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Whitby Transit was a public transit agency in the Town of
Whitby, Ontario Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Ajax and west of Oshawa, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region. It had a population of 138,501 at the 2021 census. It ...
, Canada from 1980 to 2006. It was merged with the other public transit agencies in
Durham Region The Regional Municipality of Durham (), informally referred to as Durham Region, is a regional municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada. Located east of Toronto and the Regional Municipality of York, Durham forms the east-end of the Greater Tor ...
on January 1, 2006 to form
Durham Region Transit Durham Region Transit (DRT) is the regional public transit operator in Durham Region, Ontario, Canada, east of Toronto. Its headquarters are at 605 Rossland Rd East in Whitby, Ontario, and there are regional centres in Ajax, Whitby, and Oshawa. I ...
.


History

Previous transit operators include: *
Charterways Transportation Limited Charterways Transportation Limited was a bus operator in Ontario, Canada. The head office was located in London Ontario. Of particular note: * It was one of a few sub-contractors to GO Transit during GO's early years. * It also operated municipal ...
In 1980 the system was transferred to town ownership with operations contracted to Charterways Transportation.


Operations

WT routes were:


References

{{Reflist, refs= {{cite news , url=https://news.ourontario.ca/page.asp?ID=2467648&po=2&n=20 , title=Whitby gets bus service , newspaper=Whitby Free Press , date=27 February 1980 , page=1 , access-date=20 February 2023


External links


Drawings and photos of Whitby buses
Transit agencies in Ontario Transport in Whitby, Ontario History of transport in the Regional Municipality of Durham