Sault Transit Services
Founded | 1964 |
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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 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 | |
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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
Fleet
- 109 - 1990 Motor Coach Industries TC40-102N
- 119, 120 - 1998 Orion Bus Industries Orion VI
- 128, 129 - 1990 Motor Coach Industries TC40-102A - Ex-Utah Transit Authority in 2006
- 131, 132, 133, 134 - 2010 Orion Bus Industries Orion VII
- 135, 136, 137, 138 - 2011 Novabus Nova LFS
- 139 - 2012 Novabus Nova LFS
- 140 - 2013 Novabus Nova LFS
- 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153 - 1999 Orion Bus Industries Orion VI - Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
- 154, 155 - 2015 GMC 4500 Glaval Bus Titan II LF
- 156 - 2015 Novabus Nova LFS
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.