Port Hope Transit is the local bus service provider in the Municipality of
Port Hope, Ontario
Port Hope is a municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, approximately east of Toronto and about west of Kingston. It is located at the mouth of the Ganaraska River on the north shore of Lake Ontario, in the west end of Northumberland County. T ...
, which is located on the north shore of
Lake Ontario
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about east of
Toronto
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. With a population of only 16,390 people in 2006, this is one of the few smaller communities in the province with a fully funded public transit system.
Two regular routes serve the community with an additional inter-municipal shuttle service to
Northumberland Mall and
Northumberland Hills Hospital
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It is bordered by la ...
in
Cobourg
Cobourg ( ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto and east of Oshawa. It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is ...
, which connects with the
Cobourg Transit system.
Cobourg - Port Hope shuttle schedule
An additional route, which is a modified version of Route A, serves the local high school, Port Hope High School, twice a day while school is in session
Routes
*A- (west side loop)
*A (High School Run Only) - Only to the High School twice a day on school days
*B- (east side loop)
*Port Hope-Cobourg (intermunicipal service)
See also
* 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
Port Hope Transit - Route Map
Transit agencies in Ontario
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