Brampton Transit
Public transport bus operator, Brampton, Ontario / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brampton Transit (BT) is a 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 2023, the system had a ridership of 49,200,800, or about 216,900 per weekday as of the first quarter of 2024.
Parent | City of Brampton |
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Founded | 1974; 50 years ago (1974) |
Headquarters | 185 Clark Boulevard Brampton, Ontario |
Locale | Brampton, Caledon, Mississauga, parts of York Region into Toronto |
Service area | Brampton, Ontario |
Service type | Public Transit |
Routes | 56 |
Depots | 2 |
Fleet | 422 |
Daily ridership | 216,900 (weekdays, Q1 2024)[1] |
Annual ridership | 49 800 000 (2022)[2] |
General manager | Heidi Dempster |
Website | brampton.ca/en/residents/transit |
In 2010, Brampton Transit introduced Züm, a series of express bus routes running along various major roads within Brampton, as well as in neighbouring municipalities as Caledon. This includes Queen Street and Highway 7 from Downtown Brampton to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre and York University, along Main Street from Sandalwood to Square One in Mississauga, along Steeles Avenue from Lisgar GO Station to Humber College, along Bovaird Drive and Airport Road from Mount Pleasant GO Station to Malton GO Station and Pearson Airport (Viscount Station), and along Queen Street and Mississauga Road from Downtown Brampton to Mount Pleasant GO Station.