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| Area served | Windsor, ON |
| Founded | November 1, 1977 |
| Fleet size | 112 buses |
| Number of routes | 13 |
| Annual ridership | 6,500,000 |
| USDOT# | MC/MX # | Full Legal Name |
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| 248112 | MC-124817 | WINDSOR CHARTABUS INC |
Transit Windsor (formerly the Sandwich, Windsor and Amherstburg Railway Company) operates transit service in the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontario, Town of LaSalle(coming late 2017) and a small portion of Tecumseh. Transit Windsor is also unique in that it is one of only a few, if not the only, fixed-route transit agency that operates a frequent fixed transit route across an international border, through the Tunnel Bus service (formerly operated by the Detroit-Canada Tunnel Company) to the Rosa Parks Transit Center in downtown Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, where connections are made with DDOT, SMART and the Detroit People Mover. Transfers can also be made to Tecumseh Transit at Tecumseh Mall in East Windsor. Transit Windsor also services and stores 1-2 Greyhound Canada buses per day.
History
Timeline of important events
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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 - 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.
- 1996 - Fort Frances Transit ceases operation and sells two of their Orion Bus Industries Orion II buses to Transit Windsor, which then become their first low-floor buses. They would later be placed into service on the short-lived Devonshire Mall - Silver City Shuttle service in 1998.
- 2000 - In January, Trip Tickets are introduced, allowing passengers to purchase one-way tickets in sheets of 10 at a discounted rate.
- 2001 - Bike racks are installed on Transit Windsor's low-floor buses. High-floor buses were never equipped with bike racks as of 2016.
- 2007 - The new Windsor International Transit Terminal opens.
- 2016 - On August 24, the Transit Windsor garage receives minor damage from a nearby passing tornado.
- 2017 - With a goal of September, Transit Windsor will be expanding to include the town of Lasalle.
Fares
Effective July 1, 2016.
| Age Group | Cash (single fare) |
Ticket | Monthly Pass | |||
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| City | Tunnel | City (sheet of 5) |
Tunnel (single) |
City | Tunnel | |
| Adult | $3.00 | $5.00 | $12.65 | $5.00 | $95.70 | $95.70 |
| Senior (60+) | $9.90 | $48.40 | ||||
| Student | $66.00 | |||||
- Children under 5 are free with a full paying passenger.
- Affordable Pass Program (APP) - $48.40
- Combo pass (city & tunnel) - $157.00/month
- Corporate ValuPass - $73.95
- Day Pass & Family day pass - $9.00
- Student Summer Saver (2-month student pass for Jul & Aug) - $105.00
- Windsor Spitfires shuttle - $3.00 round trip or $1.50 one way or valid bus pass or transfer.
Transfers
Facilities
- Transit Centre: 3700 North Service Road East
- Windsor International Transit Terminal: 300 Chatham St. West
Routes
Current City routes (as of June 7th 2013)
| 1A | Transway | 1C | Transway | 2 | Crosstown | 3 | Central | 3 | West | 4 | Ottawa |
| 5 | Dominion | 6 | Dougall | 7 | South Windsor | 8 | Walkerville | 10 | Lauzon | 14 | Parent |
International Travel
Former Routes
Fleet
Transit Windsor currently utilizes 112 transit buses from Orion Bus Industries in Orion VI and Orion VII models, Nova Bus in the LFS model, New Flyer Industries in the diesel XD40 and second-hand D40i and diesel-electric hybrid DE40LFR and XDE40 models and ElDorado National in the E-Z Rider II model.
Active bus roster
| Fleet number(s) |
Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Destination sign | Notes |
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413-418
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1998 | OBI | Orion 06.501 | Detroit Diesel Series 50 | Allison B400R | Luminator Mega:MAX | Bike racks added in 2001. |
| 420-424
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1999 | OBI | Orion 06.501 | Detroit Diesel Series 50 | Allison B400R | Luminator Mega:MAX |
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| 425-430
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2002 | OBI | Orion 07.501 | Cummins ISC | Allison B400R | Axion Technologies LED | |
| 431-436, 438-444
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2004 | OBI | Orion 07.501 | Cummins ISL | Voith D864.3E | Luminator Horizon | 437 is retired. |
| 549-553
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1997 | Nova Bus | LFS 40102 1st Generation |
Cummins C8.3 | Allison B400R | 549-552 Luminator Mega:MAX
553 Axion Technologies LED |
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| 555-564
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2005 | Nova Bus | LFS 40102 2nd Generation |
Cummins ISL | Voith D864.5 | Luminator Horizon | |
| 570-577
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2016 | Nova Bus | LFS 40102 4th Generation |
Cummins ISL | Voith D864.5 | Axion Technologies LED |
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| 601-618
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2009 | New Flyer | DE40LFR | Cummins ISL | Allison EP40 hybrid system |
Luminator Horizon | Equipped with rear destination signs |
| 619-629
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2011 | New Flyer | XDE40 | Cummins ISL9 | Allison H 40 EP hybrid system |
Axion Technologies LED | Equipped with rear destination signs |
| 630-633
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2013 | New Flyer | XD40 | Cummins ISL9 | Voith D864.5 | Axion Technologies LED | Equipped with rear destination signs |
| 634-639
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2014 | New Flyer | XD40 | Cummins ISL9 | Voith D864.5 | Axion Technologies LED |
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| 670-685
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2002/2003 | New Flyer | D40i | Cummins ISL | Allison B400R6 | Luminator Horizon | Ex-London Transit Commission, acquired in 2014 |
| 701-702
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2006 | ElDorado | E-Z Rider II | Cummins ISB | Allison B300R | Luminator Horizon | Bike racks added in 2016, previously the only low-floor buses in fleet without bike racks as these were initially intended for use on the Tunnel Bus. |
Active bus roster
| Fleet number(s) |
Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Destination sign | Notes |
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| (26)To be determined | 2017-2018 | Nova Bus | LFS 40102 4th Generation |
Cummins ISL ? | Voith D864.5 ? | Axion Technologies LED |
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Retired bus roster
Leased/demo bus roster
| Fleet number(s) | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission | Notes |
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| 5009 | 1982 | GMDD | TA60-102N | Detroit Diesel 8V71N | Allison V735 | Leased from Mississauga Transit during June 1983 | |
| 8201 | 1982 | GMDD | TA60-102N | Detroit Diesel 8V71N | Allison V735 | Leased from Hamilton Street Railway during June 1983 | |
| 8202 | 1982 | GMDD | TA60-102N | Detroit Diesel 8V71N | Allison V735 | Leased from Hamilton Street Railway during June 1985 | |
| File:Transit windsor Ikarus demo-1-.JPG | 1984 | OBI | 03.501 | Orion III demonstrator, leased from Orion during June 1985 | |||
| 8206 | 
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1982 | GMDD | TA60-102N | Detroit Diesel 8V71N | Allison V735 | Leased from Hamilton Street Railway in June 1986 |
| 8204 | 1982 | GMDD | TA60-102N | Detroit Diesel 8V71N | Allison V735 | Leased from Hamilton Street Railway in June 1987 | |
| 9370 | 1993 | NFI | D60 | Detroit Diesel 6V92TA | ZF 5HP590 | Leased from Mississauga Transit in june 1995 | |
| 601-606 | 
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1981 | Grumman Flxible | 40102-6 |
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| Unknown, maybe 1980 | OBI | 01.501 |
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Parts buses
| Fleet number | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | VIN | License plate | Notes |
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| 402 | 2002 | NFI | D40i | 2FYD3LN112U023926 | Ex London Transit Commission, bought in 2014 | ||
| 429 | 2002 | NFI | D40i | Ex London Transit Commission, bought in 2014? | |||
| 430 | 2002 | NFI | D40i | Ex London Transit Commission, bought in 2014? | |||
| 440 | 2003 | NFI | D40i | Ex London Transit Commission, bought in 2014? | |||
| 312 | 1997 | OBI | Orion 06.501 CNG | 1VH669K77V6040057 | Ex London Transit Commission | ||
| 325 | 1997 | OBI | Orion 06.501 CNG | 1VH669K74V6040131 | Ex London Transit Commission |
Supervisor/service fleet
| Fleet number | Thumbnail | Year | Manufacturer | Model | VIN | License plate | Notes |
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| 8 | Ford | Sweeper | |||||
| 15 | GMC | Plow | |||||
| 16 | Ford | F350/F450 | Plow | ||||
| 20 | Ford | F-550 | Service Truck | ||||
| 88 | GMC | Tow Truck | |||||
| 132 | Chrysler | Concorde | |||||
| 201 | Dodge | Caravan | Supervisor van | ||||
| 203 | Dodge | Caravan | Supervisor van | ||||
| 204 | Dodge | Caravan | Supervisor van | ||||
| 206 | 2008 | Chevrolet | Uplander | Supervisor van | |||
| 210 | Dodge | Grand Caravan | BSKY 413 | Supervisor van | |||
| 211 | Dodge | Grand Caravan | BSKY 415 | Supervisor van | |||
| 212 | Dodge | Grand Caravan | Supervisor van | ||||
| 213 | Dodge | Grand Caravan | BSRR 018 | Supervisor van | |||
| 217 | Dodge | Grand Caravan | Supervisor van | ||||
| 218 | Chevrolet | Uplander | AH 51796 | Supervisor van | |||
| 302 | Service van | ||||||
| 303 | Service van | ||||||
| 306 | Service van | ||||||
| 307 | Service van | ||||||
| 308 | Service van | ||||||
| 2202 | 2002 | Ford/Starcraft | E-series/AllStar |
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References
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