South Okanagan-Similkameen Transit System

South Okanagan-Similkameen Transit System
Headquarters301 Warren Avenue East
LocaleRDOS, BC
Service typebus service, paratransit
AllianceBC Transit
Fuel typeDiesel
OperatorBerry & Smith
Websitewww.bctransit.com/south-okanagan-similkameen/

South Okanagan-Similkameen Transit provides local public, regional, and interregional transportation services in the City of Penticton in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada, and outlying communities, with a fleet of fully accessible low floor transit buses. The system consists of six scheduled routes serving the city (including night service), and routes stemming to outlying communities including Summerland, Naramata, Princeton, and Osoyoos. lw

Routes

Scheduled services

Route Route Name Type Areas Served Scheduling Notes
1 Okanagan Lake/Wilse Local Penticton Monday-Saturday
2 Westside/Penticton Ave. Local Penticton Monday-Saturday
3 Uplands/Skaha Lake Local Penticton Monday-Saturday
4 Westside/Duncan East Local Penticton Monday-Saturday
5 Main Street Local Penticton Monday-Sunday
10 Naramata Local/Regional Penticton, Naramata Monday-Saturday
11 West Bench Local/Regional Penticton, West Bench Monday-Friday Service introduced January 2022 as a new route to serve the community of West Bench
15 Night Route Local Penticton Monday-Saturday Last service at 10:05PM
16 Lake-to-Lake Local Penticton Sundays/Holidays Extra service during summer
20 Okanagan Falls Local/Regional Penticton, Okanagan Falls Monday-Friday
21 Okanagan Falls Local Local Okanagan Falls Monday-Friday
30 Summerland Local/Regional Summerland, Trout Creek, Penticton Monday-Saturday
40 Osoyoos Local/Regional Kaleden, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos Monday-Friday Kaleden on request only
41 Osoyoos Local Local Osoyoos Monday-Friday
50 Princeton Regional Coalmont, Princeton, Hedley, Keremeos, Cawston, Olalla, Penticton Monday, Wednesday, Friday Reservations required, Coalmont and Cawston on request only
70 Kelowna Interegional Penticton, Summerland, Westbank, Kelowna Monday to Friday Service introduced September 2019, replaces 60 Kelowna.

Former routes

In September 2019, Route 60 Kelowna was cancelled in favour of a twice daily (four times on Monday) commuter service (Route 70) in both directions on weekdays. The route was expanded to four trips each weekday in January 2022. The former route operated only on Mondays.

Route Route Name Type Areas Served Scheduling Notes
60 Kelowna Interregional Osoyoos to Kelowna Mondays

References

  1. ↑ Berry & Smith, Penticton Transit Service Ltd
  2. ↑ "Transit expansion coming to the South Okanagan-Similkameen Transit System" (Press release). BC Transit, South Okanagan-Similkameen. December 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ Knox, Jules (August 20, 2019). "New BC Transit bus route to travel Kelowna, Summerland, Penticton". Global News. Retrieved 20 September 2019.