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Ajax Transit was the former public transit operator in the Town of Ajax, Ontario. Ajax Transit and Pickering Transit were merged on September 4, 2001 to form the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority. APTA was itself merged into Durham Region Transit on January 1, 2006. For other uses, see Ajax (disambiguation). ...
Pickering Transit was the former public transit operator in the City of Pickering, Ontario. ...
The Ajax-Pickering Transit Authority is the former public transit agency in the City of Pickering, Ontario and the Town of Ajax, Ontario. ...
Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
Routes
The following routes were operated: - Elm
- Duffins
- Beach
- Harwood
- Westney Heights
- Village
- Puckrin
- Hospital
- Flag Bus
History In 1973, the Town of Ajax conducted a survey of potential transit ridership in Ajax. This lead to bus service beginning in 1973, under a contract with Charterways Transportation Limited, which operated service using a fleet of school buses, with heaviest ridership between the Pickering Beach area and downtown Ajax. Charterways Transportation Limited was a bus operator in the Greater Toronto Area and one of a few sub-contractors to GO Transit during the early years. ...
An IC Corporation CE300 bus transporting Houston ISD students. ...
In the late 1970s, public transit buses were acquired and began operations on the Elm, Duffins, and Beach routes, which exist to this day. In the early 1980s, the Harwood, Westney Heights, and Village routes began service. Service on the Puckrin route began in the late 1980s. A taxi serving as a bus Public transport comprises all transport systems in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles. ...
In 1985, Ajax built a new transit garage and offices near the location of the Ajax GO Station. This location was ideal as Ajax Transit's routes all operated from the Ajax GO Station, providing a service that was tightly coupled with the Lakeshore East train service of GO Transit. This facility remains in use as the 'DRT West' facility of Durham Region Transit, and DRT's Ajax routes continue to operate from the GO Station. The Ajax GO Station is a train and bus station in the GO Transit network located in Ajax, Ontario in Canada. ...
Lakeshore East is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ...
GO Transit (AAR reporting marks GOT), officially known as the Greater Toronto Transit Authority (GTTA), is Canadas first, and Ontarios only, interregional public transit system, established to link Toronto with the surrounding regions of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). ...
Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
In 1991, Ajax Transit implemented a smart card fare system. This system allowed riders to use stored-value cards to access transit services. This system was eliminated in 2001 with the formation of the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority. However, this system was very forward looking and foreshadowed the forthcoming GTA Farecard, in which Ajax Transit's descendant Durham Region Transit will be a participant. Smart card used for health insurance in France. ...
The Ajax-Pickering Transit Authority is the former public transit agency in the City of Pickering, Ontario and the Town of Ajax, Ontario. ...
GTA Farecard is a planned smartcard-based fare payment system to be introduced in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, in 2007. ...
Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
In 1992, Ajax Council authorized implementation of a town-operated transit system to replace the contracted services. Also in 1992, Ajax Transit introduced Flag Bug service in which cutaway vans could be flagged down at any point on a fixed route. A city council is the most common style of legislative government in a city or town. ...
Advertisement for 1974 Wayne Car-O-Van ambulance based upon a cutaway van chassis. ...
Durham Region Transit's Ajax operations remain heavily based on those operated by Ajax Transit. Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...
See also GTA Farecard is a planned smartcard-based fare payment system to be introduced in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, in 2007. ...
References - A Town Called Ajax, The Ajax Historical Board, 1995
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