Oshawa Transit

The Oshawa Transit Commission (OTC) was the former public transit operator in the City of Oshawa, Ontario.

It, along with the other public transit agencies in Durham Region, were merged on January 1, 2006 to form Durham Region Transit.

History

The following transit agencies operated in Oshawa prior to the formation of Oshawa Transit in 1960:

• Oshawa Railway Company (operated by Canadian National Railway) 1895-1959
• Queen Bus Lines 1920s

Fleet/Routes

As of its dissolution at the end of 2005, Oshawa Transit operated 43 buses on 19 routes:

• Orion Bus Industries Orion 01.508
• Ontario Bus Industries Orion 05.501
• Flyer Industries D900
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses TGH-3102
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses TDH-3501
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H-5307N
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses and Motor Coach Industries TC40-102N
• General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H-4523N
• NovaBus LFS40-102

denotes wheelchair access

Routes 1 Simcoe

2/2A King

3/3B Park

4 Bloor (Service Terminated 2004)

4A College Hill

5 Central Park 6/6B Dean

7/7B Ritson

8 Rossland (Renamed 8 Stevenson after 2006)

9/9B Thornton

10 Olive Harmony

11 Grandview

12 Adelaide

13 Go Shuttle

14 Community Bus

15 Taunton (Merged To 15-17 Taunton Route In 2004)

denotes fully acessible service

External links

• Drawings and photos of Oshawa buses