Charterways Transportation Limited was a bus operator in

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. The head office was located in London Ontario. Of particular note: * It was one of a few sub-contractors to

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during GO's early years. * It also operated municipal

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from 1969 to 1973. Service was provided using a fleet of

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es, with heaviest ridership between the Pickering Beach area and downtown

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. * Trial transit operator in Whitby in 1976, then as contractor for

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up to the early 1990s The Company owned National School Bus Company which operated school bus, paratransit and municipal transit in the mid-west and north-eastern United States. Charterways was acquired and absorbed into

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's transit operations in August 1996.

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* A Town Called Ajax, The Ajax Historical Board, 1995 Transport in the Greater Toronto Area {{Ontario-transport-stub