Brampton Transit route 1A waiting on Queen Street, near the Downtown Terminal.

Brampton Transit (BT) is public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Brampton Transit began operations in 1974. In May 2005, a major upgrade occurred which put more routes into a grid pattern. In 2006 Brampton Transit became Canada's fastest-growing transit system in terms of ridership. Over 10 million riders used Brampton Transit in 2006, marking a 12.4 percent increase over 2005 levels and shattering all previous ridership records for the city.^[1] The transit system is currently headed by Transit Director Sue Bass. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2080x1544, 671 KB) Picture taken on Queen Street near Bramptons Downtown Terminal. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2080x1544, 671 KB) Picture taken on Queen Street near Bramptons Downtown Terminal. ... Skytrain Bangkok. ... An articulated bus operated by the CTA in Chicago, Illinois, USA. A Go North East Bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England A bus is a large road vehicle intended to carry numerous persons in addition to the driver and sometimes a conductor. ... Nickname: Flower City Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village)   1873 (town)   1974 (city) Mayor Susan Fennell Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members) MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey, Kuldip Kular Area    - City 266. ... Motto: Working for you Area: 1,241. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Wikimedia Commons has media related to: May 2005 Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21...

Connections

Brampton Transit is connected with Mississauga Transit to the south, and routes along main corridors serve features in both cities, such as Sheridan College (Brampton Campus) , as well as industrial, commercial, and retail centres. A Mississauga Transit New Flyer articulated bus at South Common Mall. ... Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with campuses in Oakville, Ontario and Brampton, Ontario, both western suburbs of Toronto. ...

Steeles Avenue, once the boundary between the former Toronto and Chingacousy Townships, is now a major Brampton thoroughfare. The Route 11 now runs west of Shoppers World at Hurontario Street, and eastward into Toronto to Humber College's Main Campus. There is a transfer at the College with Route 50, that serves new developments in the Gore Road area near the former Highway 50, or Albion Road. Steeles Avenue, near its intersection with Warden Avenue. ... Hurontario Street is a roadway running in Ontario Canada between Lake Ontario at Port Credit and Lake Huron at Collingwood. ... Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber College) is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... This road is a former provincial highway and has been downloaded to local authorities. ... Albion Road is the Toronto, Ontario section of former Ontario provincial highway 50, that runs from the Intersection of Weston Road and Walsh Avenue to Steeles Avenue and Highway 427. ...

In addition, BT's route 77X (which is jointly operated with York Region Transit) runs along most of the former Highway 7 from Bramalea, and presently terminates in the east at the Finch subway station; there it connects with the TTC, York Region Transit, and GO Transit's bus service. During the autumn of 2005, York Region Transit's Viva bus rapid transit service began, but there has been no major change to this route, except for increased Sunday headways, from hourly to forty-five minutes. York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. ... Ontario provincial highway 7 is one of the Kings Highways in the province of Ontario, Canada. ... Finch is a terminus station on the Yonge-University-Spadina line of the Toronto subway. ... It has been suggested that List of Toronto Transit Commission stations be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that TTC Special Constable Services be merged into this article or section. ... York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, 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). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... There is a large number of public transport systems in European towns that fulfill several of the BRT criteria given above, but they are rarely designated as BRT. Bus lanes and exclusive use of key city-centre streets is commonplace, and bus priority on approach to traffic lights is quite...

Brampton Transit has also been a key carrier of commuters to and from the Georgetown Line. There are transfers to and from the trains and buses at the Bramalea, Brampton, and Mount Pleasant (opened February 2005) Stations, as well as direct connections to express buses at Bramalea City Centre and Trinity Common, and adjacent stop at Shoppers World. Georgetown is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. ... Bramalea GO Station is a GO Transit railway and bus station along the Georgetown line. ... Brampton GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Georgetown line, located at 27 Church Street West in downtown Brampton. ... Mount Pleasant GO Station is an under-construction GO Transit railway station on the Georgetown line. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bramalea City Centre is one of Brampton, Ontarios largest shopping centers. ...

Fares

As of February 5, 2007, cash fare is $2.75. (exact change) Preschoolers and the blind travel for free. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD (or CE) era. ... ISO 4217 Code CAD User(s) Canada Inflation 2. ... Child picking up book. ... Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. ...

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Terminals

Brampton Transit operates out of several terminals in the city:

• Bramalea Transit Centre — opened 1991, replacing a stop within the Bramalea City Centre, and has connections with GO Transit buses, and York Region Transit
• Downtown Transit Terminal — opened 1991 and has connections with Brampton Train Station and GO buses
• Shoppers World Terminal — opened 2001 and has connections with Mississauga Transit and GO Buses.
• Trinity Common Terminal — opened 2000 and has connections with GO Transit buses
• Sheridan College (Brampton Campus); connections with Mississauga Transit.

Brampton buses also service terminals outside the city including: 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bramalea City Centre is one of Brampton, Ontarios largest shopping centers. ... 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). ... York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brampton GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Georgetown line, located at 27 Church Street West in downtown Brampton. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Mississauga Transit New Flyer articulated bus at South Common Mall. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 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). ... Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with campuses in Oakville, Ontario and Brampton, Ontario, both western suburbs of Toronto. ...

• York Region Transit GO Finch Bus Terminal in Toronto, connecting to Finch Subway Station.
• York Region Transit Promenade Mall Terminal in Thornhill (Vaughan).
• Westwood Mall in Malton (Mississauga).
• Humber College (North Campus) in Etobicoke.

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Routes

• 1 Queen (formerly 1A),
• 1B McMURCHY ' (presently 52),'
• 2 Main ,
• 3 McLaughlin ,
• 4 Chingacousy (formerly Drinkwater),
• 5 Bovaird ,
• 6 Mackay,
• 7/7A Kennedy ,
• 8 Centre ,
• 9A Vodden ,
• 9B Williams ,
• 10 South Industrial,
• 11/11A Steeles ,
• 12 Grenoble ,
• 13 Avondale,
• 14 Torbram,
• 15 Bramalea ,
• 16 Southgate,
• 17 Howden,
• 18/18A Dixie ,
• 19 Fernforest,
• 20 East Industrial,
• 21 former Snelgrove route replaced in May 2005 by Route 3, and by 24 in September 2006.
• 22 Springdale,
• 23 Sandalwood,
• 24 Van Kirk Industrial,
• 25 Edenbrook,
• 26 Fletcher's Meadow, starts September 2006,
• 30 Airport,
• 40 Central Industrial ,
• 50 Gore Road,
• 52 McMurchy , (Formerly 52 SHERIDAN)
• 53 Kingsknoll ,
• 66 Paramount Canada's Wonderland summer express services.
• 77 Bramalea City Centre-Finch Subway, shared services with York Region Transit.
• 91, GO Shuttle A, serving Bramalea (GO Station)
• 92, GO Shuttle B, serving Bramalea (GO Station)
• 93, former GO Train Shuttle C Brampton (GO Station)-discontinued May 2005,
• 94, former GO Train Shuttle D Brampton (GO Station)-discontinued May 2005,
• 95, (Fast Trak) former Express Bus discontinued in 1990s,
• 96, (Fast Trak) former Express Bus discontinued in 1990s,
• E. former GO Train Connector (E), Introduced in February 2005 with opening of Mount Pleasant GO Station, discontinued in May 2005 with introduction of new routes (4, 9a, 9b, 23) to area.
• School routes numbered in the 80's

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Vehicles

BT currently has a fleet of 180 buses including:

• General Motors New Looks (T6H-5307N or T8H-5307A),
• Motor Coach Industries Classics
• Orion Bus Industries Orion I, V and VI
• New Flyer Industries D40LF
• Nova Bus LFS40102
• Leyland Olympian Double Decker 8500

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• GMC NewLook (T6H-4523N and others)
• Flyer Industries D800B
• New Flyer Industries D40 Suburban

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Notes

1. ^ .Brampton Transit ridership figures for 2006

See also

Brampton Transit makes connections to other transit systems in the Greater Toronto Area:

• Mississauga Transit
• Toronto Transit Commission
• GO Transit
• York Region Transit
• Vivayork
• Acceleride

Other transit operators in the GTA: A Mississauga Transit New Flyer articulated bus at South Common Mall. ... It has been suggested that TTC Special Constable Services be merged into this article or section. ... 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). ... York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Acceleride is a proposed transit system using the bus rapid transit option and currently used by Vivayork. ...

• Ontario Northland
• VIA Rail
• Aurora Transit
• Newmarket Transit
• Markham Transit
• Richmond Hill Transit
• Vaughan Transit
• Viva (bus rapid transit)
• Oakville Transit

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External links

• Brampton Transit website
• Brampton Transit Fares
• Drawings of Brampton Transit Buses
• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1573