Milton Transit

Milton Transit
Milton Transit
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Founded 2004
Headquarters 43 Brown St., Milton, ON
Service area Milton, Ontario
Service type bus service
Routes 11 (9 fixed, 2 variable)
Hubs Milton GO Station
Operator Pacific Western Transportation
Web site Official Website

Milton Transit is the public transit system in the Town of Milton, Ontario, Canada. Milton is in Halton Regional Municipality, part of the Greater Toronto Area.

Milton Transit began its present service on August 16, 2004, and expanded from 3 fixed routes to 5 fixed routes on September 5, 2005. This system replaced the former dial-a-bus and GO Transit local connector, that utilized school buses. The fixed route service was operated in partnership with Oakville Transit, although they never provided services connecting these municipalities.

Oakville Transit also originally stored and maintained the buses at their garage. Buses were later stored and serviced at the Mississauga Truck and Bus Collision (MTB) facility, located in Milton. This eliminated unnecessary travel to/from Oakville as the buses previously had been deadheaded to and from Oakville each day. Prior to the agreement with MTB, Milton's buses were stored at GO Transit's Milton garage. The Town of Milton extended the contract for conventional transit services with Oakville Transit for a further three years, effective March 1, 2008.[1]

In early 2010, the Town of Milton announced that it would be ending its agreements with Oakville Transit and Mississauga Truck and Bus, and that Diversified Transportation would be taking over all aspects of service beginning March 8, 2010.[2]

Since the inauguration of this service, there have been three major adjustments in order to connect with the growing population of this town, and to the Milton line commuter train and bus routes operated by GO Transit.

Contents

Routes

Effective September 6th 2011:[3]

No. Name Major roads and landmarks served Type Availability
1 Steeles/Martin Milton GO Station - Ontario Street - Steeles Avenue - Martin Street - High Point Drive - GO 401 Park & Ride regular peak Milton Transit bus stop.png
2 Main Milton District Hospital - Bronte Road - Main Street - Milton GO Station - Maple Avenue - Steeles Avenue - Walmart regular all-day
3 Trudeau Milton GO Station - Derry Road - Trudeau Drive regular all-day
4 Thompson / Clark Milton GO Station - Thompson Road - Clark Drive - Louis St. Laurent Avenue regular all-day
5 Yates Milton GO Station - Ontario Street - Laurier Avenue - Holly Avenue - Yates Drive regular all-day
6 Scott Express Milton GO Station - Main Street - Scott Boulevard bypassing Downtown Milton regular all-day
31 West Zone Milton urban area between Thompson Road and Bronte Road drop-off evening
32 East Zone Milton urban area east of Thompson Road drop-off evening
50 Yates Milton GO Station - E.C. Drury Secondary - Milton District Secondary school AM peak
51 Derry - Trudeau Milton GO Station - Ontario Street - E.C. Drury Secondary - Milton District Secondary - Derry Road - Trudeau Drive school PM peak
52 Yates - Thompson Milton GO Station - Ontario Street - E.C. Drury Secondary - Milton District Secondary - Yates Drive - Clark Boulevard - Louis St. Laurent Avenue school PM peak

Accessible transit

First Canada and A1 Taxi[4] have the contract for accessible services which operate on demand.

Roster

Oakville Transit 3301 Milton.JPG

Milton Transit's fleet consists of one Ford/Girardin Minibus, one Orion Bus Industries Orion VI, four Blue Bird Ultra LF (purchased in 2008), and five New Flyer D40LF (Three purchased in 2009 and Two in 2010). For a detailed fleet summary, see Milton Transit on the CPTDB Wiki.

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