502 Züm Main is a bus rapid transit route in
Brampton, Ontario
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which leads south into
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a Canadian city in the province of Ontario. Situated on the north-western shore of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, it borders Toronto (Etobicoke) to the east, Brampton to the north, Milton to the northwest, ...
. The second corridor, which began service on September 6, 2011, runs from Sandalwood Parkway in the city's north end to
MiWay
MiWay (; stylized MiWay), also known as Mississauga Transit and originally as Mississauga Transit Systems, is the municipal public transport agency serving Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and is responsible to the city's Transportation and Wor ...
's
City Centre Transit Terminal near the
Square One Shopping Centre
Square One Shopping Centre, or simply Square One, is a Canadian shopping mall located in Mississauga, Ontario. It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after West Edmonton Mall. It has over ...
in the south. It travels via the
Downtown Brampton and
Brampton Gateway terminals along
Main and Hurontario Streets through Brampton and Mississauga. It covers the route of current route 2, which has frequent rush-hour service. Route 502 extends and replace MiWay's route 102 InterCity Express. It runs every 10 minutes during rush hours and 20 minutes off-peak hours, including weekends. Route 2's rush hour frequency was reduced to 20 minutes to optimize ridership.
A large portion of this route overlaps Mississauga's Hurontario Street corridor. Miway provides frequent local and express services on this corridor south of
Steeles Avenue
Steeles Avenue is an east–west street that stretches across the western and central Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Running from Appleby Line in Milton in the west to the Scarborough-Pickering Townline in the east, where it continue ...
, with the section between
Eglinton and Britannia being served with 3-minute frequencies.
Hurontario/Main Street from
Lakeshore Road to Queen Street will eventually be converted to a
LRT system.
The leftover of the eventual Route 502 (north of
Brampton GO Station) will remain and possibly extended to Highway 410 in the north. As a preparation, both MiWay Route 103 and Züm Main overlap express service between
Shoppers World Brampton
Shoppers World Brampton is a shopping mall in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is host to over 190 stores, including Canadian Tire, Winners (store), Winners and Staples (Canada), Staples.
History
In 1961, Elder Mines & Development Ltd. and Peel V ...
and Eglinton Avenue.
The southern portion of this route below Steeles Avenue will eventually be replaced by the planned
Hurontario LRT.
Stops
See also
*
Hurontario LRT
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:502 Zum Main
Züm bus routes
2011 establishments in Ontario