Railway City Transit includes both conventional city transit buses and paratransit vehicles owned by the
City of St. Thomas,
Ontario and staffed and operated by
Voyageur Transportation
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,
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on January 1, 2012.
Private companies have provided a variety of transportation services to the city since the introduction of horse-drawn street railways in 1879, which were subsequently electrified and ultimately replaced by buses about 1927. Although the city assumed responsibility for transit in the mid-1960s, these bus services have always been privately operated.
The Transit Operational Centre is located downtown at 614 Talbot Street. The stop for Aboutown's Northlink intercity bus service to London and Owen Sound has been relocated to Factory Muffler, 210 Talbot Street. The Northlink service to London was cancelled December 2013.
In November 2020, the City announced a new revitalized brand and suite of services for the 150-year-old public transit service. On March 29, 2021, the new service was launched, replacing the former St. Thomas Transit system.
History
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/saint-thomas-on.html
retrieved on March 7, 2013.
*Mid 1960s-1983 - Operated by
Charterways Transportation
*1983-? - Operated by Lewis Bus Lines
*?-1994-? - Operated by
Charterways Transportation
*2008?-January 2012 - Operated by
Aboutown Transportation Bus companies in Ontario range in scale from small family-run businesses to subsidiaries of large international transportation groups. Many operate yellow school buses for student transportation on behalf of local school boards, while others concent ...
*January 2012-March 2021 - Operated by
Voyago Transportation
*March 29, 2021 - System rebranded to Local Motion - Railway City Transit
Routes
Conventional Service Hours: Weekdays from 7:15 am to 5:45 pm, weekends from 9:15 am to 6:45 pm.
Afterhours On-Demand Service Hours: Monday to Friday: 7:15 am - 9:45 pm, Saturday: 9:15 am - 9:45 pm, Sunday: 9:15 am - 5:45 pm
*1 - Northside
*2 - Elgin Mall
*3 - Talbot
*4 - Hospital
*5 - Fanshawe
See also
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Public transport in Canada
References
External links
Routes and MapsVoyago Transit
Transit agencies in Ontario
Transport in St. Thomas, Ontario
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