511 Zum Steeles is a
bus rapid transit route in
Brampton
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,
Ontario
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, Canada. The final corridor outlined in Phase 1 started service on November 26, 2012.
The route runs from the
Brampton Gateway Terminal at
Steeles Avenue
Steeles Avenue is an east–west street that stretches across the western and central Greater Toronto Area in Ontario, Canada. Running from Appleby Line in Milton in the west to the Scarborough-Pickering Townline in the east, where it continue ...
and
Hurontario Street
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to
Humber College North Campus at
Finch Avenue
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West and
Highway 27 in Toronto with connections to the planned
Line 6 Finch West
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line and various express bus services, via
Bramalea GO Train Station. Though largely industrial through Brampton, Steeles Avenue sees bus service every six minutes on current route 11. This is the only planned corridor to operate almost entirely within Brampton city limits. In September 2015, limited service on 511 Zum Steeles was extended to
Lisgar GO Station operating only on weekdays. Eventually, full service on the entire route were implemented.
The route was suspended past Chinguacousy Road in March 2021, after nine drivers tested positive for COVID-19. It was noted that the route led to a "large logistics business," in the midst of an outbreak.
Shortly after, the outbreak was confirmed to be
Amazon
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* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...
. Peel Public Health Medical Officer of Health Dr.
Lawrence Loh denied there was a connection between the two outbreaks.
On December 22, 2022, 511 Zum Steeles along with its local route 11/11A Steeles entered the newly built
bus terminal
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at
Bramalea GO Station
Bramalea GO Station is a GO Transit railway and bus station along the Kitchener line in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1713 Steeles Avenue East, near the community of Bramalea, Ontario, Bramalea at Steeles Avenue East and Bramalea Ro ...
. This marks the first time that these routes directly serviced the station, as previously they stopped on-street at the intersection of Steeles and Bramalea.
Stops
''Italics'' indicates future stop.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:511 Zum Steeles
Züm bus routes
2012 establishments in Ontario