Welland Transit

Welland Transit
Slogan "Going Your Way"
Founded 1973 as Metro Niagara Transit
Headquarters 75 Federal Road
Locale Welland, Port Colborne
Service area Niagara
Service type Bus service, Paratransit
Routes 8 daytime city routes
2 community buses
Hubs Downtown Terminal, Port Colborne City Hall, Niagara College Welland Campus
Fuel type Diesel, Gasoline, HEV
Operator City of Welland
Chief executive Dave Stuart, Dave Evans
Website Welland Transit

Welland Transit provides public transport services in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Since its inception in 1973 the bus service had been operated by a private company, Metro Niagara Transit, funded by the city, which assumed full operation of the transit system in 1977. [1]

Eight scheduled routes provide Monday to Sunday daytime service with staggered services during off-peak times and evening service after the regular routes stop running. Weekday service is provided on three routes to destinations outside the city to Port Colborne, Niagara Falls, and St. Catharines. Additionally, Welland Transit operates two community shuttles for the city of Port Colborne. For outlying areas of the city not on current transit routes, a service called Trans-Cab offers taxi connections to the conventional bus service for a small additional fee. Accessible services for people unable to make use of regular buses are available within the city or across the region.

Facilities

Transit Division

Address: 75 Federal Road
Coordinates: 42°58′07″N 79°15′28.5″W / 42.96861°N 79.257917°W / 42.96861; -79.257917
Functions: Operations and administration, bus charters and bus maintenance. [2]

Transit Terminal

Address: 160 East Main St.
Coordinates: 42°59′34″N 79°14′47″W / 42.99278°N 79.24639°W / 42.99278; -79.24639
Opened: January 19th, 1994
Functions: Hub for all city bus routes and provision of intercity services

Services

Bus routes

Welland Transit operates the following routes;[3]

Regular service

Core routes operate Monday through Friday from approximately 7:15AM to 10:45PM, and on Saturday from approximately 7:15AM to 9:45PM.

  • 501 Broadway
  • 502 Rice Road
  • 503 First Avenue
  • 504 Fitch St (on limited day time service.) (a trans cab was used from July 2012 to July 2, 2013)
  • 505 Lincoln-Wellington
  • 506 Ontario Rd
  • 508 Woodlawn
  • 509 Niagara St

The 510 and 511 run Monday to Saturday between 6:30 and 7:15 am only. From 7:15 to 6:45 Monday to Friday, regular services run. Staggered services operate between 7:15 and 10:15 am on Saturdays, and all day between 9:15 and 4:45 (inclusive) on Sundays.

Morning service

The community buses provide flag stop service on combination versions of the 8 main routes. Service is provided until 11PM on weekdays and until 10PM on Saturdays.

  • 510 West Community Bus
  • 511 East Community Bus

Special services

  • Brock University Link

Formerly called the Welland-St. Catharines connection, provides September to May service between Niagara College in Welland and Brock University in St. Catharines, where there are bus connections available to St. Catharines, Thorold and Niagara Falls at the Brock University Hub.

  • Welland - Niagara-on-the-Lake Link provides September to May service between the two campuses of Niagara College.
  • Port Colborne Link

makes 6 trips daily and operates as a flag stop route as it, connects downtown Port Colborne with Niagara College and downtown Welland.

Port Colborne routes

  • 701 Port Colborne East
  • 702 Port Colborne West

Trans-Cab

Extends service to areas with insufficient traffic to warrant a regular bus route by means of a taxi connection to the existing bus network. Suburbs served are Cooks Mills, Dain City, Hunters Pointe, Quaker Road and the new North Fitch and South Fitch Trans Cab Connections.

Well-Trans

Well-Trans (formerly Handi-Trans), provides accessible service for those not able to use a regular transit bus, for qualified pre-registered clients. The service operates between 7:15 am and 7:00 pm on weekdays and from 9:30 am to 6:15 pm on Saturdays.[4]

Niagara Specialized Transit

This service, operated by the Canadian Red Cross, is for eligible residents of Niagara Region who need to travel between municipalities for medical appointments, employment or education purposes.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Welland Transit History
  2. ↑ Municipal Handbook, as of January 17, 2008
  3. ↑ Routes and Schedules (PDF), retrieved 2009-01-15
  4. ↑ Cityof Welland, WellTrans
  5. ↑ Niagara Specialized Transit

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