Brampton Transit

Brampton Transit

Brampton Transit Nova Bus LFS in the Bramalea City Centre in March 2006
Parent	City of Brampton
Founded	1974
Headquarters	185 Clark Boulevard Brampton, Ontario
Locale	Brampton, Ontario, Mississauga, parts of York Region into Toronto
Service area	Brampton, Ontario
Service type	Public Transit
Routes	68
Depots	2
Fleet	422
Annual ridership	27.4 million (2017)[1]
General manager	Alex Milojevic
Website	Official Site

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 2010, Brampton Transit introduced Züm, a bus rapid transit route running along Queen Street and Highway 7 from downtown Brampton to York University, along Main Street from Sandalwood to Square One in Mississauga and along Steeles from Brampton Gateway Terminal to Humber College.

Connections[]

Brampton Transit is connected with Mississauga's MiWay to the south, Toronto Transit Commission to the southeast and York Region Transit to the east.

Steeles Avenue, once the boundary between the former Toronto and Chingacousy townships, is a major Brampton thoroughfare. Route 11 Steeles formerly ran from west of Brampton Gateway at Hurontario Street, and eastward into Toronto to Humber College's Main Campus. There is a transfer at the college with Route 50 Gore Road, that serves developments in the Gore Road area near the former Highway 50 and Albion Road. In September 2007, the western part of the route was cut back to Brampton Gateway and replaced with Route 51 Hereford. It connects with Miway at Mississauga Road and Meadowvale Boulevard.

Brampton Transit carries commuters to and from the Kitchener line railway station operated by GO Transit. There are transfers to and from the trains and buses at the Bramalea, Brampton, and Mount Pleasant (opened February 2005) stations, and direct connections to express buses at Bramalea City Centre and Trinity Common, and adjacent stop at Brampton Gateway.

Fares[]

Fares are as of September 2, 2019.^[2] The cash fare is $4.00 (exact change), except for senior residents, who pay $1.00, provided that they carry a Brampton Transit Senior Identification Card.

Customers paying their bus fares with cash (and in some cases, special purpose paper tickets) may request for a paper transfer from the bus driver; for customers using Presto cards, the transfer is applied automatically from initial tap on. Both are valid for two hours from the time of first boarding, which allows customers to transfer freely between Brampton Transit buses in any direction, as well as transferring to neighbouring MiWay and York Region Transit services.

Preschoolers and blind people travel for free. War veterans also travel for free by Veteran Transit Pass Program.

Regular fares:

Category	Cash fare	Presto e-purse	Presto weekly pass	Presto monthly pass
Preschool child ages 5 and under and accompanied by a fare-paying passenger	FREE	–	–	–
Person with vision loss with CNIB card	FREE	–	–	–
Child ages 6-12	$4.00	$2.00	$22.00	$84.00
Youth ages 13-19	$4.00	$2.55	$27.50	$107.00
Adult	$4.00	$3.10	$34.00	$128.00
Post-secondary students	$4.00	$3.10	$33.00	$124.00
Senior	$4.00	$1.60	–	–
Senior residents †	$1.00	$1.00	–	$15.00

• †: available to senior residents only with a valid Brampton Transit Identification Card

Other fares:

Fare category	Price
Presto card waived during promotions	$6.00
Presto protective sleeve	$2.00
GO Train fare integration	$0.80
GO Bus fare integration for Presto cardholders only At certain terminals‡	$0.80

‡ Only available at

• Mount Pleasant GO Station
• Downtown Brampton Terminal
• Bramalea GO Station
• Malton GO Station
• Lisgar GO Station

Terminals[]

Bramalea Terminal[]

Brampton Gateway Terminal[]

The new terminal, located on the northwest corner of Steeles Avenue and Main Street, opened on 26 November 2012.^[3] replacing the Shoppers World Terminal

Downtown Terminal[]

Downtown Terminal consists of two platform areas. The first being the terminal itself just off of Main and Nelson which services routes such as:

• 501/501A Züm Queen
• 561 Züm Queen West
• 1/1A Queen
• 52 McMurchy

The second portion is the two Züm stops on opposite sides of Main street. These stops service routes:

• 502 Züm Main
• 2 Main
• 24 Van Kirk
• 25 Edenbrook

For GO bus and trains servicing Downtown Brampton Terminal, see Brampton GO Station

Heart Lake Terminal[]

Location: Conestoga Drive, NW of Sandalwood Parkway and Kennedy Road

Coordinates: 43°43′41″N 79°47′53″W / 43.72806°N 79.79806°W / 43.72806; -79.79806

Opened: Unknown

Brampton routes: 2, 3/3A, 7/7A, 21, 23

Transit connections: None

Shoppers World Terminal[]

This terminal was replaced by Brampton Gateway Terminal, located on the northwest corner of Steeles Avenue and Main Street, on 26 November 2012.^[3] The facility stands empty; it is to be demolished and the area to be used by Shoppers World Brampton as an additional parking lot.

Trinity Common Terminal[]

GO Train stations[]

• Bramalea GO Station – Brampton Routes: 13, 15/15A, 16, 40, 92
• Brampton GO Station – connection to Downtown Transit Terminal via pedestrian tunnel.
• Mount Pleasant GO Station – Brampton Routes: 1, 4/4A, 5/5A, 9, 29/29A, 55, 60, 104, 505, 561
• Lisgar GO Station in Mississauga – Brampton Routes: 11, 511
• Malton GO Station in Mississauga – Brampton Routes: 14/14A, 505

Terminals outside Brampton[]

• Westwood Square in Mississauga – Brampton Routes: 5/5A, 14/14A, 30.
• Humber College (North Campus) in Toronto – Brampton Routes: 11/11A, 50, 511/511A/511C
• Pearson International Airport in Mississauga – Brampton Route: 115
• Vaughan Metropolitan Centre in Vaughan, connecting to the Toronto subway and YRT – Brampton Routes: 501 Züm Queen.
• York University in Toronto, connecting to the Toronto Transit Commission's subway and bus system – Brampton Route: 501A & 501C Züm Queen (currently suspended due to COVID-19).
• Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal in Mississauga – Brampton Route: 502 Züm Main
• Dixie Transitway Station in Mississauga – Brampton/MiWay Route: 185
• University of Toronto at Mississauga in Mississauga – Brampton Route: 199

Routes[]

All Brampton Transit and Züm routes are wheelchair-accessible ().

Legend		Bus Used
1	Regular Service	regular
104	Express Service
200	iRide School Service
501	Bus rapid Transit (BRT) Service	Züm

Route		Direction and Termini				Connecting Züm Services	Availability
1	Queen	EB	To Highway 50 via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only	WB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only	501 501A 501C 502 505 561	all week
1A			To Coventry Road via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only		To Major William Sharpe Drive via Bramalea Terminal via Flower City Community Campus limited service only		Mon–Fri (no evening service)
2	Main	NB	To Heart Lake Terminal via Brampton Gateway Terminal	SB	To Hurontario/407 GO Park & Ride via Brampton Gateway Terminal	501 501A 502 505 511 511A 511C 561	all week
3	McLaughlin	NB	To Heart Lake Terminal	SB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	502 505 511 511A 511C 561	all week
3A			To Heart Lake Terminal via Flower City Community Campus		To Brampton Gateway Terminal via Flower City Community Campus		all week
4	Chinguacousy	NB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station	SB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	502 505 511 511A 511C 561	all week
4A							all week
5	Bovaird	EB	To Westwood Square via Trinity Common Terminal	WB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Trinity Common Terminal	501 501A 501C 502 505 511 511A 511C 561	all week
5A			To Westwood Square via Trinity Common Terminal via Airport Road		To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Airport Road via Trinity Common Terminal		Mon–Fri (no evening service)
6	James Potter	NB	To Mount Pleasant Village	SB	To Hurontario/407 GO Park & Ride	502 505 511 561	all week
7	Kennedy	NB	To Mayfield Road	SB	To Courtneypark Drive	501 501A 502 505 511 511A 511C	all week
7A			To Heart Lake Terminal				weekday peak, Saturday Mid-day and daytime Sunday service only (no weekday mid-day service or any evening service on any of the seven days)
8	Centre	EB	To Bramalea Terminal	WB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	501 501A 501C 502 511 511A 511C	all week
9	Vodden	EB	To Edvac Drive via Bramalea Terminal	WB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Bramalea Terminal	501 501A 501C 502 505 561	all week
10	South Industrial	NB	To Bramalea Terminal	SB	To First Gulf Boulevard	501 501A 501C 511 511A 511C	Mon-Fri (no evening service)
11	Steeles	EB	To Humber College via Brampton Gateway Terminal	WB	To Lisgar GO Station via Brampton Gateway Terminal	502 505 511 511A 511C	off-peak and Weekends (no weekday mid-day service)
11A			To Humber College		To Brampton Gateway Terminal		all week
12	Grenoble	NB	To Countryside Drive via Brampton Civic Hospital	SB	To Bramalea Terminal via Brampton Civic Hospital	501 501A 501C 505	all week
13	Avondale	NB	To Bramalea Terminal	SB	To Bramalea GO Station	501 501A 501C 511 511A 511C	Mon–Sat
14	Torbram	NB	To Countryside Drive	SB	To Westwood Square	501 501A 501C 505 511 511A 511C	all week
14A							all week
15	Bramalea	NB	To Inspire Boulevard via Bramalea Terminal	SB	To Derry Road via Bramalea Terminal	501 501A 501C 505 511 511A 511C	all week
15A			To Countryside Drive via Bramalea Terminal		To Bramalea GO Station via Bramalea Terminal		Mon–Fri (no evening service)
16	Southgate	NB	To Bramalea Terminal	SB	To Bramalea GO Station	501 501A 501C 511 511A 511C	all week
17	Howden	NB	To Trinity Common Terminal	SB	To Bramalea Terminal	501 501A 501C 505	all week
18	Dixie	NB	To Inspire Boulevard via Bramalea Terminal	SB	To Meyerside Drive via Bramalea Terminal	501 501A 501C 505 511 511A 511C	all week
18B			To Trinity Common Terminal		To Bramalea Terminal	501 501A 501C 505	peak hours
19	Fernforest	NB	To Countryside Drive	SB	To Bramalea Terminal	501 501A 501C	all week
20	East Industrial	EB	To Driver Road	WB	To Bramalea Terminal	501 501A 501C 505	Mid-Day
20A			To Production Road And Driver Road			501 501A 501C 505 511 511A 511C	peak hours
21	Heart Lake	NB	To Heart Lake Terminal	SB	To Trinity Common Terminal	505	peak hours
23	Sandalwood	EB	To Highway 50 via Trinity Common Terminal	WB	To Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side) via Trinity Common Terminal	501 501A 501C 502 505	all week
24	Van Kirk	NB	To Collingwood Avenue	SB	To Peel Memorial Hospital	501 501A 502 561	all week
25	Edenbrook	NB	To Wanless Drive	SB	To Peel Memorial Hospital	501 501A 502 561	peak hours
26	Mount Pleasant	NB	To Mayfield Road	SB	Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side)	505 561	Mon–Sun
27	Robert Parkinson	NB	To Mayfield Road	SB	Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side)	505 561	Mon–Sat (no evening service)
28	Wanless	EB	To Sandalwood Loop	WB	To Mount Pleasant Village (Mount Pleasant GO Station north side)	502 505 561	Mon–Fri
29	Williams	EB	To Queen Street	WB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station	501 501A 501C 502 505 561	off-peak and weekends
29A			To Kenview Boulevard			501 501A 501C 502 505 511 511A 511C 561	peak hours
30	Airport Road	NB	To Mayfield Road To AMB Distribution Centre limited service only	SB	To Westwood Square	501 501A 501C 505 511 511A 511C	all week
31	McVean	NB	To Squire Ellis Drive	SB	To Queen Street	501 501A 501C	all week
32	Father Tobin	CW	To Trinity Common Terminal			505	all week
33	Peter Robertson	CCW	To Trinity Common Terminal			505	Mon–Sat
35	Clarkway	NB	To Brampton Civic Hospital via Gore Meadows Community Centre	SB	To Queen Street/Highway 50 via Gore Meadows Community Centre	501 501A 501C 505	all week
36	Gardenbrooke	NB	To Mayfield and The Gore Road via Gore Meadows Community Centre	SB	To Queen Street via Gore Meadows Community Centre	501 501A 501C	Mon–Fri (no evening service)
40	Central Industrial	CCW	To Bramalea GO Station			511 511A 511C	Mon–Fri
50	Gore Road	NB	To Gore Meadows Community Centre	SB	To Humber College	501 501A 501C 511 511A 511C	all week
50A							peak hours
51	Hereford	EB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	WB	To Hereford Street	502 511 511A 511C	all week
52	McMurchy	NB	To Downtown Brampton Terminal	SB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	501 501A 502 511 511A 511C 561	all week
53	Ray Lawson	EB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	WB	To James Potter Road	502 511 511A 511C	all week
54	County Court	CW	To Brampton Gateway Terminal			502 511 511A 511C	all week
55	Elbern Markell	NB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station	SB	To Chinguacousy Road	505 561	Mon–Fri (no evening service)
56	Kingknoll	CCW	To Brampton Gateway Terminal			502 511 511A 511C	all week
57	Charolais	NB	To Major William Sharpe Drive via Flower City Community Campus	SB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	502 511 511A 511C 561	all week
58	Financial	NB	To Lionhead Gulf Club Road	SB	To Derry Road	511	peak hours
60	Mississauga Road	NB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station	SB	To Financial Drive	505 511 561	all week
81	Mayfield West	NB	To Bonnieglen Farm Bouelvard	SB	To Sandalwood Loop	502	Mon-Fri peak hours
92	Bramalea GO	NB	To North Park Drive	SB	To Bramalea GO Station	501 501A 501C 511 511A 511C	peak hours
104	Chinguacousy Express	NB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Sheridan College	SB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal via Sheridan College	502 505 511 511A 511C 561	Mon–Fri
115	Airport Express	NB	To Bramalea Terminal	SB	To Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1	501 501A 501C 505 511 511A 511C	all week
185	Dixie Express (operated with MiWay)	NB	To Bramalea Terminal	SB	To Dixie Transitway Station	501 501A 501C 511 511A 511C	peak hours
199	UTM Express	NB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	SB	To University of Toronto at Mississauga via Highway 407	502 511 511A 511C	peak hours September–April
200	Turner Fenton SS	EB	To Tuner Fenton Secondary School	WB	To Brampton Gateway Terminal	502 511 511A 511C	school
201	Mayfield SS	EB	To Mayfield Secondary School via Inder Heights Drive	WB	To Heart Lake Terminal via Inder Heights Drive		school
202	Mayfield SS	EB	To Mayfield Secondary School via Braidwood Lake Drive and Kenpark Avenue	WB	To Heart Lake Terminal via Kenpark Avenue		school
203	Mayfield SS	EB	N/A	WB	To Heart Lake Terminal via Kennedy Road		school
204	Mayfield SS	EB	N/A	WB	To Heart Lake Terminal via Braidwood Lake Road		school
205	St. Thomas Aquinas SS	EB	To St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School via Queen Street	WB	To Bramalea Terminal via Queen Street	501 501A 501C	school
206	St. Augustine SS	NB	To St. Augustine Secondary School	SB	To County Court Boulevard	502 511	school
207	Mayfield SS	NB	To Mayfield Secondary School via Bramalea Road	SB	To Bramalea Terminal via Bramalea Road	501 501A 501C 505	school
208	Mayfield SS	NB	To Mayfield Secondary School via Dixie Road	SB	To Bramalea Terminal via Dixie Road	501 501A 501C 505	school
209	St. Augustine SS	NB	To Major William Sharpe Drive	SB	To St. Augustine Secondary School	561	school
211	Chinguacousy SS	EB	To Goreway Drive	WB	To Chinguacousy Secondary School	505	school
212	St. Roch SS	NB	To St. Edmund Campion Secondary School	SB	To St. Roch Secondary School	505	school
213	St. Edmund Campion SS	NB	To Mayfield Road	SB	To St. Edmund Campion Secondary School		school
214	Cardinal Ambrozic SS	EB	To Cardinal Ambrozic Secondary School	WB	To Airport Road	505	school
215	St. Thomas Aquinas SS	EB	To St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School via Vodden Street	WB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station via Vodden Street	501 501A 501C 502 505 561	school
216	David Suzuki SS	EB	To Nelson Street	WB	To David Suzuki Secondary School	501 501A 502 505 561	school
217	St. Thomas Aquinas SS	EB	To St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School via Central Park Drive	WB	To Bramalea Terminal via Central Park Drive	501 501A 501C	school
501	Züm Queen	EB	To Vaughan Metropolitan Centre	WB	To Downtown Brampton Terminal	502 505 561	all week
501A			To York University via Highway 407 (currently suspended due to COVID-19)		To Downtown Brampton Terminal via Highway 407 (currently suspended due to COVID-19)		all week
501C					To Bramalea Terminal via Highway 407 (currently suspended due to COVID-19)	505	peak hours September–April
502	Züm Main	NB	To Sandalwood Loop via Brampton Gateway Terminal	SB	To Mississauga City Centre (Square One) via Brampton Gateway Terminal	501 501A 505 511 511A 511C 561	all week
505	Züm Bovaird	EB	To Malton GO Station	WB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station	501 501A 501C 502 511 511A 511C 561	all week (no evening service)
511	Züm Steeles	EB	To Humber College via Brampton Gateway Terminal	WB	To Lisgar GO Station via Brampton Gateway Terminal	502 505	all week
511A			To Humber College		To Brampton Gateway Terminal		all week no peak service September–April
511C			To Humber College via Brampton Gateway Terminal		To Sheridan College via Brampton Gateway Terminal		peak hours September–April
561	Züm Queen West	EB	To Downtown Brampton Terminal	WB	To Mount Pleasant GO Station	501 501A 502 505	Mon–Fri (no evening service)

Vehicles[]

BT has an active fleet of 375+ buses including:

• New Flyer:
• 2002 D40LF: 0201-0221 (Sandalwood)
• 2003 D40LF: 0301-0317 (Sandalwood)
• 2004 D40LF: 0401-0435 (0401-0418: Sandalwood. 0419-0435: Clark)
• 2010 XDE40: 1050-1074 (Sandalwood)
• 2011 XDE40: 1150-1165 (Sandalwood)
• 2011 XD40: 1101-1130 (Clark)
• 2012 XD40: 1201-1218 (1201–1210: Sandalwood. 1211-1218: Clark)
• 2012 XDE40: 1250-1251 (Sandalwood)
• 2012 XDE60: 1275-1294 (Sandalwood)
• 2013 XDE60: 1475-1484 (Sandalwood)
• 2014 XDE60: 1575-1579 (Sandalwood)
• 2015 XDE60: 1580-1592 (Sandalwood)
• 2016 XDE60: 1675-1682 (Sandalwood)
• 2017 XDE60: 1775-1784 (Sandalwood)
• 2018 XDE60: 1875-1885 (Sandalwood)
• 20? XE40: ? (5 units, part of the Pan-Ontario Electric Bus Trial for 2018)
• Nova Bus:
• 2005-2006 2nd Gen LFS: 0601-0621 (Clark)
• 2006: 2nd Gen LFS: 0622-0638 (0622-0625: Clark. 0626-0638: Sandalwood)
• 2007: 2nd Gen LFS: 0701-0715 (Sandalwood)
• 2008: 2nd Gen LFS: 0801-0827 (0811-0812, 0821-0827: Clark. 0813-0820: Sandalwood)
• 2009: 2nd Gen LFS: 0901-0916 (0910, 0912-0916: Clark. 0901-0909, 0911: Sandalwood)
• 2009: 3rd Gen LFS: 0917-0926 (Sandalwood)
• 2014: 4th Gen LFS: 1401-1414 (1401-1410: Clark. 1411-1415: Sandalwood)
• 2015: 4th Gen LFS: 1501-1519 (1501-1509: Sandalwood. 1510-1519: Clark)
• 2016: 4th Gen LFS: 1601-1623 (1601-1609: Sandalwood. 1610-1623: Clark)
• 2017: 4th Gen LFS: 1701-1713 (mixed garage allocations)
• 2018: 4th Gen LFS: 1801-1823 (Mixed Garages)

Retired models include:

• GMC New Look (T6H-4523N, T6H-5307N, T8H-5307A and others) Last unit retired in early 2007.
• New Flyer D800B (last unit retired in 2001).
• New Flyer D40 Suburban (formerly GO Transit) – retired in 2003 and 2004.
• Orion Bus Industries Orion I in 30' and 40' versions (last unit retired in 2011).
• Motor Coach Industries Classics retired in 2008.
• Leyland Olympian Double Decker 8500 (sold, now operated by a tour company in downtown Toronto)
• Orion Bus Industries (Orion V models from 1991 & 1999, Orion VI models from 1996 & 1998)

Brampton Transit Transit Enforcement Officers patrol in white hybrid vehicles (Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry) with red and blue stripes.

Depots[]

Brampton Transit operate depots in Clark and Sandalwood.^[4]

Bus rapid transit[]

Züm is Brampton's bus rapid transit system.^[5] Its first corridor, 501 Queen was launched on September 20, 2010, and runs along Queen Street from Downtown Brampton to York University via Bramalea Terminal. It later branched out to add to frequency to the route with the 501A going along Highway 407, and the 501C begins at Bramalea Terminal rather than Downtown Brampton, to York University. Along with 3 other corridors like the, 502 Züm Main which runs North & South along Main/Hurontario Street from Sandalwood Loop to Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal (Square One). The 511 Züm Steeles goes east to west along Steeles Avenue, from Lisgar GO Station in Meadowvale, Mississauga, to Humber College in Toronto via Sheridan College and Brampton Gateway Terminal.

Incidents[]

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On July 3, 2018, four people were stabbed while riding the Züm bus in the area of Queen Street and McVean Drive. A 49-year-old man, was taken to a trauma centre with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening. Three Brampton women aged 28, 19 and 18 were also taken to a local hospital. 20-year-old Jade Nelson was later arrested and charged with four counts of attempted murder.^[6]

See also[]

Brampton Transit makes connections to other transit systems in the Greater Toronto Area:

• MiWay
• Toronto Transit Commission
• GO Transit
• York Region Transit
• Via Rail

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brampton Transit.

• Official site
• Brampton Transit Fares
• Drawings and photos of Brampton Transit buses
• Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1573