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| '''Founded''' || September 2011  
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| '''Number Of Routes''' || 6
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'''Niagara Region Transit''' provides connections between the twelve different municipalities of the Niagara Region in the Province of Ontario.  
'''Niagara Region Transit''' provides intermunicipal service between communities in Niagara Region, ON.


==History==
==History==
Regional council approved a three year pilot project on June 23, 2010. They granted money for new buses and operating costs to the three major cities' transit systems, [[Niagara Falls Transit]], [[St. Catharines Transit]], and [[Welland Transit]].<ref>[http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/1052546--transit-pilot-a-go Transit pilot a go], niagarathisweek.com, retrieved on 2011-08-30</ref> Regional transit in the Niagara Region has been discussed for many years, but finally became a reality on September 12, 2011. After the pilot phase, Regional council voted to continue the initiative in 2014.
Regional council approved a three year pilot project on June 23, 2010. They granted money for new buses and operating costs to the three major cities' transit systems, [[Niagara Falls Transit]], [[St. Catharines Transit]], and [[Welland Transit]].<ref>[http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/1052546--transit-pilot-a-go Transit pilot a go], niagarathisweek.com, retrieved on 2011-08-30</ref> Regional transit in the Niagara Region has been discussed for many years, but finally became a reality on September 12, 2011. After the pilot phase, Regional council voted to continue the initiative in 2014.


Effective September 6, 2016, Niagara Region Transit amended its service between St. Catharines and Niagara Falls by adding a new route.  The new route (40/45) took over some service destinations from route 50/55, and modified service hours for both lines.
Effective September 6, 2016, Niagara Region Transit added route 40/45 between Niagara Falls and St. Catharines via Niagara College.  The new route took over some service destinations from route 50/55, and modified service hours for both lines.
 
Express branches of routes 40/45, 60/65 and 70/75 were introduced in January and September 2019, replacing express services to post-secondary institutions previously operated by local systems.


==Routes==
==Routes==
 
*[[Niagara Region Transit route 22 'Fort Erie - Niagara Falls'|'''22''' Fort Erie - Niagara Falls]]
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*[[Niagara Region Transit route 25 'Port Colborne - Welland'|'''25''' Port Colborne - Welland]]
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*[[Niagara Region Transit route 40/45 'Niagara Falls - St. Catharines'|'''40/45''' Niagara Falls - St. Catharines]]
|bgcolor="#006400" align="right"|[[Niagara Region Transit route 40/45 'Niagara Falls-St. Catharines'|<span style="color:#ffffff">'''40'''/'''45'''</span>]]
**[[Niagara Region Transit route 40A/45A 'Niagara Falls - Niagara College (Express)'|'''40A/45A''' Niagara Falls - Niagara College (Express)]]
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**[[Niagara Region Transit route 40B/45B 'St. Catharines - Niagara College (Express)'|'''40B/45B''' St. Catharines - Niagara College (Express)]]
|bgcolor="#f15d2f" align="right"|[[Niagara Region Transit route 50/55 'Niagara Falls-St. Catharines'|<span style="color:#ffffff">'''50'''/'''55'''</span>]]
*[[Niagara Region Transit route 50/55 'Niagara Falls - St. Catharines'|'''50/55''' Niagara Falls - St. Catharines]]
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*[[Niagara Region Transit route 60/65 'Niagara Falls - Welland'|'''60/65''' Niagara Falls - Welland]]
|bgcolor="#006bb6" align="right"|[[Niagara Region Transit route 60/65 'Welland-Niagara Falls'|<span style="color:#ffffff">'''60'''/'''65'''</span>]]
**[[Niagara Region Transit route 60A/65A 'Niagara Falls - Welland (Express)'|'''60A/65A''' Niagara Falls - Welland (Express)]]
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*[[Niagara Region Transit route 70/75 'St. Catharines - Welland'|'''70/75''' St. Catharines - Welland]]
|bgcolor="#8bc750" align="right"|[[Niagara Region Transit route 70/75 'St. Catharines-Welland'|<span style="color:#ffffff">'''70'''/'''75'''</span>]]
**[[Niagara Region Transit route 70A/75A 'Brock - Niagara College (Welland)'|'''70A/75A''' Brock - Niagara College (Welland Campus)]]
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|bgcolor="#8B0000" align="right"|[[Niagara Region Transit route 'Port Colborne Link'|<span style="color:#ffffff">'''PCL'''</span>]]
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|bgcolor="#6C5F26" align="right"|[[Niagara Region Transit route 22 'Fort Erie Link'|<span style="color:#ffffff">'''FEL'''</span>]]
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==Active fleet==
==Active fleet==
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!Operator
!Operator
!Notes
!Notes
|- align="center"
|[[Welland Transit 0750-0751|0750-0751]]
|[[File:Welland Transit 0750-a.jpg|128px]]
|2007
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISL|ISL]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.5|D864.5]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[St. Catharines Transit]] [[St. Catharines Transit 0701-0706|0704, 0702]].
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[St. Catharines Transit 1140-1142|1140-1142]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit 1140-1142|1140-1142]]
Line 59: Line 66:
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.5|D864.5]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.5|D864.5]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit]]
|
| align="left"|
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[Welland Transit 1150-1151|1150-1151]]
|[[Welland Transit 1150-1151|1150-1151]]
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|[[New Flyer Industries XD40|XD40]]
|[[New Flyer Industries XD40|XD40]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISL|ISL9]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISL|ISL9]]
|[[Allison|Allison World B400R6]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R6]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
|
| align="left"|
|- align="center"
|[[St. Catharines Transit 1740|1740]]
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 1740-a.jpg|128px]]
|2018
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit]]
|align="left"|
|- align="center"
|[[Niagara Falls Transit 1811|1811]]
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 1811-a.jpg|128px]]
|2018
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.6|D864.6]]
|[[Niagara Falls Transit]]
|align="left"|
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[Welland Transit 1167-1169|1169]]
|[[Welland Transit 1167-1169|1850]]
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 1169-a.jpg|128px]]
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 1169-c.jpg|128px]]
|2017
|2017
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus]]
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|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
| align="left"|
*Numbered 1169 until September 2018.
|- align="center"
|[[Niagara Falls Transit 1930-1934|1930-1934]]
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 1930-a.jpg|128px]]
|2020
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.6|D864.6]]
|[[Niagara Falls Transit]]
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
*Delivered May 2020.
*Built in Plattsburgh.
|- align="center"
|[[Niagara Falls Transit 1935-1938|1935-1938]]
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 1935-a.jpg|128px]]
|2019
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS Artic|LFS Artic]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.6|D864.6]]
|[[Niagara Falls Transit]]
| align="left"|
*Delivered October 2019, entered service November 2019. 
|- align="center"
|[[Welland Transit 1950-1951|1950-1951]]
|[[File:Welland Transit 1951-a.jpg|128px]]
|2019
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
| align="left"|
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[St. Catharines Transit 1740|1740]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit 2040-2043|2040-2043]]
|
|
|2018
|2020
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.6|D864.6]]
|[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit]]
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[Niagara Falls Transit 1811|1811]]
|[[Welland Transit 2050|2050]]
|
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 2050-a.jpg|128px]]
|2018
|2020
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Nova Bus LFS|LFS]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins L9|L9]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.6|D864.6]]
|[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[Niagara Falls Transit]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
|align="left"|
|align="left"|
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[Niagara Falls Transit 2190-2192|2190-2192]]
|[[Niagara Falls Transit 2190-2192|2190-2192]]
|[[Image: Niagara Region Transit 2191-b.jpg|128px]]
|[[Image: Niagara Region Transit 2191-c.jpg|128px]]
|2011
|2011
|[[Orion Bus Industries|OBI]]
|[[Orion Bus Industries|OBI]]
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|[[Niagara Falls Transit]]
|[[Niagara Falls Transit]]
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|- align="center"
|[[Niagara Falls Transit 2830-2834|2830-2834]]
|[[File: Niagara Falls Transit 2833-a.jpg|128px]]
|2007-2008
|[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D60LFR|D60LFR]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISM|ISM]]<br>330 hp
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B500R]]<br> 6 speed
|[[Niagara Falls Transit]]
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[MiWay]] [[Mississauga Transit 0851-0885#0851|0851]], [[Mississauga Transit 0851-0885#0854|0854]], [[Mississauga Transit 0851-0885#0857|0857]], [[Mississauga Transit 0851-0885#0864|0864]], [[Mississauga Transit 0851-0885#0868|0868]].
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|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[St. Catharines Transit 90-95|90]]
|[[St. Catharines Transit 90-95|90]]
|[[Image:St. Catharines Transit 90-c.jpg|128px]]
|[[Image:St. Catharines Transit 90-d.jpg|128px]]
|2002
|2002
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]]
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]]
Line 135: Line 207:
*Re-assigned from conventional fleet in 2016
*Re-assigned from conventional fleet in 2016
*Used as a spare
*Used as a spare
|- align="center"
|[[Welland Transit 0251|0251]]
|[[File:Niagara Region Transit 1172-a.jpg|128px]]
|2003
|[[New Flyer Industries|NFI]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D40i|D40i]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISL|ISL]]
|[[Allison Transmission|Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|[[Welland Transit]]
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[St. Catharines Transit]] [[St. Catharines Transit 92|92]].
*Numbered 1172 from June-September 2018.
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