Brampton Transit
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![]() Brampton Transit Nova Bus LFS in the Bramalea City Centre in March 2006 | |
Parent | City of Brampton |
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Founded | 1974 |
Headquarters | 185 Clark Boulevard Brampton, Ontario |
Locale | Brampton, Caledon, Mississauga, parts of York Region into Toronto |
Service area | Brampton, Ontario |
Service type | Public Transit |
Routes | 56 |
Depots | 2 |
Fleet | 422 |
Daily ridership | 216,900 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[1] |
Annual ridership | 49 800 000 (2022)[2] |
General manager | Heidi Dempster |
Website | brampton.ca/en/residents/transit |
Brampton Transit (BT) is a public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Brampton Transit began operations in 1974. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 49,200,800, or about 216,900 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.
Züm, a series of bus rapid transit routes running along various major roads within Brampton, was introduced in 2010. All Züm routes (with the exception of one) continue into neighbouring municipalities, namely Mississauga, Vaughan, and Toronto (to serve Humber College).
Connections
[edit]Brampton Transit is connected with Mississauga's MiWay to the south, Milton Transit to the west, Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to the southeast and York Region Transit (YRT) to the east. The Züm network directly connects to these neighbouring transit agencies, in some cases overlapping with their routes for considerable distances. This includes the 501 Züm Queen in Vaughan running alongside Viva Orange from Highway 50 east to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station, 502 Züm Main running alongside 103 Hurontario Express from Highway 407 south to Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal (next to Square One Shopping Centre) and 505 Züm Bovaird (both into Mississauga) running alongside MiWay and TTC routes to Toronto Pearson Viscount Station or into Toronto.
Most major north-south conventional routes connect to MiWay, primarily beginning or ending their route at or near Derry Road in Mississauga. As with some routes on the Züm network, a few conventional routes also overlap further south into Mississauga providing additional or integrated service alongside MiWay from the same street coming from Brampton. Examples include the 7/7A Kennedy looping via Courtneypark Drive, 30 Airport Rd and 14 Torbram terminating at Westwood Square, and 18 Dixie looping via Courtneypark Drive, Tomken Road, and Meyerside Drive.
Steeles Avenue is a major thoroughfare across the south end of the city. Route 11 Steeles formerly ran from west of Brampton Gateway at Hurontario Street, and eastward into Toronto to Humber College's North Campus. There is a transfer at the college with Route 50/50A Gore Road, that serves developments in The Gore Road area near the former Highway 50 and Albion Road. In September 2007, the western part of the route was cut back to Brampton Gateway and replaced with Route 51 Hereford. It connects with Miway at Mississauga Road and Meadowvale Boulevard. The 511 Züm Steeles route serves the entire length of Steeles through the city, from Humber College to Lisgar GO station in Mississauga. It is the only Brampton Transit route to have both its endpoints outside Brampton.
Four routes run north into Caledon to provide service to urbanized areas bordering Brampton as well as the community of Bolton in the otherwise rural municipality.[3][4]
Brampton Transit carries riders to and from the three Kitchener line commuter rail stations operated by GO Transit in the city; Bramalea, Brampton, and Mount Pleasant, where connections to GO buses can be made. GO buses also make an on-street connections at Brampton Gateway Terminal, and serves shopping centres such as Bramalea City Centre and Trinity Common. GO is an interregional agency that provides higher-order transit links Brampton to Toronto and other cities in the Golden Horseshoe.
Fares
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Fares are as of May 10, 2023.[5] The cash fare is $4.50.
Customers paying their bus fares with cash (and in some cases, special purpose paper tickets) may request a paper transfer from the bus driver; for customers using Presto cards, the transfer is applied automatically from initial tap on. Both are valid for two hours from the time of first boarding, which allows customers to transfer freely between Brampton Transit buses in any direction, as well as transferring to neighbouring Milton Transit, MiWay, and York Region Transit services. On February 26, 2024, free transfers between Brampton Transit and the TTC (separate fares were charged prior to that date) have also been available for riders paying with Presto, credit, or debit cards under a new GTA-wide fare integration policy between the TTC and all other GTA transit services. However, the double fare still applies for cash payments.[6]
Since August 11, 2022, customers also have the option to pay the equivalent of the Brampton Transit adult cash fare by contactless credit card or mobile wallet by tapping it on a Presto fare reader.
Similar to the Presto card, the 2-hour transfer is applied automatically onto a customer's contactless credit or debit card or mobile wallet after the initial fare is paid.
Preschoolers, blind people and senior residents – who resides in the City of Brampton for those ages 65 and older so long as they carry a valid Brampton Transit Identification Card and a Presto card with a free annual pass loaded on it – can travel fare free on Brampton Transit. War veterans also travel for free by Veteran Transit Pass Program.
Terminals
[edit]Bramalea Terminal
[edit]Brampton Gateway Terminal
[edit]The new terminal, located on the northwest corner of Steeles Avenue and Main Street, opened on 26 November 2012.[7] replacing the Shoppers World Terminal
Downtown Terminal
[edit]Downtown Terminal consists of two platform areas. The first being the terminal itself just off of Main and Nelson which services routes such as:
- 501 Züm Queen
- 561 Züm Queen West
- 1/1A Queen
- 52 McMurchy
The second portion is the two Züm stops on opposite sides of Main street. These stops service routes:
- 502 Züm Main
- 2 Main
- 24 Van Kirk
- 25 Edenbrook
For GO bus and trains servicing Downtown Brampton Terminal, see Brampton GO Station
Heart Lake Terminal
[edit]- Location: Conestoga Drive, NW of Sandalwood Parkway and Kennedy Road
- Coordinates: 43°43′41″N 79°47′53″W / 43.72806°N 79.79806°W
- Opened: Unknown
- Brampton routes: 2, 3/3A, 7/7A, 23
- Transit connections: None
Shoppers World Terminal
[edit]This terminal was replaced by Brampton Gateway Terminal, located on the northwest corner of Steeles Avenue and Main Street, on 26 November 2012.[7] The facility stands empty; it is to be demolished and the area to be used by Shoppers World Brampton as an additional parking lot.
Trinity Common Terminal
[edit]GO Train stations
[edit]- Bramalea GO Station – Brampton Routes: 11/11A, 13, 15/15A, 115, 16, 40, 92, 511/511A/511C
- Brampton GO Station – connection to Downtown Transit Terminal via pedestrian tunnel. Also connects with Via Rail
- Mount Pleasant GO Station – Brampton Routes: 1, 4/4A, 5/5A, 9, 29/29A, 55, 60, 505, 561. Also connects with Routes 6, 23, 26, 27, and 28 at Mount Pleasant Village terminal adjacent to the GO station
- Lisgar GO Station in Mississauga – Brampton Routes: 11/11D, 511
- Malton GO Station in Mississauga – Brampton Routes: 14/14A, 505 Also connects with Via Rail
Terminals outside Brampton
[edit]- Westwood Square in Mississauga – Routes: 5/5A, 14/14A, 30
- Humber College (North Campus) in Toronto – Routes: 11/11A, 50/50A, 511/511A/511C
- Pearson International Airport in Mississauga – Route: 115
- Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal in Mississauga – Route: 502 Züm Main
- Dixie Transitway Station in Mississauga – Brampton/MiWay Route: 185
- University of Toronto at Mississauga in Mississauga – Route: 199
- Viscount Station in Mississauga - Route: 505A Zum Bovaird
Routes
[edit]All Brampton Transit and Züm routes are wheelchair-accessible (). There is also an on-demand bus service operating in the industrial area around Dixie Rd/Advance Blvd, previously served by the former route 40.
Legend | Bus Used | |
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1 | Regular Service | regular |
104 | Express Service | |
200 | iRide School Service | |
300 | Commercial Service | |
501 | Bus rapid Transit (BRT) Service | Züm |
Route | Direction and Termini | Connecting Züm Services | Availability | ||||
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1
|
Queen | EB | To Highway 50 via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only |
WB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only |
501 502 505 561 | all week |
1A
|
To Coventry Road via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only |
To Major William Sharpe Drive via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only |
Mon–Fri (no evening service) | ||||
2
|
Main | NB | To Heart Lake Terminal via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
SB | To Hurontario/407 GO Park & Ride via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
501 502 505 511 511A 511C 561 | all week |
3
|
McLaughlin | NB | To Heart Lake Terminal | SB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 502 505 511 511A 511C 561 | all week |
3A
|
To Heart Lake Terminal via Flower City Community Campus |
To Brampton Gateway Terminal via Flower City Community Campus |
all week | ||||
4
|
Chinguacousy | NB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station | SB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 502 505 511 511A 511C 561 | all week |
4A
|
all week | ||||||
5
|
Bovaird | EB | To Westwood Square via Trinity Common Terminal |
WB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Trinity Common Terminal |
501 502 505 511 511A 511C 561 | all week |
5A
|
To Westwood Square via Trinity Common Terminal via Airport Road |
To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Airport Road via Trinity Common Terminal |
Mon–Fri (no evening service) | ||||
6
|
James Potter | NB | To Mount Pleasant Village | SB | To Hurontario/407 GO Park & Ride | 502 505 511 561 | all week |
7
|
Kennedy | NB | To Mayfield Road | SB | To Courtneypark Drive | 501 502 505 511 511A 511C | all week |
7A
|
To Heart Lake Terminal | weekday peak, Saturday Mid-day and daytime, no Sunday service (no weekday mid-day service or any evening service on any of the six days) | |||||
8
|
Centre | EB | To Bramalea Terminal | WB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 501 502 511 511A 511C | all week |
9
|
Vodden | EB | To Edvac Drive via Bramalea Terminal |
WB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Bramalea Terminal |
501 502 505 561 | all week(no evening service) |
10
|
South Industrial | NB | To Bramalea Terminal | SB | To First Gulf Boulevard | 501 511 511A 511C | Mon-Fri (no evening service) |
11
|
Steeles | EB | To Humber College via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
WB | To Lisgar GO Station via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
502 505 511 511A 511C | off-peak and Weekends (no weekday mid-day service) |
11A
|
To Humber College | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | all week | ||||
12
|
Grenoble | NB | To Countryside Drive via Brampton Civic Hospital |
SB | To Bramalea Terminal via Brampton Civic Hospital |
501 505 | all week |
13
|
Avondale | NB | To Bramalea Terminal | SB | To Bramalea GO Station | 501 511 511A 511C | Mon–Sat |
14
|
Torbram | NB | To Countryside Drive | SB | To Westwood Square | 501 505 511 511A 511C | all week |
14A
|
all week | ||||||
15
|
Bramalea | NB | To Inspire Boulevard via Bramalea Terminal |
SB | To Derry Road via Bramalea Terminal |
501 505 511 511A 511C | all week |
15A
|
To Countryside Drive via Bramalea Terminal |
To Bramalea GO Station via Bramalea Terminal |
Mon–Fri (no evening service) | ||||
16
|
Southgate | NB | To Bramalea Terminal | SB | To Bramalea GO Station | 501 511 511A 511C | all week |
17
|
Howden | NB | To Trinity Common Terminal | SB | To Bramalea Terminal | 501 505 | all week |
18
|
Dixie | NB | To Mayfield Road
to UPS Caledon limited service only |
SB | To Meyerside Drive via Bramalea Terminal |
501 505 511 511A 511C | all week |
18B
|
To Trinity Common Terminal | To Bramalea Terminal | 501 505 | Cancelled until further notice | |||
19
|
Fernforest | NB | To Countryside Drive | SB | To Bramalea Terminal | 501 | all week |
20
|
East Industrial | EB | To Devon Road | WB | To Bramalea Terminal | 501 505 | Mid-Day |
20A
|
To Airport Road And Driver Road | 501 505 511 511A 511C | peak hours | ||||
23
|
Sandalwood | EB | To Highway 50 via Trinity Common Terminal |
WB | To Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side) via Trinity Common Terminal |
501 502 505 | all week |
24
|
Van Kirk | NB | To Collingwood Avenue | SB | To Peel Memorial Hospital | 501 502 561 | all week |
25
|
Edenbrook | NB | To Mayfield Road and Queen Mary Dr | SB | To Peel Memorial Hospital | 501 502 561 | peak hours |
26
|
Mount Pleasant | NB | To Mayfield Road | SB | Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side) |
505 561 | Mon–Sun |
27
|
Robert Parkinson | NB | To Mayfield Road | SB | Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side) |
505 561 | Mon–Sat (no evening service) |
28
|
Remembrance | EB | To Sandalwood Loop | WB | To Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side) |
502 505 561 | Mon–Fri |
29
|
Williams | EB | To Queen Street and Goreway Drive | WB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station | 501 502 505 561 | off-peak and weekends |
29A
|
To Steeles Avenue and Goreway Drive | 501 502 505 511 511A 511C 561 | peak hours | ||||
30
|
Airport Road | NB | To Mayfield Road To AMB Distribution Centre limited service only |
SB | To Westwood Square | 501 505 511 511A 511C | all week |
31
|
McVean | NB | To Mayfield Road | SB | To Queen Street | 501 | all week |
32
|
Father Tobin | CW | To Trinity Common Terminal | 505 | all week | ||
33
|
Peter Robertson | CCW | To Trinity Common Terminal | 505 | Mon–Fri | ||
35
|
Clarkway | NB | To Brampton Civic Hospital via Gore Meadows Community Centre |
SB | To Queen Street/Highway 50 via Gore Meadows Community Centre |
501 505 | all week |
36
|
Gardenbrooke | NB | To Mayfield and The Gore Road via Gore Meadows Community Centre |
SB | To Queen Street via Gore Meadows Community Centre |
501 | Mon–Fri (no evening service) |
41
|
Bolton | NB | To Caledon Recreation Centre | SB | To Queen St and Hwy 50 | 501 | Mon–Fri |
50
|
Gore Road | NB | To Gore Meadows Community Centre | SB | To Humber College | 501 511 511A 511C | all week |
50A
|
To The Gore Road and Mayfield Road
via Gore Meadows Community Centre |
all week | |||||
51
|
Hereford | EB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | WB | To Hereford Street | 502 511 511A 511C | all week |
52
|
McMurchy | NB | To Downtown Brampton Terminal | SB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 501 502 511 511A 511C 561 | all week |
53
|
Ray Lawson | EB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | WB | To James Potter Road | 502 511 511A 511C | all week |
54
|
County Court | CW | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 502 511 511A 511C | all week | ||
55
|
Elbern Markell | NB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station | SB | To Flower City Community Campus | 505 561 | Mon–Fri (no evening service) |
56
|
Kingknoll | CCW | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 502 511 511A 511C | all week | ||
57
|
Charolais | NB | To Major William Sharpe Drive via Flower City Community Campus |
SB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 502 511 511A 511C 561 | all week |
58
|
Financial | NB | To Lionhead Gulf Club Road | SB | To Derry Road | 511 | peak hours |
60
|
Mississauga Road | NB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station | SB | To Financial Drive | 505 511 561 | all week |
81
|
Mayfield West | NB | To Bonnieglen Farm Bouelvard | SB | To Sandalwood Loop | 502 | Mon-Fri |
92
|
Bramalea GO | NB | To North Park Drive | SB | To Bramalea GO Station | 501 511 511A 511C | Cancelled until further notice |
104
|
Chinguacousy Express | NB | To Sandalwood Parkway via Sheridan College |
SB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal via Sheridan College |
502 505 511 511A 511C 561 | Mon–Fri |
115
|
Airport Express | NB | To Bramalea Terminal | SB | To Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 | 501 505 511 511A 511C | all week |
185
|
Dixie Express (operated with MiWay) Suspended[8] |
NB | To Bramalea Terminal | SB | To Dixie Transitway Station | 501 511 511A 511C | Cancelled until further notice |
199
|
UTM Express | NB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | SB | To University of Toronto at Mississauga via Highway 407 | 502 511 511A 511C | peak hours September–April |
200
|
Turner Fenton SS | EB | To Tuner Fenton Secondary School | WB | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | 502 511 511A 511C | school |
201
|
Mayfield SS | EB | To Mayfield Secondary School via Inder Heights Drive |
WB | To Heart Lake Terminal via Inder Heights Drive |
school | |
202
|
Mayfield SS | EB | To Mayfield Secondary School via Braidwood Lake Drive and Kenpark Avenue |
WB | To Heart Lake Terminal via Kenpark Avenue |
school | |
203
|
Mayfield SS | EB | N/A | WB | To Heart Lake Terminal via Kennedy Road |
school | |
204
|
Mayfield SS | EB | N/A | WB | To Heart Lake Terminal via Braidwood Lake Road |
school | |
205
|
St. Thomas Aquinas SS | EB | To St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School via Queen Street |
WB | To Bramalea Terminal via Queen Street |
501 | school |
206
|
St. Augustine SS | NB | To St. Augustine Secondary School | SB | To County Court Boulevard | 502 511 | school |
207
|
Mayfield SS | NB | To Mayfield Secondary School via Bramalea Road |
SB | To Bramalea Terminal via Bramalea Road |
501 505 | school |
208
|
Mayfield SS | NB | To Mayfield Secondary School via Dixie Road |
SB | To Bramalea Terminal via Dixie Road |
501 505 | school |
209
|
St. Augustine SS | NB | To Major William Sharpe Drive | SB | To St. Augustine Secondary School | 561 | school |
211
|
Chinguacousy SS | EB | To Goreway Drive | WB | To Chinguacousy Secondary School | 505 | school |
212
|
St. Roch SS | NB | To St. Edmund Campion Secondary School | SB | To St. Roch Secondary School | 505 | school |
213
|
St. Edmund Campion SS | NB | To Mayfield Road | SB | To St. Edmund Campion Secondary School | school | |
214
|
Cardinal Ambrozic SS | EB | To Cardinal Ambrozic Secondary School | WB | To Airport Road | 505 | school |
215
|
St. Thomas Aquinas SS | EB | To St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School via Vodden Street |
WB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Vodden Street |
501 502 505 561 | school |
216
|
David Suzuki SS | EB | To Nelson Street | WB | To David Suzuki Secondary School | 501 502 505 561 | school |
217
|
St. Thomas Aquinas SS | EB | To St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School via Central Park Drive | WB | To Bramalea Terminal via Central Park Drive |
501 | school |
218
|
Heart Lake SS | EB | To Heart Lake Terminal | WB | To Heart Lake Secondary School | school | |
300 | Heart Lake Employment Shuttle | CW | To Heart Lake Business Park (via Dixie & Trinity Common Terminal) | 505 505A | peak hours | ||
501
|
Züm Queen | EB | To Vaughan Metropolitan Centre | WB | To Downtown Brampton Terminal | 502 505 561 | all week |
502
|
Züm Main | NB | To Sandalwood Loop via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
SB | To Mississauga City Centre (Square One) via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
501 505 511 511A 511C 561 | all week |
505
|
Züm Bovaird | EB | To Malton GO Station | WB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station | 501 502 511 511A 511C 561 | all week (no evening service) |
505A
|
EB | To Viscount Station | WB | To Trinity Common Terminal | 501 511 511A 511C | Mon–Fri (no evening service) | |
511
|
Züm Steeles | EB | To Humber College via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
WB | To Lisgar GO Station via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
502 505 | all week (limited evening and weekend service) |
511A
|
To Humber College | To Brampton Gateway Terminal | all week no peak service September–April | ||||
511C
|
To Humber College via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
To Sheridan College via Brampton Gateway Terminal |
peak hours September–April | ||||
561
|
Züm Queen West | EB | To Downtown Brampton Terminal | WB | To Mount Pleasant GO Station | 501 502 505 | Mon–Fri (no evening service) |
Vehicles
[edit]BT has an active fleet of 375+ buses including:
- New Flyer:
- 2010 XDE40: 1050-1074 (Sandalwood)
- 2011 XDE40: 1150–1165 (Sandalwood)
- 2011 XD40: 1101–1130 (Clark)
- 2012 XD40: 1201–1218 (1201–1210: Sandalwood. 1211–1218: Clark)
- 2012 XDE40: 1250–1251 (Sandalwood)
- 2012 XDE60: 1275–1294 (Sandalwood)
- 2013 XDE60: 1475–1484 (Sandalwood)
- 2014 XDE60: 1575–1579 (Sandalwood)
- 2015 XDE60: 1580–1592 (Sandalwood)
- 2016 XDE60: 1675–1682 (Sandalwood)
- 2017 XDE60: 1775–1784 (Sandalwood)
- 2018 XDE60: 1875–1885 (Sandalwood)
- 2019 XDE60: 1975, 1976 (Sandalwood)
- 2020 XDE60: 2075-2084 (Sandalwood)
- 2020/2021 XE40: 2152-2157
- Nova Bus:
- 2005–2006 2nd Gen LFS: 0601-0621 (Clark)
- 2006: 2nd Gen LFS: 0622-0638 (0622-0625: Clark. 0626-0638: Sandalwood)
- 2007: 2nd Gen LFS: 0701-0715 (Sandalwood)
- 2008: 2nd Gen LFS: 0801-0827 (0811-0812, 0821-0827: Clark. 0813-0820: Sandalwood)
- 2009: 2nd Gen LFS: 0901-0916 (0910, 0912-0916: Clark. 0901-0909, 0911: Sandalwood)
- 2009: 3rd Gen LFS: 0917-0926 (Sandalwood)
- 2014: 4th Gen LFS: 1401–1414 (1401–1410: Clark. 1411–1415: Sandalwood)
- 2015: 4th Gen LFS: 1501–1519 (1501–1509: Sandalwood. 1510–1519: Clark)
- 2016: 4th Gen LFS: 1601–1623 (1601–1609: Sandalwood. 1610–1623: Clark)
- 2017: 4th Gen LFS: 1701–1713 (mixed garage allocations)
- 2018: 4th Gen LFS: 1801–1823 (Mixed Garages)
- 2019: 4th Gen LFS: 1901-1916 (Mixed garages)
- 2020: 4th Gen LFS: 2007-2024 (Mixed garages)
- 2021: 4th Gen LFS: 2101-2108 (Mixed garages)
- 2022: 4th Gen LFS: 2201-2224 (Mixed garages)
Retired models include:
- GMC New Look (T6H-4523N, T6H-5307N, T8H-5307A and others) Last unit retired in early 2007.
- New Flyer D800B (last unit retired in 2001).
- New Flyer D40 Suburban (formerly GO Transit) – retired in 2003 and 2004.
- Orion Bus Industries Orion I in 30' and 40' versions (last unit retired in 2011).
- Motor Coach Industries Classics retired in 2008.
- Leyland Olympian Double Decker 8500 (sold, now operated by a tour company in downtown Toronto)
- Orion Bus Industries (Orion V models from 1991 & 1999, Orion VI models from 1996 & 1998)
- New Flyer D40LF (models from 1996 retired by September 2012), (2002 and 2003 models retired by Summer 2021), (2004 models retried by March 2024). Last units, 0421 and 0427, retired in January 2023 and March 2024 respectively.
Brampton Transit Transit Enforcement Officers patrol in white hybrid vehicles (Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry) with red and blue stripes.
Depots
[edit]Brampton Transit operate depots in Clark and Sandalwood.[9]
Bus rapid transit
[edit]Züm is Brampton's bus rapid transit system.[10] In order of each route initially opening, its first corridor, 501 Zum Queen was launched on September 20, 2010, and runs along Queen Street from Downtown Brampton to York University via Bramalea Terminal. It later branched out to add frequency to the route, with the 501A going along Highway 407 and the 501C beginning at Bramalea Terminal rather than Downtown Brampton, to York University (both branches were discontinued in 2024). 502 Züm Main opened in 2011 and runs North & South along Main/Hurontario Street from Sandalwood Loop to Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal (Square One). 511 Züm Steeles opened in 2012 and goes east to west along Steeles Avenue, from Lisgar GO Station in Meadowvale, Mississauga, to Humber College in Toronto via Sheridan College and Brampton Gateway Terminal. 561 Zum Queen West opened in 2016 and operates service from Downtown Brampton to Mount Pleasant GO Station via Queen Street and Mississauga Road.
505 Züm Bovaird opened in 2014 and went east to west along Bovaird Drive from Mount Pleasant GO Station to the Queen Loop at Goreway and Queen. A north-to-south extension along Airport Road to Malton GO station was opened in 2018, realigning the route while no longer servicing the Queen Loop. A branch of this route, 505A, opening in 2022, runs from Trinity Common Terminal to Viscount Station on the Pearson Airport Terminal Link Train.
A proposed Zum Route along Chinguacousy Road[11] will connect the Cassie Campbell Community Centre[12] at Sandalwood Parkway, to Bramalea GO Station via Steeles Ave. It is expected to be in operation in the fall of 2024 to coincide with the opening of the Hurontario LRT. This corridor is also said to help alleviate overcrowding on the existing 4/4A Chinguacousy and Routes 11/11A/511/511A/511C along Steeles Avenue. The routes are currently the 2nd busiest and 5th busiest, respectively.
See also
[edit]Brampton Transit makes connections to other transit systems in the Greater Toronto Area:
- Milton Transit
- MiWay (Mississauga Transit)
- Toronto Transit Commission (TTC)
- GO Transit
- UP Express
- Terminal Link Train
- York Regional Transit (YRT)
- Via Rail
References
[edit]- ^ "Transit Ridership Report First Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
- ^ https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploads/2022-Q4-Ridership-APTA.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Schedules and Maps: Routes Operating". City of Brampton. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
- ^ Rumbolt, Ryan (2024-05-01). "New transit route connects Brampton workers with out-of-town employers | inBrampton". insauga | Local Online News. Retrieved 2024-05-14.
- ^ "Transit Fares". Brampton. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "Ontario rolling out GTA-wide transit fare integration on Feb. 26". CBC News. February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Gateway Terminal Brochure" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
- ^ "Schedules and Maps". www1authoring.brampton.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
- ^ Fast Facts Brampton Transit
- ^ Brampton Transit, Züm
- ^ https://www1.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/Projects-Initiatives/Chinguacousy-Zum/Pages/welcome.aspx [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/Recreation/Community-Centres/Pages/Cassie-Campbell.aspx [bare URL]
External links
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