Welland Transit
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Welland Transit provides public transport services in Welland, Ontario
, Canada
. Since its inception in 1973 the bus service had been operated by a private company, Metro Niagara Transit, funded by the city who assumed full operation of the transit system in 1977.
Eight scheduled routes provide Monday to Friday daytime service with two additional community bus routes that give extended service during off-peak times and provide evening service after the regular routes stop running. Weekday service is provided on two routes to destinations outside the city; to Port Colborne and St. Catharines. For outlying areas of the city not on current transit routes, a service named Trans-Cab offers taxi connections to the conventional bus service for a small additional fee. Accessible services, for people unable to make use of regular buses, are available within the city or across the region.
, Dain City
, Hunters Pointe and Quaker Road.
Welland, Ontario
Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada.The city has been traditionally known as the place where rails and water meet, referring to the railways from Buffalo to Toronto and Southwestern Ontario, and the waterways of Welland Canal and Welland River,...
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Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Since its inception in 1973 the bus service had been operated by a private company, Metro Niagara Transit, funded by the city who assumed full operation of the transit system in 1977.
Eight scheduled routes provide Monday to Friday daytime service with two additional community bus routes that give extended service during off-peak times and provide evening service after the regular routes stop running. Weekday service is provided on two routes to destinations outside the city; to Port Colborne and St. Catharines. For outlying areas of the city not on current transit routes, a service named Trans-Cab offers taxi connections to the conventional bus service for a small additional fee. Accessible services, for people unable to make use of regular buses, are available within the city or across the region.
Transit Division
- Address: 75 Federal Road
- Coordinates: 42°58′07"N 79°15′28.5"W
- Functions: Operations and administration, bus charters and bus maintenance.
Transit Terminal
- Address: 160 East Main St.
- Coordinates: 42°59′34"N 79°14′47"W
- Opened: January 19th, 1994
- Functions: Hub for all city bus routes and provision of intercity services
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service to Toronto
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Bus routes
Welland Transit operates the following routes;Regular service
Core routes operate Monday through Friday from approximately 7AM to 6:30PM, and on Saturday from approximately 10AM to 6:30PM.- 1 Broadway
- 2 Rice Road
- 3 First Avenue
- 4 Fitch St
- 5 Lincoln-Wellington
- 6 Ontario Rd
- 8 Woodlawn
- 9 Niagara St
Evening service
The community buses provide flag stop service on combination versions of the 8 main routes. Service is provided until 11PM on weekdays and until 10PM on Saturdays.- 10 West Community Bus
- 11 East Community Bus
Special services
- Welland - St. Catharines Connection provides September to May service between Niagara CollegeNiagara CollegeNiagara College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology within the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. The College has four campuses: the Welland Campus in Welland, the Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls, home of the Tourism Industry...
in Welland and Brock UniversityBrock UniversityBrock University is a comprehensive university located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Brock offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs that include co-op and other experiential learning opportunities to an enrolment of over 17,000 full-time students.The enabling legislation is...
in St. Catharines, where there are bus connections available to St. Catharines, Thorold and Niagara Falls at the Brock University Hub. - Welland - Niagara-on-the-Lake Link provides September to May service between the two campuses of Niagara College.
- Welland - Port Colborne Link makes 3 trips daily and operates as a flag stop route as it, connects downtown Port Colborne with Niagara College and downtown Welland.
Trans-Cab
Extends service to areas with insufficient traffic to warrant a regular bus route by means of a taxi connection to the existing bus network. Suburbs served are Cooks MillsCooks Mills, Niagara Region, Ontario
Cooks Mills is a small community in the easternmost part of the city of Welland in Ontario, Canada. It has been established, and is still centred, on a Welland River tributary called Lyons Creek. It's almost entirely a bedroom community, as there are few companies located in the area.-History:The...
, Dain City
Dain City, Ontario
Dain City is a small suburb located at the southern-most part of Welland, Ontario, Canada. At one time, it was a mostly self-contained rural community at the junction of two significant rail lines, part of the Township of Humberstone, and was called Welland Junction. The name was changed to Dain...
, Hunters Pointe and Quaker Road.