The Ajax Pickering Transit Authority (APTA) was a
public transit
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typic ...
operator in the Town of
Ajax, Ontario
Ajax (; 2021 population: 126,666) is a town in Durham Region in Southern Ontario, Canada, located in the eastern part of the Greater Toronto Area.
The town is named for , a Royal Navy cruiser that served in the Second World War. It is approxi ...
, Canada, and the City of
Pickering Pickering may refer to:
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Canada
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. 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. ...
.
APTA was jointly owned by Pickering and Ajax and governed by members of the Authority appointed by both municipalities.
Routes
The following routes were operated:
*Industrial
*Liverpool
*Amberlea
*Glendale
*West Shore
*Bay Ridges
*Rosebank
*Rouge Hill Shuttle
*Ajax
*Finch/Highway 2
*Brock Road
*Maple Ridge
*Beach
*Westney
*Shoal Point
*Nottingham
*Harwood
*Duffins
*Elm
*Village
*Puckrin
*Applecroft
*Flag Bus 1,2,3
History
APTA was created on September 4, 2001 from the merger of
Pickering Transit
Pickering Transit was a Canadian public transit operator in the City of Pickering, Ontario.
History
Transit service in Pickering began with the Bay Ridges Dial-A-Bus, which ran from July 1970 to January 1973 as a demonstration project conducte ...
and
Ajax Transit {{more citations needed, date=August 2021
Ajax Transit was a public transit operator in the Town of Ajax, Ontario, Canada. Ajax Transit and Pickering Transit were merged on September 4, 2001, to form the Ajax Pickering Transit Authority (APTA). A ...
. It operated until the creation of Durham Region Transit in 2006.
Fleet
The following was APTA's roster at its dissolution on December 31, 2005:
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Mississauga Truck and Bus
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New Flyer Industries
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! OBI
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Orion Bus Industries
Orion Bus Industries, also known as Bus Industries of America in the United States, was a private bus manufacturer based in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The company had its main manufacturing plant in Mississauga and sent bus body shells to ...
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External links
Drawings and photos of APTA (Ajax-Pikering Transit Authority) buses
Transit agencies in Ontario
2001 establishments in Ontario
2006 disestablishments in Ontario
Transport in Pickering, Ontario
Transport in Ajax, Ontario
History of transport in the Regional Municipality of Durham