Brantford Transit
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| Founded | 1940 |
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| Headquarters | 64 Darling St., Brantford, ON |
| Service area | Brantford, Ontario |
| Service type | Bus service |
| Routes | 13 fixed routes |
| Stops | Over 500 |
| Hubs | Lynden Park Mall, Darling Street Terminal, and various points throughout Brantford |
| Fleet | 36 conventional Busses 10+ Paratransit vehicles (Brantford Lift) |
Daily ridership | 6000+ |
| Fuel type | Diesel and Natural unleaded gasoline Battery electric |
| Operator | City of Brantford |
| Website | Brantford Transit |
Brantford Transit is a public transit service serving Brantford, Ontario, Canada. It operates bus service for over 2.5 Million passengers per year.
Services
Regular transit services operate on a variety of routes & schedules from the downtown terminal and other transit hubs within the city.
Routes include:
- A Telephone Line
- B Daffodil Line
- 1 Eagle Place Loop
- 5 D'Aubigny Line
- 7 Braneida Loop
- 8 Holmedale and Mayfair Line
- 9 Echo Place and Sinclair Boulevard Loop
- 14 East Brantford Evening Loop
- 20 Grand River Line
- 21 Tollgate Line (limited weekday only service)
- 23 Memorial Line
- 24 Park Line
- 25 Beaver Line
Brantford Transit connects with regional transit and intercity services at the Brantford Transit Terminal, where GO Transit bus route 15 connects the city to stops in Hamilton before terminating at Aldershot GO Station in Burlington.
Brantford Lift is a Door-to-Door Para-Transit service for registered people who cannot access the planned route transit service due to accessibility issues.
History
Public transit began in Brantford in 1886 with horse drawn cars which by 1893 had been converted to electric. The City of Brantford took over these operations in 1914. The Public Utilities Commission was formed in 1935 by amalgamating the Hydro Electric Commission, the Board of Water Commissioners and the Municipal Railway Commission. Around 1936 buses began to replace street cars and by the end of 1939 the change over was complete.
During the early 1980s Brantford Transit introduced brand painted buses in place of the normal cream and maroon livery. Examples include Minolta, Parsons, Whirlpool and Zenith. These rolling advertisements were the forerunners of today's ad wrapped buses you see now in Brantford and other cities.
The fleet colours were also changed to white, black, blue and red.
In September 2026, Brantford Transit took on the delivery of its first two battery electric buses from New Flyer Industries, the two buses entered service later that month.
Fleet
| Fleet number range | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Engine | Transmission |
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| 10121 | 2011 | Nova Bus | LFS | Cummins ISL9 | ZF 6AP1400B |
| 10123-10125 | 2012 | ||||
| 10131-10132 | 2013 | ||||
| 10151-10153 | 2015 | ||||
| 10161-10162 | 2016 | ||||
| 101808-101810 | 2018 | Cummins L9 | |||
| 102105-102109 | 2021 | ZF 6AP1420B | |||
| 102201-102205 | 2022 | ||||
| 102301-102301 | 2023 | ||||
| 2601-2609 | 2026 | New Flyer Industries | XD40 | ||
| 2610-2611 | XE40 CHARGE NG | Accelera ELFA 3 | Direct Drive |
See also
References
- ↑ "All aboard! More Brantford residents riding city buses". brantfordexpositor. Archived from the original on 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
- ↑ GO Transit Route 15 Brantford / Burlington
- ↑ "Brantford Lift | City of Brantford". www.brantford.ca. Retrieved 2026-10-07.
- ↑ Canadian Transit Systems: Brantford, Ontario
- ↑ "Brantford Transit welcomes its first battery electric buses". Retrieved 2026-10-30.