Burlington Transit

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Headquarters 3332 Harvester Road Service area Burlington, Ontario Operator Burlington Fleet 67 Stations 430		Locale Burlington, Ontario Website Official website Founded 1975 Service type Transit bus

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Burlington Transit is the public transport provider in the city of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Services began in September 1975, after the city had been served by neighbouring systems including Hamilton Street Railway (H.S.R), and former subsidiary Canada Coach Lines, as well as "local" services to and from Toronto once provided by Gray Coach Lines and GO Transit along Lakeshore Road (Highway 2).

Burlington Transit is a member of the Canadian Urban Transit Association.

It connects with Hamilton Street Railway on the south and west and Oakville Transit on the east. In addition, the Appleby, Burlington, and Aldershot GO Transit stations on the Lakeshore West line are also connected. The Bus Terminal, located in downtown at 430 John Street, close to Lakeshore Road (Highway 2), is the main bus terminal, and the Greyhound Canada bus stop in Burlington. The transit yard and administration centre is situated at 3332 Harvester Road.

Regular routes

All regular routes are serviced by accessible buses.

Connecting transit

Oakville Transit Routes

14 Lakeshore West and 32 Burloak - Great Lakes both run along the eastern perimeter of Burlington on Burloak Drive.

Hamilton Street Railway Routes

11 Parkdale - runs from Burlington Bus Terminal, via Beach Boulevard, Parkdale Avenue and the Red Hill Valley Parkway to Valley Park Loop in the Stoney Creek area of southeastern Hamilton.

18 Waterdown - runs north from Aldershot GO Station to provide service to Waterdown.

School Specials

These routes are specialized for high school students and have only two trips each day.

5 - To and from Aldershot High School.

6 - To and from Corpus Christi, Notre Dame and Pearson High Schools.

10 - To and from Robert Bateman and Nelson High Schools.

2 - To and from Notre Dame and M.M. Robinson Schools.

Dial-a-Ride

Burlington Transit replaces bus service with a Dial-a-Ride cab on portions of route 50D, 51D, 52D, 53D, 54D, 55D, 57D, 59D during hours when ridership is low. Passengers are expected to take regular bus service to transfer point closest to their destination. Burlington transit will then complete the trip with a Dial-a-Ride taxi cab on the bus route to a bus stop close to the final destination.

Paratransit

Burlington Transit operates door-to-door service for people with physical disabilities, which is called Handi-Van.

Fares

Fares shown here are effective May 1, 2015.

The use of ComboCards was officially stopped at 12:01 AM on September 4, 2007 in favor of the Presto card system to be implemented in late 2008.

Fleet

Denotes wheelchair access

Burlington Transit has ordered four 30' Vicinity buses from Grande West with delivered scheduled for 2017.

Note: Retired buses will be removed from roster when scrapping is confirmed.

Stations, terminals and garages

Burlington GO Station

Appleby GO Station

Wal-Mart Plaza at First Pro Centre

Hwy. 407 Go Transit Carpool Lot

Main garage: Burlington Transit Facility on Harvester Road

Bus Terminal

The bus terminal is located in downtown Burlington on John Street, just north of Pine Street. The terminal is an on-street facility with northbound and southbound curbside busbays and a customer service building on the west side of the street. As well as being an important central transfer location for Burlington Transit and a terminus for Hamilton Street Railway service, it is also the Greyhound bus depot. GO Transit buses do not stop here, because of frequent train and bus service to the railway stations within the city.

References

Burlington Transit Wikipedia

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