Burlington Transit

Burlington Transit
Founded 1975
Headquarters 3332 Harvester Road
Locale Burlington, Ontario
Service area Burlington, Ontario
Service type bus service
Stations Downtown Bus Terminal
430 John Street
Fleet 67
Operator City of Burlington
Website Official website

Burlington Transit is the public transport provider in the city of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Services began in September 1975, after the city had been served by neighbouring systems including Hamilton Street Railway (H.S.R), and former subsidiary Canada Coach Lines, as well as "local" services to and from Toronto once provided by Gray Coach Lines and GO Transit along Lakeshore Road (Highway 2).

Burlington Transit is a member of the Canadian Urban Transit Association.

It connects with Hamilton Street Railway on the south and west and Oakville Transit on the east. In addition, the Appleby, Burlington, and Aldershot GO Transit stations on the Lakeshore West line are also connected. The Bus Terminal, located in downtown at 430 John Street, close to Lakeshore Road (Highway 2), is the main bus terminal, and the Greyhound Canada bus stop in Burlington. The transit yard and administration centre is situated at 3332 Harvester Road.

Bus services

New Flyer Invero #7009-03 enters the Burlington GO station on Route 2 Brant

Regular routes

All regular routes are serviced by accessible buses.[1]

No.NameInner TerminalOuter TerminalNotes
1 Plains Burlington GO StationDowntown Hamilton Via Mapleview Centre. Weekday Evenings and Weekends only.
1X Plains Burlington GO StationDowntown Hamilton Via Mapleview Centre, and Aldershot GO Station. Weekday AM Peak to PM Peak service only (Weekday AM Peak, Weekday Midday and Weekday PM Peak service only).
2 Brant Burlington GO StationAutumn Hill & Driftwood Off-Peak Service only.
2X Brant Burlington GO StationHighway 407 Carpool Lot Peak Service only.
3 Guelph - Downtown Burlington GO StationAutumn Hill & Driftwood Via Burlington Bus Terminal, Burlington Mall, Super Centre Mall. Off-Peak Service only.
3X Guelph - Downtown Burlington GO StationHighway 407 Carpool Lot Via Burlington Bus Terminal, Burlington Mall, Super Centre Mall. Peak Service only.
4 Central Burlington Bus TerminalAppleby GO Station Via Burlington Mall, Appleby Mall.
5 Francis Burlington GO StationKing & Townsend Via Burlington Bus Terminal, Ontario Street & Surrey Lane.
6 Headon Burlington GO StationHighway 407 Carpool Lot Via Super Centre Mall & Mainway.
10 New - Maple Burlington GO StationAppleby GO Station Via Burlington Bus Terminal, Mapleview Mall.
11 Sutton - Alton Appleby GO StationHighway 407 Carpool Lot Via Upper Middle road & Appleby line.
12 Upper Middle Burlington GO StationFirst Pro Shopping Centre Via Super Centre Mall.
12X Upper Middle Burlington GO StationFirst Pro Shopping Centre Via Super Centre Mall, Itabashi way. Weekday midday service only.
15A Appleby - Walkers Appleby GO StationTim Dobbie & Thomas Alton Weekday AM rush hour service only.
15B Walkers - Appleby Appleby GO StationTim Dobbie & Thomas Alton Weekday PM rush hour service only.
20 Burloak - Lakeshore Appleby GO StationBurloak & Lakeshore Via Appleby Mall
21 Fairview Appleby GO StationBurlington GO station Indirect route between the Appleby and Burlington GO stations via Prospect.
25 Walkers Burlington GO StationHighway 407 Carpool Lot Via Burlington Mall.
40A Pinedale - Hampton Heath Appleby GO StationPinedale & New Via Appleby Mall. AM rush hour service only.
40B Pinedale - Hampton Heath Appleby GO StationPinedale & New via Appleby Mall. PM rush hour service only.
80 Harvester Burlington GO StationAppleby GO Station The only direct route between the Appleby and Burlington Go Stations operated by Burlington Transit. Weekday service only.
81 North Service Burlington GO StationAppleby GO Station Weekday rush hour service only. Via Heritage drive.
83 North Service Appleby GO StationMainway & Corporate Dr Weekday Mid-day service only.
87 North Service - Aldershot Burlington GO StationAldershot GO Station Weekday rush hour service only.
101 Plains Express Burlington GO StationDowntown Hamilton Weekday Express service.

Connecting transit

Oakville Transit Routes
  • 14 Lakeshore West and 15 Bridge both run along the eastern perimeter of Burlington on Burloak Drive.
Hamilton Street Railway Routes

School Specials

These routes are specialized for high school students and have only two trips each day.

Dial-a-Ride

Burlington Transit replaces bus service with a Dial-a-Ride cab on portions of route 50D, 51D, 52D, 53D, 54D, 55D, 57D, 59D during hours when ridership is low. Passengers are expected to take regular bus service to transfer point closest to their destination. Burlington transit will then complete the trip with a Dial-a-Ride taxi cab on the bus route to a bus stop close to the final destination.

Paratransit

Burlington Transit operates door-to-door service for people with physical disabilities, which is called Handi-Van.[2]

Fares

Fares shown here are effective May 1, 2015.[3]

Age groupCash Fare10 ticketsPRESTO Monthly PassPRESTO e-purse
Children aged 0–5FreeFreeFreeFree
Children aged 6–12$3.50$18.50$50.00$1.85
Youths aged 13–19 $3.50$19.00$71.00$1.85
Adults aged 20–64$3.50$27.50$97.00$2.70
Seniors 65+$3.50$19.00$59.25$1.85

The use of ComboCards was officially stopped at 12:01 AM on September 4, 2007[4] in favor of the Presto card system to be implemented in late 2008.

Fleet

Current Conventional Fleet List[5]
 Fleet numbers   Year   Make/model   Engine/transmission   Fleet size   Notes 
7017 to 7025-15 2015 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL/Allison B400R6 9
7033 to 7035-06 2006 New Flyer D40LF Cummins ISL/Allison B400R6 3
7036 to 7041-07 2007 New Flyer D40LF Cummins ISL/Allison B400R6 6
7043 to 7045-08 2008 New Flyer D40LF Cummins ISL/Allison B400R6 3
7001-09 to 7008-09, 7010-09 and 7011-09 2009 New Flyer D40LF Cummins ISL/Allison B400R6 10
  • All buses from here on have rear destination signs.
7046 to 7053-10 2010 New Flyer D40LF Cummins ISL9/Allison B400R6 8
  • Buses fitted with CLASS Announcement system for the doors.
7054 to 7059-12 2012 New Flyer XD40 "Xcelsior" Cummins ISL9/Allison B400R6 6

Denotes wheelchair access

Burlington Transit has ordered seven 30' Vicinity buses from Grande West with delivered scheduled for 2017.[6]

Note: Retired buses will be removed from roster when scrapping is confirmed.

Stations, terminals and garages

Bus Terminal

Burlington Bus Terminal
Location 430 John St, Burlington
Coordinates 43°19′32.5″N 79°47′48″W / 43.325694°N 79.79667°W / 43.325694; -79.79667
Bus stands 6
Bus operators

The bus terminal is located in downtown Burlington on John Street, just north of Pine Street. The terminal is an on-street facility with northbound and southbound curbside busbays and a customer service building on the west side of the street. As well as being an important central transfer location for Burlington Transit and a terminus for Hamilton Street Railway service,[8] it is also the Greyhound bus depot.[9] GO Transit buses do not stop here, because of frequent train and bus service to the railway stations within the city.

References

  1. ↑ "Accessible-Transit". City of Burlington. Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved April 2016. All regular routes are serviced by accessible buses. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ "Handi-Van". www.burlington.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  3. ↑ "Fares". www.burlington.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Transit systems making fall changes". The Hamilton Spectator. 2007-08-29. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  5. ↑ Burlington Transit fleet on the CPTDB Wiki
  6. ↑ http://www.grandewest.com/node/216
  7. ↑ Burlington Carpool Lot (Dundas St. & Hwy. 407)
  8. ↑ Hamilton Street Railway - Route 11 Parkdale
  9. ↑ Greyhound Canada Station Locator
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