A Submission from Niagara, Ontario’s Regional Government
NIAGARA REGION, April 24, 2013 – Niagara Region Transit will be alternating the departure times of its two routes that depart from St. Catharines. Niagara Region Transit will also begin the Fort Erie summer service.
Both of these changes will be effective on Monday, April 29, 2013.
St. Catharines route changes;
- Affected routes: Route 55 from St. Catharines to Niagara Falls and Route 70 from St. Catharines to Welland
- Route 55 will now leave at :10 instead of :05 after the hour
- Route 70 will now leave at :05 instead of :10 after the hour
- The change is being made to improve connections with local transit routes in both Niagara Falls and Welland
- Route 70 will arrive at the Welland terminal at :45 after the hour to meet up with local routes
- Route 55 will arrive at :55 after the hour and decrease waiting times for local routes
The stops on these two routes are accordingly affected Fort Erie weekday summer service:
Beginning Monday, all weekday buses will depart the Walmart in Fort Erie, making stops in Niagara Falls, including at Niagara Square, and arrive at the Niagara Falls terminal on Bridge Street
This route is the same used on Saturdays, year-round and is effective until Aug. 30, 2013
Connections to Welland can be made at Niagara Square and connections to St. Catharines can be made at the Niagara Falls terminal
The Saturday schedule will remain unchanged This service change also occurred last summer
For more information, including full departure and stop times, please visit www.niagararegion.ca/transit .
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Niagara At Large 
I just wish this region would get on track and take over all the separate municipal transit systems.
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I wish this region would behave like a corporation that is accountable to its shareholders and shelve this ill-conceived, underutilized and ridiculous project. I always thought the idea of a pilot is to see whether a business case exists before making full-fledged investment. Well it seems the management (I use that term loosely) at the region seem to think that the rules that are taught to MBA’s and other professionally trained managers do not apply to them. And this my friends is why we continue to pay a ridiculous amount of money on property taxes!
Wish I didn’t have to……. but just sayin…..
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I had to do this…… if you examine this picture closely using Photoshop you will find the bus in this picture is EMPTY!!!!! If it weren’t such a sad testimony to the incompetence of the region it would be funny!
I am sure the bus driver complete with indexed pension, near 6-digit salary, half the year off in vacation, sick days and statutory holidays is happy with this service though! (I know I am exaggerating…. a little!)
Have a great day….. just sayin…..
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Strange, whenever I am on the bus, the bus has at least 10 – 12 other people on it. Tired of people promoting the private automobile and forcing the rest of us to pay for them.
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