Elliot Lake Transit is a public transportation system, which provides daily service with the exception of statutory holidays,
within the small isolated city of
Elliot Lake
Elliot Lake is a city in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is north of Lake Huron, midway between the cities of Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie in the Northern Ontario region. Once dubbed the "uranium capital of the world," Elliot Lake has since ...
in
Northern Ontario
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,
Canada
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Regular scheduled service operates on four routes using two low-floor handicapped accessible buses, providing once per hour trips on each route with a transfer point between routes at the
Pearson Plaza
Pearson Plaza is a small indoor shopping complex in Elliot Lake, Ontario. Located on the site of a former rock (later Huron Lodge), at Hillside Drive South and Ontario Avenue, it replaced the Algo Centre Mall, which was demolished after it’s roo ...
. Hours of operation are from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm with extended service on Thursday and Friday evenings till 9:00 pm, and limited service on Sunday and no holiday service. Cash fare is $2.50 for adults and $2.00 for seniors and students, with 12 tickets costing $24.00 for everyone. Monthly passes are $60.00 for adults and $50.00 for seniors and students
For residents who are unable to board the regular transit buses, the city provides door to door service with the ''Handilift'' bus.
Routes
Elliot Lake Transit has four routes:
* Westhill
* Central
* Esten
* Lakeside
The main hubs is
Rexall
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at 151 Ontario Avenue; some transit materials erroneously refer to it as Eastwood Mall, after the mall's ownership company.
As of 2022, service operates seven days each week, with extended services on Thursday and Friday and limited services on Sunday. There is no service on statutory holidays.
See also
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Public transport in Canada In the month of November 2015 ridership of Canadian large urban transit was 142.7 million passenger trips.
The following is a list of public transit authorities in Canada
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References
Transit agencies in Ontario
Transport in Elliot Lake
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