Pickering Transit was a Canadian public transit operator in the City of Pickering, Ontario.
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 ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
. 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 {{more citations needed, date=August 2021
Ajax Transit was a public transit operator in the Town of Ajax, Ontario, Canada. Ajax Transit and Pickering Transit were merged on September 4, 2001, to form the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority (APTA). A ...
were merged on September 4, 2001 to form the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority. APTA was merged into
Durham Region Transit
Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. Its headquarters are at 605 Rossland Rd East in Whitby, Ontario, and there are regional centres in Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa. ...
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
References
Transit agencies in Ontario
Transport in Pickering, Ontario
History of transport in the Regional Municipality of Durham
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