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|width=150px| '''Area served''' || Milton, ON | |width=150px| '''Area served''' || Milton, ON | ||
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| '''Founded''' || | | '''Founded''' || February 2nd, 1972 | ||
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| '''Fleet size''' ||23 | | '''Fleet size''' ||23 | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Milton Transit was formed | Milton Transit was formed on February 2nd, 1972 and was run by Milton Bus Lines until sometime in the mid 1990s. After the contract switched to [[Laidlaw Transportation]]. Bus operations and maintenance were later contracted out to [[Oakville Transit]] beginning in 2004 using its own fleet of buses. | ||
Service was reorganized and relaunched in 2008, with four new routes beginning service. Four new buses also entered service ([[Milton Transit 0801-0804|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. | Service was reorganized and relaunched in 2008, with four new routes beginning service. Four new buses also entered service ([[Milton Transit 0801-0804|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. | ||
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[[Pacific Western Transportation]] became the new contractor on March 8, 2010, assuming operations, storage and maintenance responsibilities.<ref>[http://www.insidehalton.com/news/cityhall/article/606296--new-company-to-provide-milton-transit-service New company to provide Milton Transit service], insidehalton.com, retrieved on 2010-03-07</ref> 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. | [[Pacific Western Transportation]] became the new contractor on March 8, 2010, assuming operations, storage and maintenance responsibilities.<ref>[http://www.insidehalton.com/news/cityhall/article/606296--new-company-to-provide-milton-transit-service New company to provide Milton Transit service], insidehalton.com, retrieved on 2010-03-07</ref> 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 | Between 2012 and 2019, new routes were introduced Two new routes as the city expanded along with rerouting of some routes. There are plans to restructure some routes and create Home-to-Hub service in the near future. | ||
==Rebranding== | |||
In 2017 to celebrate the towns 160th birthday, a new town logo was created. The rebranding of buses started later. The livery uses a ''bright blue, yellow-green, red-orange & magenta'' on the passenger side. The livery is the reverse pattern on the driver side. The transit logo is bold black and bright blue. | |||
==Routes== | ==Routes== | ||
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|[[Milton Transit 1201-1203|1201-1203]] | |[[Milton Transit 1201-1203|1201-1203]] | ||
|[[File:Milton Transit | |[[File:Milton Transit 1202-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
|2012 | |2012 | ||
|[[New Flyer|NFI]] | |[[New Flyer|NFI]] | ||
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|[[4ONE]] [[4ONE Aries|Aries]] | |[[4ONE]] [[4ONE Aries|Aries]] | ||
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*Acquired as a replacement for [[Milton Transit 5250, 9701-9705|9704]]. | |||
*Delivered late 2018. | *Delivered late 2018. | ||
|- align="center" | |||
|1921-1924 | |||
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|2019 | |||
|[[Ram]] | |||
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[[Creative Carriage]] | |||
|[[Ram ProMaster|ProMaster]] | |||
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[[Creative Carriage CS-2|CS-2]] | |||
|[[Chrysler]] [[Chrysler Pentastar|Pentastar 3.6L]] Gasoline | |||
|[[Chrysler]] [[Chrysler Ultradrive|62TE]] | |||
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|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|[[Milton Transit 5250, 9701-9705|9702-9703, 9705]] | |[[Milton Transit 5250, 9701-9705|9702-9703, 9705]] | ||
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!Engine | !Engine | ||
!Transmission | !Transmission | ||
!Notes | !Notes | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|TBD | |TBD | ||
( | (2 units) | ||
|2019 | |2019 | ||
|[[Nova Bus]] | |[[Nova Bus]] | ||
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|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]] | |[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]] | ||
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.6|D864.6]] | |[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.6|D864.6]] | ||
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*To replace | *To replace two [[Milton Transit 5250, 9701-9705|1995 New Flyer D40LF]] buses. | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Conventional Retired | ===Conventional Retired Roster=== | ||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable | {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable | ||
!Fleet number(s) | !Fleet number(s) | ||
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!Transmission | !Transmission | ||
!Notes | !Notes | ||
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|1969-1971 | |||
|[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | |||
|Econoline Club Wagon | |||
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*Owned by Milton Bus Lines. | |||
*First vehicles used for start of service. | |||
*Unknown fleet numbers. | |||
*Unknown number of vehicles. | |||
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|[[Milton Transit 20|20]] | |[[Milton Transit 20|20]] | ||
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|[[Image:Milton Transit 0802-a.jpg|128px]] | |[[Image:Milton Transit 0802-a.jpg|128px]] | ||
|2008 | |2008 | ||
|[[ | |[[North American Bus Industries|NABI]] | ||
|[[Blue Bird Ultra LF|Ultra LF]] | |[[Blue Bird Ultra LF|Ultra LF]] | ||
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISB|ISB]] | |[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISB|ISB]] | ||
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B300R5]] | |[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B300R5]] | ||
|align=left| | |align=left| | ||
*Owned by the | *Owned by the Town of Milton. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|[[Milton Transit 1773|1773]] | |[[Milton Transit 1773|1773]] | ||
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|align=left| | |align=left| | ||
*Ex-[[Oakville Transit]] [[Oakville Transit 3301-3308|3301-3302]]. | *Ex-[[Oakville Transit]] [[Oakville Transit 3301-3308|3301-3302]]. | ||
*Owned by the | *Owned by the Town of Milton. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|[[Oakville Transit 3301-3308|3303-3308]] | |[[Oakville Transit 3301-3308|3303-3308]] | ||
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| align="left"| | | align="left"| | ||
*Owned by [[Oakville Transit]]. | *Owned by [[Oakville Transit]]. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
|[[Milton Transit 8801|8801]] | |[[Milton Transit 8801|8801]] | ||
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*Originally [[Orange County Transportation Authority|OCTA]] [[Orange County Transportation Authority 5201-5250|5200 series]]. | *Originally [[Orange County Transportation Authority|OCTA]] [[Orange County Transportation Authority 5201-5250|5200 series]]. | ||
*Delivered in 2015. | *Delivered in 2015. | ||
*Owned by the Town of Milton. | *Owned by the Town of Milton. | ||
|- align="center" | |- align="center" | ||
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|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]] | |[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]] | ||
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* | *Former CNG demonstrator. | ||
* | *Rebuilt and converted to diesel by MTB. | ||
* | *Leased in 2008 to early 2009. | ||
*Acquired in early 2009. | |||
*Formally numbered 0805. | |||
*Owned by the Town of Milton. | |||
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|[[Milton Transit 231600|231600]] | |[[Milton Transit 231600|231600]] | ||
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|align=left| | |align=left| | ||
*Owned by [[Laidlaw Transportation|Laidlaw]]. | *Owned by [[Laidlaw Transportation|Laidlaw]]. | ||
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===Parts Bus Roster=== | |||
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable | |||
!Fleet number(s) | |||
!Thumbnail | |||
!Year | |||
!Manufacturer | |||
!Model | |||
!Engine | |||
!Transmission | |||
!Notes | |||
|- align="center" | |||
|[[Milton Transit 5250, 9701-9705|52550]] | |||
|[[File:Milton Transit Parts Bus 5250-a.jpg|128px]] | |||
|1995 | |||
|[[New Flyer|NFI]] | |||
|[[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]] | |||
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISC|ISC]] | |||
|[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]] | |||
|align=left| | |||
*Ex-[[Pacific Western Transportation|Pacific Western]]. | |||
*Nee-[[Orange County Transportation Authority|OCTA]] [[Orange County Transportation Authority 5201-5250|5212]]. | |||
*Arrived in 2016. | |||
*Scrapped. | |||
|- align="center" | |||
|[[Milton Transit 5250, 9701-9705|5263]] | |||
|[[File:Milton Transit Parts Bus 5263-a.jpg|128px]] | |||
|1995 | |||
|[[New Flyer|NFI]] | |||
|[[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]] | |||
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISC|ISC]] | |||
|[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]] | |||
|align=left| | |||
*Ex-[[Pacific Western Transportation|Pacific Western]]. | |||
*Nee-[[Orange County Transportation Authority|OCTA]] [[Orange County Transportation Authority 5201-5250|5234]]. | |||
*Arrived in 2018. | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 01:03, 27 December 2019
Area served | Milton, ON |
Founded | February 2nd, 1972 |
Fleet size | 23 |
Number of routes | 16 |
Ridership | 138,000 (2010) |
Milton Transit is the transit service operating in Milton, ON. Vehicles are operated and maintained by PWTransit Canada.[1]
History
Milton Transit was formed on February 2nd, 1972 and was run by Milton Bus Lines until sometime in the mid 1990s. After the contract switched to Laidlaw Transportation. Bus operations and maintenance were later contracted out to Oakville Transit beginning in 2004 using its own fleet of buses.
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.
Pacific Western Transportation became the new contractor on March 8, 2010, assuming operations, storage and maintenance responsibilities.[2] 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.
Between 2012 and 2019, new routes were introduced Two new routes as the city expanded along with rerouting of some routes. There are plans to restructure some routes and create Home-to-Hub service in the near future.
Rebranding
In 2017 to celebrate the towns 160th birthday, a new town logo was created. The rebranding of buses started later. The livery uses a bright blue, yellow-green, red-orange & magenta on the passenger side. The livery is the reverse pattern on the driver side. The transit logo is bold black and bright blue.
Routes
Conventional
- 1A Industrial Special Clockwise (Weekdays only)
- 1B Industrial Special Counter Clockwise (Weekdays only)
- 1C Industrial Special (Saturday only)
- 2 Main
- 3 Trudeau
- 4 Thompson-Clark
- 5 Yates
- 6 Scott
- 7 Harrison
- 8 Willmott
- 9 Ontario South
- 10 Farmstead
Evening
School special
Discontinued Routes
- 1 Woodward / Maple
- 1 Steeles/Main
- 5 Milton Crossroads
- 61 Glen Eden Slopes Express
- 62 Campbellville
Fares
Facilities
Garage
- Address: 420 Morobel Dr., Milton, ON
Conventional fleet
Conventional Active Roster
On Order
Fleet number(s) | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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TBD
(2 units) |
2019 | Nova Bus | LFS | Cummins L9 | Voith D864.6 |
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Conventional Retired Roster
Fleet number(s) | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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1969-1971 | Ford | Econoline Club Wagon |
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20 | 198_ | International | Thomas |
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0801-0804 | 2008 | NABI | Ultra LF | Cummins ISB | Allison B300R5 |
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1773 | 198_ | International | Thomas |
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1774-1775 | 198_ | International | Blue Bird |
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1561, 1565 | 198_ | GMC Vandura | Micro Bird |
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3301-3302 | 2003 | Ford/Girardin | E-450 SuperDuty/MB-IV |
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3303-3308 | 2003 | Ford/Girardin | E-450 |
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8801 | 1988 | OBI | Orion I (01.507) |
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9001 | 1991 | OBI | Orion I (01.507) |
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9701, 9704 | 1995 | NFI | D40LF | Cummins ISC | Allison B400R |
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9901 | 1999 | OBI | Orion VI (06.501) |
Detroit Diesel Series 50 | Allison B400R |
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231600 | 1999 | Ford/Corbeil | E-350 SuperDuty/Minibus |
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234510 | 1999 | International/Corbeil | 3800/Conventional |
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Parts Bus Roster
Fleet number(s) | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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52550 | 1995 | NFI | D40LF | Cummins ISC | Allison B400R |
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5263 | 1995 | NFI | D40LF | Cummins ISC | Allison B400R |
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External Links
References
- ↑ About Us, Milton Transit, retrieved 02/24/2018.
- ↑ New company to provide Milton Transit service, insidehalton.com, retrieved on 2010-03-07
Vehicles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current | 0901-0903, 1001-1002, 1201-1203, 1701-1702, 1801-1803, 1804, 1901-1902, 1921-1924, 2001, 2021-2022, 2031-2032, 2201-2205, 2231-2234 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Former | 4, 20, 0801-0804, 1301-1303, 1501-1502, 3301-3302, 8801, 9001, 9701-9705, 9901, 231600, 234510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Routes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Conventional | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OnDemand | 401 Industrial Zone, Boyne Zone 1, Boyne Zone 2, Derry Green Zone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School Specials | 50, 51, 52, 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former | 1A/B, 1C, 10, 30, 31, 32, 61, 62 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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