Regina Transit

Infobox Bus transit
name = Regina Transit

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founded = 1911 [http://www.regina.ca/Page1638.aspx City of Regina - Discover Regina Transit's history] ]
headquarters = 333 Winnipeg Street
locale = Regina, SK
service_area = Regina City limits
service_type = bus service, paratransit
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routes = 16 [http://www.regina.ca/Page1638.aspx City of Regina - Discover Regina Transit's history] ]
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fleet = 103 buses [http://www.regina.ca/Page1638.aspx City of Regina - Discover Regina Transit's history] ]
ridership = 48,000 weekday
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website = [http://www.reginatransit.com/ reginatransit.com ]

Regina Transit is the public transportation agency operated by the city of Regina, Saskatchewan. It is the oldest public transit system in Saskatchewan and has been city-owned since its inception.

History

Regina Transit's roots go back to July 28, 1911 (as the Regina Municipal Railway) [http://scaa.usask.ca/gallery/regina/north/transit.html Regina: The Early Years 1880 - 1950] , 2007.] with streetcar operations, originally on 10 miles of track, growing to 20 miles in the early 1930s. The "Dirty Thirties" saw huge deficits resulting in major cut-backs in service. With a shortage of gasoline and steel during World War II, streetcar ridership grew dramatically. The 32 streetcars used in 1945 carried 9,000,000 more passengers than they did in 1940. An important event in the system's history was a fire in its "bus barn" in 1949 that destroyed much of its fleet. In September 1950, Regina Municipal Railway became the Regina Transit System. Regina Transit provided trolley bus service from 1947 to 1966 using Canada Car and Foundry Brill trolley buses. Since 1955, its preferred transit fleet has been buses because their freedom from overhead lines makes them suitable for detours and charters. An innovation in the early 1970s was its Telebus service, which used a telephone/radio dispatching system to send buses to individual homes. This service ended in the early 1980s because of its high cost. [http://www.regina.ca/Page1638.aspx City of Regina - Discover Regina Transit's history] ] Regina Transit recently adopted 3 new express route centred around the university, cutting bus trip time by up to 20 minutes.

Routes

Regina Transit operates on 19 routes 7 days a week (except holidays) [ [http://www.regina.ca/Page2145.aspx City of Regina - Bus Schedules] ]
* 1 Dieppe, Broad North
* 2 Argyle Park, Downtown
* 3 University, Sherwood Estates
* 4 Hillsdale, Walsh Acres
* 5 Uplands, Downtown
* 6 Westhill
* 7 Glencairn, Whitmore Park
* 8 RCMP, Eastview
* 9 Parkridge, Albert Park
* 10 Woodland Grove, Downtown
* 11 Normanview, Normandy Heights
* 12 Varsity Park, Downtown
* 13 Mount Royal, South Lakeview
* 14 Ross Industrial
* 15 Heritage
* 16 Rochdale

Campus Express (university express buses)
* 20 Northwest
* 21 East
* 22 South

Fleet

The system, whose service area is confined to Regina's city limits, maintains a fleet of 103 buses:
* 30 GM-Canada New Looks
* 37 GM-Canada/MCI Classics
* 12 New Flyer Low Floor access icon|15px
* 19 NovaBus LFS access icon|15px
* 1 30ft Thomas Busaccess icon|15px
* 3 30ft Eldorado Bus access icon|15px

access icon|15px denotes wheelchair accessible vehicles

Regina Transit operates a charter bus service and a paratransit service for residents who cannot use the regular transit system. [http://www.reginatransit.com/rps/02_general_info.html#about_us Regina Paratransit main page] , 2007.]

References

External links

* [http://www.reginatransit.com/ Official Regina Transit website]
* [http://infoweb.regina.ca Regina Transit - Online Trip Planner]
* [http://www.trolleybuses.net/reg/reg.htm Tom's North American Trolleybus Pix - Regina]
* [http://www.kevinsbusrail.com/regina.html Bus photos]
* [http://www.barp.ca/bus/rt/rtphotos.html More bus photos]
* [http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/regina-sk.html David A. Wyatt - Transit History of Regina]