London Transit

London Street Railway Company (LSR) a privately operated transit service, brought public transit to the city with the start of horse-drawn streetcar operations May 24, 1875 on Dundas Street.

• single truck horsecars from Ontario Car Company.[3]
• large double truck cars from Ottawa Car Company were acquired in 1903 (5) and 1907.[3]
• 5 ex-Cleveland Railway Peter Witts arrived in 1923.[3]
• ex-Montreal Park & Island Railway cars - non-enclosed cars

• Car barns at Dundas and Lyle Streets - demolished and now vacant lot[4]

• Dundas Street - Eva Street to Wharncliffe Road; north on Wharncliffe to Oxford Street; east on Oxford to Gunn Street
• Adelaide Street - Dundas Street to Central Avenue; along Central to Clarence Street
• Oxford Street - Clarence Street to Adelaide Street
• Ridout Street - Garfield West to Horton Street; along Garfield to Wortley Road to Briscoe Street to Elmwood Avenue; Elmwood to Wharencliffe Highway; to Askin Street to Stanley Road; to Elmwood Avenue to Ridout
• Hamilton Road - Eggerton to Maitland Street and Horton Street; Horton Street from Maitland to Thames Street; north of Thames to Stanley Street; along Stanley to Wharncliffe Highway
• Central Avenue - from Adelaide to Clarence Street
• Richmond Street - Horton Street to St James Street; along St James to Wellington Street then Clarence Street to Regent; along Regent to Clarence and then north to Huron Street
• Springbank Park
• South Street - Hamilton Road to Horton Street to Richmond Street or Thames Street; either north to Stanley Street to Ridout north to Dundas Street or Richmond Street to Dundas Street

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Privately owned from 1875 to 1920, the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board took over control of LSR in 1920.[3]

Springbank Park streetcar route ended in 1936 and the remaining routes by 1940. In later years, the city operated some routes, but in 1951 assumed control over all routes and formed the London Transportation Commission to operate them.[5][6] Until 1940, streetcars provided the bulk of the service. Streetcar system was converted to buses in late November 1940 (planned for the end of 1940, but forced by a blizzard that damaged trolley wires). ×

In 1974, the LTC adopted its present name, and greatly expanded its service area to cover the newly annexed area in Middlesex County.[5] The system has evolved to feature community bus routes, para-transit services and accessible low floor buses with the express lines as the backbone. In 2003, the LTC opened bus terminals in Argyle Mall and Masonville malls.

Buses serving these routes stop at blue bus-stop signs. The bus destination signs display the route number "to" a destination "via" a street or neighbourhood. These routes take effect September 1, 2019.

Note 1A. Buses end route 1A southbound trips at Commissioners Road and Deveron Crescent, and return northbound via King Edward Street as route 1B.

Note 1B. Buses end route 1B southbound trips at Commissioners Road and Deveron Crescent, and return northbound via Pond Mills Road as route 1A.

Note 2A. Route 2A eastbound buses go to Argyle Mall via Clarke Road.

Note 4. Route 4A buses travel counter-clockwise at the south end. Route 4B southbound buses travel clockwise at the south end.

Note 10. Route 10 buses serve Masonville Place Monday to Friday during afternoons and early evening only. Route 10 buses serve Masonville Place Saturday and Sunday during daytime service only.

Note 13. Route 13 southbound buses arriving at White Oaks Mall depart as route 13A northbound.

Note 13A. Route 13A southbound buses arriving at White Oaks Mall depart as route 13 northbound.

Note 19. Route 19 buses do not serve the Masonville Place bus terminal.

Note 20. Route 20 buses operate to Beaverbrook Monday to Friday daytime service only. Route 20 buses operate to Capulet Lane only at all other service hours.

Note 27. This route links UWO and the Fanshawe College main campus.

Note 34. Route 34 clockwise buses arriving at Masonville Place depart as route 34 counter-clockwise, and vice versa. Route 34 clockwise buses serve Natural Sciences Centre (UWO) but counter-clockwise buses serve Alumni Hall (UWO).

Note 35. Route 35 does not operate after 9 PM on weekdays, 8:30 PM on Saturdays, and 7:30PM on Sundays and statutory holidays.

Note 36. Route 36 operates during the daytime and during late evenings only.

These routes are limited-stop service. Buses on routes 90, 91, 92, and 94 stop only at express bus stops, which have orange bus-stop signs. Buses on route 93 provide express service (orange-signed stops only) north of Wharncliffe & Highview and local service (blue-signed stops) south of Wharncliffe & Highview.

The following regularly scheduled limited-service routes operate to provide special access to seniors and individuals with impaired mobility to major shopping destinations. They are not designed as an alternative to the paratransit service.