Railway City Transit includes both conventional city transit buses and paratransit vehicles owned by the
City of St. Thomas,
Ontario
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and staffed and operated by
Voyageur Transportation,
[St. Thomas Transit Services, Frequently Asked Questions]
/ref> who took over the service from Aboutown Transportation on January 1, 2012.
Private companies have provided a variety of transportation services to the city since the introduction of horse-drawn street railways in 1879, which were subsequently electrified and ultimately replaced by buses about 1927. Although the city assumed responsibility for transit in the mid-1960s, these bus services have always been privately operated.
The Transit Operational Centre is located downtown at 614 Talbot Street. The stop for Aboutown's Northlink intercity bus service to London
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and Owen Sound
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was relocated to Factory Muffler, 210 Talbot Street. The Northlink service to London was cancelled December 2013.
In November 2020, the city announced a revitalized brand and suite of services for the 150-year-old public transit service. On March 29, 2021, the new service was launched, replacing the former St. Thomas Transit system.
History
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/saint-thomas-on.html
retrieved on March 7, 2013.
*Mid 1960s-1983 - Operated by
Charterways Transportation
*1983-? - Operated by Lewis Bus Lines
*?-1994-? - Operated by
Charterways Transportation
*2008?-January 2012 - Operated by
Aboutown Transportation
*January 2012-March 2021 - Operated by
Voyago Transportation
*March 29, 2021 - System rebranded to Local Motion - Railway City Transit
Routes
Conventional Service Hours: Weekdays from 7:15 am to 5:45 pm, weekends from 9:15 am to 6:45 pm.
Afterhours On-Demand Service Hours: Monday to Friday: 7:15 am - 9:45 pm, Saturday: 9:15 am - 9:45 pm, Sunday: 9:15 am - 5:45 pm
*1 - Northside
*2 - Elgin Mall
*3 - Talbot
*4 - Hospital
*5 - Fanshawe
See also
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Public transport in Canada
In the month of November 2015 ridership of Canadian large urban transit was 142.7 million passenger trips.
The following is a list of public transit authorities in Canada.
References
External links
Ontario, Ministry of Transportation, Public ...
References
External links
Routes and MapsVoyago Transit
Transit agencies in Ontario
Transport in St. Thomas, Ontario
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