Woodstock Transit is operated by the City of Woodstock

Woodstock, Ontario

Woodstock is a city and the county seat of Oxford County in Southern Ontario, Canada. Woodstock is located 128 km southwest of Toronto, north of Highway 401 along the historic Thames River...

, Ontario

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, Canada

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, providing both regular transit bus

Transit bus

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 routes and specialized paratransit

Paratransit

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 services for the community.

Public transit service in Woodstock dates back to 1900 when the Woodstock, Thames Valley and Ingersoll Electric Railway Company began operation with electric streetcars (or interurbans) between Woodstock and Ingersoll

Ingersoll, Ontario

Ingersoll is a town in Oxford County on the Thames River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The nearest cities are Woodstock to the east and London to the west....

, then replacement bus service from 1925 until 1942. Bluebird Coach Lines then ran the local transit service until the early 1950’s when the City took over.

Scheduled service

Regular transit buses currently operate on 6 routes between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday, and from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday. There is no Sunday or holiday service.

All buses operate on one-way loops from the transportation hub

Transportation hub

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on Wellington at Dundas. Route 1 Northeast continues on as Route 6 Southwest; Route 2 Dundas East becomes Route 4 Northwest; Route 3 North Central proceeds as Route 5 Southeast, and then they revert to their previous route the next time around.

Para Transit

Para transit service is provided by the city on Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. with additional municipal subsidized para taxi service provided by a licensed cab company. All users of the system must be registered.

Proposed changes

Phased in changes to the transit system in 2008 will see the introduction of a new logo and branding, route map and fare structure and eventual expansion of current service levels. Initially the city will maintain six routes, but expand them to areas that haven't been serviced before. Starting in July, drivers will begin announcing stops and the fare structure will change. October will possibly see the introduction of additional routes.

External links

• City of Woodstock: TRANSIT RIDERSHIP GROWTH AND ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN