Charlottetown Transit
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Charlottetown Transit is a Canadian
public transport
agency operating bus
es in Charlottetown
, Prince Edward Island
.
Charlottetown Transit was founded in 2005, the 150th anniversary year of the city's incoporation. It is funded by the municipal and federal levels of government and provides service throughout the city's neighbourhoods. The province of Prince Edward Island does not provide transit subsidies toward the service. The last attempt at public transit was in the form of Charlottetown Urban Transit Systems Limited from late 1979 to 1981.
The name "Charlottetown Transit" is merely a marketing name and is not a legally incorporated company. All buses are owned by the City of Charlottetown but are operated under contract by privately owned Trius Tours Limited.
Most buses are designed to have the appearance of a tram
or streetcar and were constructed by Dupont Industries (Thomas MVP EF Champlain 1608 LF and HF), as well as MCI Classic buses). The trolley buses are smaller than conventional transit bus designs and must be able to navigate the narrower streets and intersections in the city's downtown core.
Current operations have 7 bus routes running from Monday to Saturday as follows:
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Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
agency operating bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
es in Charlottetown
Charlottetown
Charlottetown is a Canadian city. It is both the largest city on and the provincial capital of Prince Edward Island, and the county seat of Queens County. Named after Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, Charlottetown was first incorporated as a town in 1855 and designated as a city in 1885...
, Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...
.
Charlottetown Transit was founded in 2005, the 150th anniversary year of the city's incoporation. It is funded by the municipal and federal levels of government and provides service throughout the city's neighbourhoods. The province of Prince Edward Island does not provide transit subsidies toward the service. The last attempt at public transit was in the form of Charlottetown Urban Transit Systems Limited from late 1979 to 1981.
The name "Charlottetown Transit" is merely a marketing name and is not a legally incorporated company. All buses are owned by the City of Charlottetown but are operated under contract by privately owned Trius Tours Limited.
Most buses are designed to have the appearance of a tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
or streetcar and were constructed by Dupont Industries (Thomas MVP EF Champlain 1608 LF and HF), as well as MCI Classic buses). The trolley buses are smaller than conventional transit bus designs and must be able to navigate the narrower streets and intersections in the city's downtown core.
Current operations have 7 bus routes running from Monday to Saturday as follows:
- University Avenue
- North River Road/West RoyaltyWest Royalty, Prince Edward IslandWest Royalty is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.-Location:West Royalty is located in the northwestern part of the city on the border of Spring Park, Sherwood and Winsloe...
- St. Peter's Road/ParkdaleParkdale, Prince Edward IslandParkdale is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.Parkdale's location immediately northeast of Charlottetown and southeast of Sherwood saw it grow from being a rural farming community in the Queens Royalty to become a village on November...
-SherwoodSherwood, Prince Edward IslandSherwood is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.Sherwood is centrally located in Charlottetown on the border of Queens Royalty and the township of Lot 33.... - Kensington Road/Hillsborough Park
- Malpeque Road/WinsloeWinsloe, Prince Edward IslandWinsloe is a neighbourhood in the northwestern part of the Canadian city of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.Winsloe was named for John Hodges Winsloe, the owner of the majority of the land in the area during the mid-19th century....
- Belvedere Avenue/ParkdaleParkdale, Prince Edward IslandParkdale is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.Parkdale's location immediately northeast of Charlottetown and southeast of Sherwood saw it grow from being a rural farming community in the Queens Royalty to become a village on November...
-SherwoodSherwood, Prince Edward IslandSherwood is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.Sherwood is centrally located in Charlottetown on the border of Queens Royalty and the township of Lot 33.... - Riverside Drive/East RoyaltyEast Royalty, Prince Edward IslandEast Royalty is a neighbourhood of the Canadian city of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.East Royalty is located in the northeast portion of the city and occupies the eastern part of the township of Queens Royalty....