Milton Transit

Area served	Milton, ON
Founded	early 1990s
Fleet size	12
Number of routes	11
Ridership

Milton Transit is the transit service operating in Milton, ON. Vehicles are stored, maintained, and operated by Diversified Transportation.

History

Milton Transit was formed in the early 1990s and was run by Laidlaw Transportation. Bus operations and maintenance were later contracted out to Oakville Transit beginning in 2004.

Service was reorganized and relaunched in 2008, with four new routes beginning service. Four new buses also entered service (0801-0804) to provide increased service. Storage and maintenance responsibilities were transferred to MTB Truck and Bus Collision (MTB), located in Milton, while Oakville Transit continued to provide drivers for the service. Reliability of the new buses were problematic, with runs needing to be constantly cancelled due to major breakdowns; free service was provided during parts of 2009 to win back ridership.

Diversified Transportation became the new contractor on March 8, 2010, assuming operations, storage and maintenance responsibilities. New route 6 was also introduced at this time. Major service changes occurred September 7, 2010, which involved a major reorganization of all routes, and included the launching of three high school special routes and evening zone service meeting the last GO train.

Two new routes (7 and 8) were introduced in September 2012, along with a minor rerouting of route 6.

Routes

Conventional

• 1 Steeles-Martin
• 2 Main
• 3 Trudeau
• 4 Thompson-Clark
• 5 Yates
• 6 Scott
• 7 Harrison (beginning September 2012)
• 8 Willmott (beginning September 2012)

Evening

• 31 West Zone Drop-off
• 32 East Zone Drop-off

School special

• 50 Yates
• 52 Derry - Trudeau
• 52 Yates - Thompson

Seasonal

• 61 Glen Eden Slopes Express

Conventional fleet

Active roster

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Seating	Notes
9901		1999	OBI	Orion VI 06.501	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Allison B400R	Luminator Mega:MAX		Originally leased in 2008 and then bought by Milton Transit in early 2009 Originally numbered 0805 until early 2009 Ex-Orion CNG demo, rebuilt by MTB
0801-0804		2008	Blue Bird	Ultra LF	Cummins ISB	Allison B300R5	TwinVision Amber LED	24 4ONE Aries
0901-0903		2010	New Flyer	D40LF	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	TwinVision Amber LED	4ONE Aries	Delivered February 2010
1001-1002		2010	New Flyer	D40LF	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	TwinVision Amber LED	4ONE Aries	Delivered Fall 2010
1201-1203		2012	New Flyer	XD40	Cummins ISL9	Voith D864.5	TwinVision Amber LED	37 4ONE Aries

Retired roster

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
3301-3302		2003	Ford/Girardin	E-450 SuperDuty/MB-IV			Former Oakville Transit Zone buses Used as a spare buses
8801		1988	OBI	Orion 01.507			Was sold to Transit Cape Breton as 743
9001		1991	OBI	Orion 01.507			Was sold to Transit Cape Breton as 742
234510		1999?	International/Corbeil	3800/Conventional			Owned by Laidlaw
231600		1999	Ford/Corbeil	E-350 SuperDuty/Minibus			Owned by Laidlaw

References

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Vehicles
Current	9901, 0801-0804, 0901-0903, 1001-1002, 1201-1203
Former
Routes
Conventional	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Evening	31, 32
Seasonal	61
School Specials	50, 51, 52
Greater Golden Horseshoe Agencies