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 *'''1977''' - On November 1, the Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway Company becomes Transit Windsor. At the time, the active fleet consisted of 90 transit buses, two suburban buses, three highway coaches and one double-decker bus.
 *'''1979''' - The old Kildare Road garage is abandoned and torn down to make room for an expansion of a [[General Motors]] transmission plant. A portion of the property is temporarily leased back to Transit Windsor until the new administrative offices and garage at 3700 E.C. Row Avenue (since renamed North Service Road East) are dedicated on April 29.
-*'''1982''' - On February 1, the [[Detroit-Canada Tunnel Company]] is purchased, consisting of the Tunnel Bus service to Detroit and eight [[New Look]] buses that were built by [[GMC]] in Pontiac, Michigan, rather than Transit Windsor's other New Looks, all of which were built in London, Ontario, or in later years in St-Eustache, Quebec, by [[General Motors Diesel Division]].
+*'''1982''' - Transit Windsor took over the Tunnel Bus service, after the tunnel corporation ceased to operate the tunnel service. The buses used to operate the service were sold to an individual in Michigan, who ran a shuttle service for a private college. Eventually some were used for parts to keep the others running before ceasing operations.
 *'''1988''' - Mascot "Willi" is introduced.
 *'''1989''' - New fareboxes are installed in August, capable of reporting the number of boarding passengers, passenger types, bus routes and times of day.