T3 Transit is a Canadian

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company operating

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es throughout the Greater

Charlottetown Charlottetown is the capital and largest city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, Charlott ...

area of

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, including the towns of

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and Stratford.

History

Founded in 2005 as Charlottetown Transit, the 150th anniversary year of the city's incorporation. In 2025, it is funded by the municipal and provincial levels of government and provides service throughout the City of Charlottetown, and the neighbouring towns of Cornwall and Stratford. Federal government funding supports capital purchases of buses. The last prior attempt at launching public transit was in the form of "Charlottetown Urban Transit Systems Limited" from late 1979 to 1981. The name "Charlottetown Transit" was merely a marketing name and not a legally incorporated company. All buses are owned by the City of Charlottetown but are operated under contract by Trius Transit, of the Coach Atlantic Group owned by the Cassidy family. In February, 2012, Charlottetown Transit changed its name to T3 Transit. The new brand offers services to Charlottetown, Cornwall, and Stratford, as well as in Summerside. In the early days of Charlottetown/T3 Transit, most buses are designed to have the appearance of a

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, 'trolley', or

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and were constructed by

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(Thomas MVP EF Champlain 1608 LF and HF), as well as MCI Classic buses. The trolley buses were smaller than conventional transit bus designs and were easily able to navigate the narrower streets and intersections in the city's downtown core. In 2018, T3 Transit ran a demonstration with an electric bus, an American made New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE. The transit agency is considering upgrading its fleet in the future to electric buses.

Routes

Current operations have 13 bus routes running from Monday to Friday, with reduced routes on weekends and some holidays.

Greater Charlottetown

Charlottetown

* 1: Downtown – University Avenue * 2: West Royalty – North River Road * 3: Sherwood – St. Peter's Road * 4: Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) * 5: Spring Park – Belvedere – QEH * 10: East Royalty * 11: Sleepy Hollow – Winsloe –

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* 23: Hillsborough – Sherwood

Stratford

* 7B: Stratford Bunbury * 7K: Stratford Kinlock

Cornwall

* 9:

Summerside

* County Line (''via Transit P.E.I.'') – serving points between Summerside and Charlottetown

References

External links

Official website
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