated:

• Industrial
• Liverpool
• Town Centre
• Amberlea
• Glendale
• West Shore
• Bay Ridges
• Rosebank
• Ajax
• Finch/Hwy 2
• Brock Rd
• Maple Ridge
• Highbush

Fleet

Since its inception, Pickering Transit listed a variety of buses among its fleet::

• Rek Vee Industry (Club Car)
• Orion (01.501, 01.502, 01.507 and 05.501)
• Bus Industry of America (06.501)
• New Flyer (D40HF)
• Grumman Flexble (870)