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| Peterborough Transit | |
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| Founded | 1978 (Originally 1893) |
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| Headquarters | Peterborough, Ontario |
| Service area | Peterborough, Ontario |
| Service type | Public Transit |
| Routes | 17 |
| Fleet | 47 buses
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| Operator | City of Peterborough |
| Web site | Official Site |
Peterborough Transit is the public transport operator for the City of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Currently they are in the process of upgrading their fleet and expanding service.
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History
Transit originally began in Peterborough as a streetcar service with the Peterborough and Ashburnham Street Railway Company, which was established in 1893 and operated until 1898. This was followed by the Peterborough Radial Railway Company, which operated from 1902 until 1927. This ended the streetcar era in Peterborough Cooney and Joplin was briefly the only transit company in the city during 1927 after the Peterborough Radial Railway Company ceased operations. Later during 1927, Border Transit Limited started. They operated through until 1978 at which point the present day Peterborough Transit began operations and continues today.
Routes
There are currently twelve main routes, four Trent Express routes, one other express routes and a paratransit service.
Main Routes
- 1 George North
- 2 Highland
- 3 Chemong
- 4 Jackson Park
- 5 Charlotte West
- 6 SSFC/Kawartha
- 7 Lansdowne West
- 8 Monaghan
- 9 Nichols Park
- 10 Collison
- 11 Ashburnham
- 12 Major Bennett
Trent University Express Routes
- Trent Direct
- Trent Express
- Trent East Bank
- Trent-Fleming Connect
Other Express Routes
- Technology Drive
Fares
| Age group | Individual Fare | 30 Day Pass | 1 Year Pass | Half Year Pass |
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| Children (Under 2) | Free | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Children (Ages 2-12) | $2.00 | $30.00 | n/a | n/a |
| Students in secondary and post-secondary school |
$2.00 | $45.00 | n/a | n/a |
| Adults | $2.00 | $50.00 | n/a | n/a |
| Seniors (65 years of age and older) |
$2.00 | $30.00 | $180.00 | $110.00 |
$10.00 cards are also available, with 5 rides for all users. Sir Sanford students must pay $180.00 for a semester pass, while Trent Students have the cost paid for in their Tuition. In addition, a new day pass has been created allowing up to two adults and four children unlimited rides for a day.
Criticisms
Many Peterborough Transit riders have criticized buses for being repeatedly late. Since 2005, Peterborough Transit has been slowly implementing changes to improve bus schedules. In 2006, buses began running every 40 minutes, rather than every 30 minutes, since buses would often run every 35-45 minutes anyway. This way, buses could at least meet their schedules. Peterborough Transit is also frequently criticized for not having buses run late enough. During weekdays, buses only run until 11:20PM, even though many riders need buses until around 1:00AM. Until recently, they were also criticized for not offering Sunday service, a problem that was fixed in 2006. (how was this fixed exactly? who fixed it? who was criticizing, and how many?) (Whether or not this was fixed, obviously some feel that the problem was not fixed. As of the 2002-2003 school year, buses were consistently late or entirely absent for their scheduled times throughout the day, and would quite frequently be absent entirely for their last few runs of their day; ie: 9pm onward. This was a particularly pernicious issue for the George North and Trent Express lines.) Most of these operation problems are the result of Mike Harris Ontario Progressive Conservative Party transit cutbacks in 1996. (this may or not be true, but needs to be supported by references and/or citations of sources)
