Sault Transit Services

Sault Transit Services
Founded 1964
Headquarters 111 Huron Street
Locale Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Service type Bus service, Paratransit
Routes 8 Major Bus Routes
3 Community Bus Routes
Stations Downtown terminal
160 Queen Street East
Fleet 3 Non Accessible
26 Accessible
2 Minibus
10 Para-bus
Website Transit Services
Sault Transit bus terminal

Sault Transit Services is a local public transportation service serving the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Sault Ste. Marie Transit has 8 major bus routes and 3 Community bus routes serviced by a fleet of 29 buses and 2 minibuses, These 11 fixed routes cover 1.765 million kilometres annually and provide for 1.95 million passenger trips in 2013, at an estimate of 5,350 daily.

The Parabus service consists of 10 Parabus vehicles, which travel a total of 262,723 km (2013), and provide 47,258 passenger trips (2013) for 2,641 registered clients (July 2014).

The cash fare for all passengers on regular routes is $2.50. Monthly passes are also available, with reduced rates for students and seniors.[1] Cash fare for the Community Bus is $2.50

Routes

There are eight major bus routes and three community bus routes. Colours used in the table below are as they appear on a map. All routes start at the bus terminal. Buses change their destination sign when they arrives back at the terminal but not all of buses show the route number.

Route Number Route Name Layover Arrives at terminal as
1 Eastside Dacey Road @ Trunk Road Steelton
2 Steelton Arden Road @ Second Line W. Eastside
3 Second Line Arden Road @ Second Line W. Riverside
4 Riverside Fournier Road @ Trunk Road Second Line
5 McNabb Clements Crossings McNabb
6 Cedar Heights Peoples Road @ Fourth Line E. Cedar Heights
7 North Street Industrial Court A North Street
8 Sault College Algoma University Sault College

Community Bus Routes There are three community bus routes serving different areas of town. The color used on here will be the color it appears on the bus stop flag

Route Letter Number of Stops Direction of Travel Terminal Times Link to Map
A 13 Central 08:45, 09:45, 10:45, 11:45, 13:15, 14:15, 15:15, 16:15
B 14 East 10:15, 12:15, 14:45, 16:45
C 13 West 09:15, 11:15, 13:45, 15:45

Fleet

Other services

Sault Ste. Marie is also connected to its American neighbour by the International Bridge Bus, which crosses the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge . The state of Michigan and the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie provide the majority of the funding, along with Lake Superior State University and Sault College.. The route travels hourly from 7:00 am - 6:00 pm on weekdays and 9:00 am - 4:00 pm on Saturdays. In addition to serving both downtown areas, the buses serve LSSU on the Michigan side and the Station Mall on the Canadian side.

References

  1. ↑ Sault Ste. Marie Transit, Fare schedule effective Feb 1, 2012


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