Corner Brook Transit is a provider of public transportation to the residents of
Corner Brook
Corner Brook ( 2021 population: 19,333 CA 29,762) is a city located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Corner Brook is the fifth largest settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...
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Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
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Canada
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. Municipally managed, the service is provided under contract by Murphy Brothers Bus Lines. There are two routes that run from 7am to 6pm Mon-Fri with destinations including Murphy Square and the downtown area. In response to declining ridership, a pilot project is set to be initiated to reformulated the routes.
The transit agency has instituted a
NextBus
NextBus is a public transit vehicle tracking system which uses global positioning satellite information to predict when the next vehicle will arrive at any given transit stop, which attempts to reduce wait times and reliance on schedules.
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realtime transit location system, which will provide data to internet and cell phone users on vehicle ETAs.
The fleet consists of three gasoline fueled
Ford E-Series
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Cutaway buses. Two of the old diesel buses have been kept as back-ups.
Routes
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Curling
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and Grenfell/Windsor/Plaza/Murphy Square - combines former Routes 1 & 2
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Country/Pratt/Grenfell and Humber/Murphy Square - combines former Routes 3 & 4
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
External links
Corner Brook Transit homepage
{{Public transit systems in Canada
Transit agencies in Newfoundland and Labrador
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