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'Brampton Transit' (BT) is public transport bus operator for the City of Brampton in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in Ontario, Canada. Brampton Transit began operations in 1974.
In May 2005, a major upgrade occurred that put more routes into a grid pattern. In 2006 Brampton Transit became Canada's fastest-growing transit system in terms of ridership. Over 10 million riders used Brampton Transit in 2006, marking a 12.4 percent increase over 2005 levels and shattering all previous ridership records for the city..Brampton Transit ridership figures for 2006 The transit system is currently headed by Transit Director Sue Bass.

Contents

Connections

Fares

Terminals

Routes

Vehicles

Notes

See also

External links

Connections

Brampton Transit is connected with Mississauga Transit to the south, and routes along main corridors serve features in both cities, such as Sheridan College (Brampton Campus), and industrial, commercial, and retail centres.
Steeles Avenue, once the boundary between the former Toronto and Chingacousy Townships, is now a major Brampton thoroughfare. The Route 11 now runs west of Shoppers World at Hurontario Street, and eastward into Toronto to Humber College's Main Campus. There is a transfer at the College with Route 50, that serves new developments in the Gore Road area near the former Highway 50, or Albion Road. In September 2007, the Section West of Shoppers World will become route 51, and access Mississauga Transit at Mississauga Road and Meadowvale Blvd.
In addition, BT's route 77 (which is jointly operated with York Region Transit) runs along most of the former Highway 7 from Bramalea, and presently terminates in the east at the Finch subway station; there it connects with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), York Region Transit, and GO Transit's bus service. During the autumn of 2005, York Region Transit's 'Viva' bus rapid transit service began, but there has been no major change to this route, except for increased Sunday headways, from hourly to forty-five minutes.
Brampton Transit has also been a key carrier of commuters to and from the Georgetown Line. There are transfers to and from the trains and buses at the Bramalea, Brampton, and Mount Pleasant (opened February 2005) stations, and direct connections to express buses at Bramalea City Centre and Trinity Common, and adjacent stop at Shoppers World.

Fares

As of February 5, 2007, cash fare is $2.75 (exact change). Preschoolers and the blind travel for free.

Age group	10 tickets	Weekly pass	Monthly Pass
Children (Under 16) and students (19 years-of-age and under)	$20.50	$22.00	$86.00
Adults	$22.00	$23.50	$92.00
Senior citizens	$13.00	$10.50	$42.00

The provincial Minister of Transportation has announced plans to introduce the Presto card, a unified smartcard-based payment system for the entire Greater Toronto Area similar to the Octopus Card used in Hong Kong.

Terminals

Brampton Transit operates out of several terminals in the city:

★ Bramalea Transit Centre — opened 1991, replacing a stop within the Bramalea City Centre, and has connections with GO Transit buses, and York Region Transit

★ Downtown Transit Terminal — opened 1991 and has connections with Brampton Train Station and GO buses

★ Shoppers World Terminal — opened 2001 and has connections with Mississauga Transit and GO Buses.

★ Trinity Common Terminal — opened 2000 and has connections with GO Transit buses

★ Sheridan College (Brampton Campus); connections with Mississauga Transit.
Brampton buses also service terminals outside the city including:

★ York Region Transit GO Finch Bus Terminal in Toronto, connecting to Finch Subway Station.

★ York Region Transit Promenade Mall Terminal in Thornhill (Vaughan).

★ Westwood Mall in Malton (Mississauga).

★ Humber College (North Campus) in Etobicoke.

Routes

★ '1 Queen '(''formerly 1A'')

★ ''1B McMURCHY (presently 52)''

★ '2 Main '

★ '3 McLaughlin '

★ '4 Chingacousy' (formerly ''Drinkwater'')

★ '5 Bovaird '

★ '6 Mackay'

★ '7/7A Kennedy '

★ '8 Centre '

★ '9A Vodden ' (will be 9 Vodden in September 2007)

★ '9B Williams ' (to become 29 Williams in September 2007)

★ '10 South Industrial'

★ '11/11A Steeles ' (11A replaced by 11, 11 West of Shoppers World in 9/2007)

★ '12 Grenoble '

★ '13 Avondale '( 9/2007)

★ '14 Torbram'

★ '15 Bramalea '

★ '16 Southgate'

★ '17 Howden' ( 9/2007)

★ '18/18A Dixie '

★ '19 Fernforest' ( 9/2007)

★ '20 East Industrial'

★ '21 Heart Lake' (new peak hour route starting 9/2007)
(''former Snelgrove route replaced in May 2005 by Route 3, and by 24 in September 2006'').

★ '22 Springdale' ( 9/2007}}

★ '23 Sandalwood'

★ '24 Van Kirk Industrial'

★ '25 Edenbrook'

★ '26 Fletcher's Meadow'

★ ' 29 Williams' ( formerly 9B, renumbering starts 9/2007)

★ '30 Airport'

★ '31 McVean' (new peak hour route begins 9/2007)

★ '40 Central Industrial '

★ '50 Gore Road'

★ '51 Steeles West' ( begins September 2007, split of 11 Steeles)

★ '52 McMurchy '(''Formerly 52 Sheridan'')

★ '53 Kingsknoll'

★ '66 Canada's Wonderland' summer express services.

★ '77 Bramalea City Centre-Finch Subway', shared services with York Region Transit (to be renamed 77 Highway 7 in September 2007).

★ '91, GO Shuttle A', serving Bramalea (GO Station)

★ '92, GO Shuttle B', serving Bramalea (GO Station)

★ 93, former ''GO Train Shuttle C'' Brampton (GO Station)-discontinued May 2005,

★ 94, former ''GO Train Shuttle D'' Brampton (GO Station)-discontinued May 2005,

★ 95, (Fast Trak) former Express Bus discontinued in 1990s,

★ 96, (Fast Trak) former Express Bus discontinued in 1990s,

★ E. former ''GO Train Connector (E)'', Introduced in February 2005 with opening of Mount Pleasant GO Station, discontinued in May 2005 with introduction of new routes (4, 9a, 9b, 23) to area.

★ School routes numbered in the '80's'
denotes accessible service

Vehicles

BT currently has a fleet of 180 buses including:

★ General Motors New Looks (T6H-5307N or T8H-5307A),

★ Motor Coach Industries Classics

★ Orion Bus Industries Orion I, V and VI

★ New Flyer Industries D40LF

★ Nova Bus LFS40102

★ Leyland Olympian Double Decker 8500
Previously owned models include:

★ GMC NewLook (T6H-4523N and others)

★ Flyer Industries D800B

★ New Flyer Industries D40 Suburban

Notes

See also

'Brampton Transit' makes connections to other transit systems in the Greater Toronto Area:

★ Mississauga Transit

★ Toronto Transit Commission

★ GO Transit

★ York Region Transit

★ VIVA

★ Acceleride
Other transit operators in the GTA:

★ VIA Rail

★ Oakville Transit

External links

★ Brampton Transit website

★ Brampton Transit Fares

★ Drawings of Brampton Transit Buses

★ Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1573