Pacific Western Transportation (also

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P.W. Transportation) provides a variety of bus services in the

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s of

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Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

and

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

. Depending on the location, it offers scheduled and chartered school busing, municipal transit and handi-bus services, airport passenger services and local and long distance coach charters. Since 2022, it is a subsidiary of

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Lines of business

Pacific Western Transportation Group of Companies is separated into four operating divisions: The PWT Motor Coach division provides intercity scheduled (retail) as well as commercial charter transportation across Alberta, specialized health transfer service in British Columbia, and airport passenger and charter transfer services in Ontario. The PWT Employee division services

Fort McMurray Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significant ...

and the Athabasca oil sands in

northern Alberta Northern Alberta is a geographic region located in the Canadian province of Alberta. An informally defined cultural region, the boundaries of Northern Alberta are not fixed. Under some schemes, the region encompasses everything north of the cent ...

. The PWT Student Transportation division operates in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Nova Scotia and Ontario. The PWT Transit division operates in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario.

Motorcoach

Red Arrow Motorcoach

Red Arrow provides inter-city coach transportation between Fort McMurray,

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Calgary Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...

Lethbridge Lethbridge ( ) is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada. With a population of 101,482 in its 2019 Alberta municipal censuses, 2019 municipal census, Lethbridge became the fourth Alberta city to surpass 100,000 people. The nearby Canadian ...

, with a connecting shuttle bus to

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. Red Arrow fleet consists of

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H3-45 coaches equipped as follows: wheelchair accessible, seat belts, Wifi, computer plug-ins and a snack galley on board.

Ebus

Ebus service started on October 11, 2011 and operates

H3-45 and X3-45 coaches. This subsidiary of Red Arrow travels between

and

as well as

Kamloops Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the South flowing North Thompson River and the West flowing Thompson River, east of Kamloops Lake. It is located in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, w ...

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

and

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

. Service between Edmonton and Kamloops is provided through a partnership with Thompson Valley Charters.

BC Bus North

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is an intercity bus service in northern British Columbia.

On-It Regional Transit

On-It Regional Transit is a commuter bus service from

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and

Okotoks Okotoks (, originally ) is a town in the Calgary Region of Alberta, Canada. It is on the Sheep River, approximately south of Calgary. Okotoks has emerged as a bedroom community of Calgary. According to the 2016 Census, the town has a population ...

to Calgary, and seasonal service to Banff and Canmore.

Northern Health Connections

Northern Health Connections joins remote communities in British Columbia to health facilities.

Employee transportation

Diversified Transportation

Diversified Transportation is a bus transportation company based in

that provides services to industry and private coach charters as well as operating some local city transit systems.

Student transportation

Southland Transportation

Southland Transportation is a

based bus company that mainly provides school bus service to local school boards, bus charter services and commuter service from

and

to Calgary and also servicing northern Alberta from Edmonton, Cold Lake, etc.

North Battleford North Battleford is a city in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is the seventh largest city in the province and is directly across the North Saskatchewan River from the Town of Battleford. Together, the two communities are known as "The Batt ...

is the location of the Southland operation in Saskatchewan providing school bus services to local school boards, and industrial and contract charters.

Prairie Bus Lines

Prairie Bus Lines is based in

and provides primarily school bus services as well as industrial and charter

Standard Bus

Standard Bus is based in British Columbia.

Transit

Alberta

St. Albert Transit St. Albert Transit (StAT) is the public transportation system in the city of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, which is located about northwest of downtown Edmonton. Scheduled bus service consists of local circuits within the community and express c ...

Leduc Transit Leduc Transit is public bus system operated by the City of Leduc and Leduc County in the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada. The service began on September 8, 2014. The capital investment was 5.16 million dollars CAD. GreenTRIP (Green T ...

Fort Sask Transit Fort Sask Transit (FST) is a public transit service in the city of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. It operates two routes within the city, and a third route is contracted to Edmonton Transit Service (ETS) to connect with its service network. Histor ...

* Airdrie Transit * Beaumont Transit

British Columbia

* Prince George Transit System * Whistler Transit System

Former

Airport Express

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was purchased after the demise of

Gray Coach Gray Coach was a Canadian inter-city bus line based in Toronto, Ontario, from 1927 to 1992. It was founded and initially owned by the Toronto Transportation Commission, until sold to Stagecoach in 1990. In 1992 the business was sold to Greyhoun ...

, which had a franchise to operate a route to the

Toronto Pearson International Airport Lester B. Pearson International Airport , commonly known as Toronto Pearson International Airport, is an international airport located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the main airport serving Toronto, its metropolitan area, and the surro ...

. The service connects between selected downtown Toronto locations and Pearson Airport. The Toronto Airport Express was discontinued on October 31, 2014 due to falling ridership and the anticipated opening of the

Union Pearson Express The Union Pearson Express (UP Express or UPX) is an airport rail link connecting Union Station in Downtown Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport. The UP Express began operation on 6 June 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games. ...

, a rail link connecting the airport to downtown Toronto.

Porter shuttle

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provides a shuttle bus service for its passengers between the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto and the ferry dock/passenger tunnel to the

Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport is a regional airport located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is often referred to as Toronto Island Airport and was previously known as ''Port George VI Island Airport'' and ''Toronto ...

(island airport). The service is operated by Pacific Western at 10-minute intervals using Thomas SLF buses. This service has stopped as of March 2020.

Highway 3 Connector

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Medicine Hat Medicine Hat is a city in Southern Alberta, southeast Alberta, Canada. It is located along the South Saskatchewan River. It is approximately east of Lethbridge and southeast of Calgary. This city and the adjacent Town of Redcliff, Alberta, ...

References

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External links

Official site

Pacific Western Transit
Intercity bus companies of Canada Bus transport in Alberta Bus transport in Yukon Bus transport in Saskatchewan Bus transport in British Columbia Bus transport in Ontario Transport in Toronto Companies based in Calgary