MiWay
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| Founded | 1969 |
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| Headquarters | 975 Central Parkway West |
| Service area | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Service type | Public Transit |
| Routes | 109 |
| Fleet | 423 buses |
| Fuel type | Diesel |
| Operator | City of Mississauga |
| Chief executive | Geoff Marinoff |
| Website | www.mississaugatransit.com |
Mississauga Transit (MT) is the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada's public transportation operation.
The city's Transportation and Works department is in charge of its operation. MT only operates buses, but as part of the Greater Toronto Area, is connected to commuter rail with GO Transit. The system also connects with Brampton Transit to the north, Oakville Transit to the west, and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to the east, including the Islington and Kipling subway stations on the Bloor-Danforth line. Mississauga Transit is a member of the Canadian Urban Transit Association.
History
MT was first operated by Travelways Limited as Mississauga Transit Systems with 4 buses in 1969, but it was acquired by the city's newly formed Mississauga Transit in 1974, incorporating the former towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville. Services began on November 1 1973.
It later acquired routes, formerly operated by others such as;
- TTC's 74 Port Credit bus, in February 1976, that had operated on Lakeshore Road from Long Branch since 1935. This succeeded a former interurban railroad, dating back to 1892 as the Toronto and Mimico Electric Railway and Light Company.
- Gray Coach Lines, and later GO Transit, also served intercity routes on Dundas Street, and Hurontario Street, both being provincial highways before the construction of present freeways such as Highways 401, 403, 410, and 427.
- Streetsville had been served by Streetsville Coach Lines, and
- Malton is still served by TTC's 58 Malton bus. Local services in Malton were provided since 1969, and expanded after 1973.
Currently, the Mississauga Transit is a primary source of transportation for seniors living alone, high school students, and the unemployed. Since the introduction of the MT, high school students in Mississauga have called the system 'the TTC', which is the Toronto Public Transit. Though the TTC and the MT are different organizations, Mississaugian students use the phrase 'TTC' to mean 'Mississauga Transit'.
Facilities
Central Parkway Garage
- Address: 975 Central Parkway West
- Year opened: 1977
- Coordinates: 43°34′11″N 79°39′17″W / 43.56972°N 79.65472°W
- Functions: Storage for 300 buses. A new bus repair depot was added in 2008.
Malton Garage
- Address: 6780 Professional Court
- Year opened: 1992
- Coordinates: 43°42′23″N 79°37′48″W / 43.70639°N 79.63000°W
- Functions: Storage for 110 buses
City Centre Transit Terminal
- Address: 200 Rathburn Road West
- Year opened: 1997
- Coordinates: 43°35′38″N 79°38′47.6″W / 43.59389°N 79.646556°W
- This is the main bus station which is situated on the north side of Square One Shopping Centre. GO Transit's Square One Bus Terminal is directly north across Rathburn on Station Gate Road. It opened in October 1997, replacing a loop at the other side of the mall. Buses utilize the "upper" level; the access from the mall is on lower ground, where a taxi stand is located, along with washroom facilities. The terminal is accessible by elevator.
- Routes: 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 19/19A/19B, 20, 26, 28, 34, 53, 61/61A, 65, 66, 68, 76, 102, 110, 288
Other bus terminals/junctions
- Islington Subway Station is MT's only terminal outside of Mississauga.
- MT routes: 1/1C, 3, 11/11A/11B, 17, 20, 26, 27, 35/35A, 50, 57, 70, 76, 82/82A, 89, 101***, 109, 201, 230
- TTC routes: 37, 50, 110 and Bloor-Danforth Subway
- Westwood Mall (Malton) serves (14 routes) with Brampton Transit (three routes), and TTC
- MT routes: 7, 11/11A/11B, 12, 15/15A, 16, 18, 22, 30, 42, 59
- Meadowvale Town Centre
- Routes: 9, 10, 13, 27, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45/45A, 48, 57, 82A, 89, 109
- South Common Centre
- MT routes: 1C, 13, 26, 29, 31, 36, 47, 48, 110, 201
- Oakville Transit route: 24
- Toronto Pearson International Airport (two routes to terminals and one to Outfield Cargo Area)
- Routes: 7, 18, 57.
- Routes: 4, 5/5B
- Trillium Health Centre at Queensway West and Hurontario Street
- Routes: 4, 28, 38
- Routes: 13, 29, 33, 33A, 34, 41, 46, 48, 49
- Humber College (North Campus) with TTC, York Region Transit, and Brampton Transit:
- MT Route: 22
- Sheridan Centre
- Routes: 13, 23, 29, 31, 230
- Sheridan College (Brampton Campus) with Brampton Transit:
- MT Routes: 61A, 66
- Sherway Gardens with TTC:
- MT Route: 4
- Shopper's World with Brampton Transit:
- Routes: 19, 102, 202
- Routes: 1C, 44, 101***, 110
- Woodbine Centre with TTC:
- MT Routes: 7, 12, 30
- Dundas Street and Erindale Station Road/Westdale Mall
- Routes: 1/1C, 4, 6, 44, 101***, 201
*** Route 101: Oakville Express; Service Begins Monday, October 19th, 2009
GO Transit stations
- MT Routes: 8, 13, 23, 29, 37/37A, 45/45A, 110
- Oakville Transit Routes: 21, 25, 102
- Routes: 61/61A, 62
- No direct bus connection to the station
- No direct bus connection to the station
- Routes: 32, 38, 46
- Long Branch GO Station with TTC streetcar loop.
- MT Routes: 5/5B, 23
- TTC Routes: 110A/110B, 123/123C, 501, 508
- Route 12
- Routes: 10, 44, 64
- Routes: 8, 19/19A/19B, 23, 202
- Routes: 33A, 41A, 49A
Services
Routes
indicates wheelchair-accessible routes.
| No. | Name | |
Route description and notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundas | |
Vega - Islington Subway | regular |
| 1C | Dundas-Collegeway | |
South Common - Islington Subway via UTM | regular |
| 3 | Bloor | |
Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Islington Subway | regular |
| 4 | Sherway Gardens | |
Erindale Station Road - Sherway Gardens | regular |
| 5 | Dixie | Long Branch GO Station - Cardiff Blvd. | regular | |
| 5B | Dixie-Meyerside | Long Branch GO - Courtney Park | peak | |
| 6 | Credit Woodlands-Westdale | |
Westdale Mall - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | regular |
| 7 | Airport | Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Westwood Mall via Toronto Pearson International Airport | regular | |
| 8 | Cawthra - Indian Road | |
Clarkson GO Station - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal via Port Credit | regular |
| 9 | Meadowvale | |
Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Meadowvale Town Centre via Erindale GO Station | regular |
| 10 | Bristol-Britannia | Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Derry/Glen Erin | regular | |
| 11 | Westwood | Islington Subway - Westwood Mall | regular | |
| 11A | Westwood-Darcel | Islington Subway - Westwood Mall | regular | |
| 11B | Westwood-Nashua | Islington Subway - Westwood Mall | peak | |
| 12 | Rexdale | |
Westwood Mall - Rexdale/Islington Ave | peak |
| 13 | Glen Erin | |
Meadowvale Town Centre - Clarkson GO Station | regular |
| 15 | Drew | Westwood Mall - Kennedy | regular | |
| 16 | Malton Loop | |
Westwood Mall via Brandon Gate/Darcel | regular |
| 17 | Timberlea | Kamato/Tomken - Islington Subway | peak | |
| 18 | Northwest-Explorer | Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Westwood Mall via Airport Ind. | peak | |
| 19 | Hurontario | |
Port Credit GO Station - Shoppers World via Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | regular |
| 19A | Hurontario-Kennedy | |
Port Credit GO Station - Brunel via Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | peak |
| 19B | Hurontario-Cantay | |
Port Credit GO Station - Cantay via Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | regular |
| 20 | Rathburn | |
Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Islington Subway | regular |
| 22 | Finch | |
Westwood Mall - Etobicoke Hospital and Humber College | regular |
| 23 | Lakeshore | |
Clarkson GO Station - Long Branch GO Station via Port Credit GO Station | regular |
| 25 | Traders Loop | Traders Watline | peak | |
| 26 | Burnhamthorpe | |
South Common - Islington Subway | regular |
| 27 | Matheson | Meadowvale - Islington Subway | peak | |
| 28 | Confederation | |
Mississauga Hospital - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | regular |
| 29 | Park Royal | |
Clarkson GO Station - Erin Mills Town Centre | regular |
| 30 | Woodbine | |
Westwood Mall - Woodbine Centre | regular |
| 31 | Folkway-Homelands | |
South Common - Sheridan Centre | regular |
| 32 | Lisgar GO | |
Lisgar GO Station - Trelawny Circle | peak |
| 33 | Erin Centre | |
Erin Mills Town Centre to Artesian | regular |
| 33A | Artesian - Streetsville | |
Artesian Drive - Streetsville GO Station | peak |
| 34 | Credit Valley | |
Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Erin Mills Town Centre via Credit Valley Hospital | regular |
| 35 | Eglinton-Ninth Line | |
Ninth Line - Islington Subway | regular |
| 35A | Eglinton-Tenth Line | |
Tenth Line - Islington Subway | regular |
| 36 | Colonial | |
South Common - Laird/Vega | regular |
| 37 | Clarkson Shuttle | |
Clarkson GO Station - Meadow Wood/Country Club | peak |
| 37A | Clarkson Shuttle-Royal Windsor | Clarkson GO Station - Meadow Wood/Country Club | regular | |
| 38 | Creditview | Meadowvale Town Centre - Mississauga Hospital | regular | |
| 39 | Britannia | |
Meadowvale Town Centre - Whittle/Britannia | regular |
| 41 | Thomas | Ninth Line - Erin Mills Town Centre | regular | |
| 41A | Thomas | Ninth Line - Streetsville GO Station | peak | |
| 42 | Derry | Meadowvale Town Centre - Westwood Mall | regular | |
| 44 | Mississauga Road | |
Westdale Mall - Meadowvale Town Centre via UTM | regular |
| 45 | Winston Churchill | Clarkson GO Station - Financial Drive | regular | |
| 45A | Winston Churchill-Financial | Clarkson GO Station - Royal Bank/Financial Dr | peak | |
| 46 | Tenth Line | Erin Mills Town Centre - Lisgar GO Station | peak | |
| 47 | Ridgeway Loop | South Common - Erin Mills West | regular | |
| 48 | Erin Mills | |
Meadowvale Town Centre - South Common via Erin Mills Town Centre | regular |
| 49 | McDowell | Ninth Line - Churchill Meadows - Erin Mills Town Centre | regular | |
| 49A | McDowell-Streetsville GO | Ninth Line - Streetsville GO Station | peak | |
| 50 | Creekbank | Tech/Matheson - Islington Subway | peak | |
| 51 | Tomken | Stanfield/Dundas - Cardiff Blvd | regular | |
| 51A | Tomken-Meyerside | Stanfield/Dundas - Meyerside Ind. | peak | |
| 53 | Kennedy | Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Kennedy/Derry | regular | |
| 57 | Courtneypark | Meadowvale - Islington Subway via Airport Infield | peak | |
| 59 | Airport Infield | Westwood Mall - Airport Infield | peak | |
| 61 | Mavis | |
Cooksville GO Station - Royal Bank | regular |
| 61A | Mavis-Sheridan | |
Cooksville GO Station - Sheridan College, Brampton via Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | peak |
| 62 | Cooksville Shuttle-Webb | |
Burnhamthorpe/Duke of York - Cooksville GO Station | peak |
| 64 | Meadowvale Shuttle-Montevideo | |
Meadowvale GO Station Shuttle | peak |
| 65 | Barondale | Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Bristol/Barondale | regular | |
| 66 | McLaughlin | |
Sheridan College - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | regular |
| 68 | Windsor Hill | |
Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Heartland | regular |
| 70 | Keaton | Islington Subway - Cantay/Britannia | peak | |
| 76 | Square One-Subway | |
Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal - Islington Subway | regular |
| 82 | Financial | Runs from Islington Subway to the Meadowvale Business area | express | |
| 82A | Financial-Meadowvale TC | Runs from Islington Subway to the Meadowvale Business area including Meadowvale Town Centre | express | |
| 89 | Meadowvale-Subway | Runs from Meadowvale Town Centre to Islington Subway mainly using Eglinton Ave | express | |
| 101 | Oakville Express | Oakville Trafalgar Terminal to Islington Subway Station via University of Toronto at Mississauga | express | |
| 102 | InterCity Express | Square One - Shoppers World | express | |
| 109 | Meadowvale Express | Runs from Meadowvale Town Centre to Islington Subway using Highway 403 | express | |
| 110 | University | |
Clarkson GO Station - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal via UTM | express |
| 201 | Dundas Express | Runs mostly along Dundas Street, and terminates at South Common Centre in the west (Formerly route 81) | express | |
| 202 | Hurontario Express | Runs along Hurontario Street, from Port Credit GO Station to Brampton's Shoppers World at Steeles Avenue, by-passing the City Centre Transit Centre | express | |
| 230 | Sheridan Express | Runs from Islington Subway to the Sheridan Business area near Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth Way (Formerly route 87) | express | |
| 288 | Wonderland Express | Seasonal service between Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal Transit Terminal and Canada's Wonderland, an amusement park in Vaughan (Formerly route 88) | express | |
| 301 | Philip Pocock - Tomken (Formerly route 71) | school | ||
| 302 | Philip Pocock - Bloor (Formerly route 77) | school | ||
| 303 | Father Goetz - Square One (Formerly route 72) | school | ||
| 304 | Father Goetz - Mississauga Valley (Formerly route 73) | school | ||
| 305 | Streetsville Secondary - Falconer (Formerly route 90) | school | ||
| 306 | Streetsville Secondary - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal (Formerly route 91) | school | ||
| 308 | St. Joseph - Winterton - Eglinton (Formerly route 78) | school | ||
| 309 | St. Joseph - Rathburn - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | school | ||
| 310 | Clarkson Secondary - Winston Churchill (Formerly route 76) | school | ||
| 311 | John Cabot - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | school | ||
| 312 | Gordon Graydon - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | school | ||
| 314 | Rick Hansen - Donway (Formerly route 32) | school | ||
| 315 | Rick Hansen - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal (Formerly route 33) | school | ||
| 316 | St. Francis Xavier (Formerly route 75) | school | ||
| 317 | Clarkson - Erindale Secondary | school | ||
| 318 | Cawthra Park - Burnhamthorpe - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal (Formerly route 99) | school | ||
| 319 | Port Credit - Hurontario | school | ||
| 320 | Our Lady of Mount Carmel - Meadowvale TC (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 321 | Stephen Lewis - St. Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary School - Tenth Line | school | ||
| 323 | Meadowvale - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 325 | Mississauga - McLaughlin (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 326 | Woodlands - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 328 | Cawthra Park - Bloor - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | school | ||
| 334 | St. Joseph - Eglinton - Hurontario - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal | school | ||
| 351 | Glenforest - Bloor (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 352 | Glenforest - Burnhamthorpe (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 353 | Erindale - South Common (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 354 | Mississauga - Square One (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 356 | Stephen Lewis - South Common (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 357 | Stephen Lewis - Meadowvale (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 358 | St. Marcellinus - Square One/City Centre Transit Terminal (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 360 | St. Joan of Arc - South Common (summer school service only) | school | ||
| 361 | St. Joan of Arc - Meadowvale Town Centre (summer school service only) | school |
TTC routes
Toronto Transit Commission routes within Mississauga require an exact cash fare, or MT ticket, transfer or pass or TTC ticket or token. Transfer privileges to and from Mississauga Transit routes. TTC passes are not valid for travel in the Mississauga Fare Zone.
indicates wheelchair-accessible routes.
| No. | Name | |
Route description and notes | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32B | Eglinton West | |
Eglinton Subway - Explorer Dr. | regular |
| 58B | Malton | Lawrence West Subway - Westwood Mall | regular | |
| 192 | Airport Rocket | |
Kipling Subway - Lester B. Pearson International Airport (buses do not serve local bus stops along the route) | express |
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
In 2007 Mississauga received federal funding for its long awaited BRT line, the Mississauga Transitway. This line will be built alongside Highway 403, which passes through the City Centre. It will connect to Toronto and Pearson Airport at its terminus point, Renforth Dr. Completion of the BRT route is expected to take place in 2012. GO Transit will also be using the BRT roadway for its BRT plan.
Accessibility
Mississauga Transit operates many low floor, wheelchair accessible buses. A separate transit service for the disabled, called Transhelp, is operated by the Peel Regional Municipality.
Schedules
Mississauga Transit's paper Ride Schedule ended in 2004 and all schedules from 2005 onward were viewed from their system's website only.
Mississauga Transit provides an up-to-date bus schedule via their CityLink telephone service. MT has released a schedule finder on their website, called Click 'n Ride with information specific to each bus stop in November 2005.
Fares
Go to the official Mississauga Transit website to view current Mississauga Transit Bus Fares
Bus fleet
Mississauga Transit has a current active bus fleet of around 410 buses. MT plans to use only fully accessible buses by 2012.
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New Flyer Industries D40LF #0309, on 1E Dundas route -
1997 New Flyer articulated bus at South Common Mall. All has since been retired. -
Orion V bus at Square One Shopping Centre, which was retired in 2006
| Make/Model | Description | Fleet size | Fleet numbers | Year acquired | Year retired | Notes |
| General Motors Diesel Division TDH-3502 Old Look | diesel bus | 3 | 2001-2003 | 1969 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division TDH-5303 | 40' diesel bus | 1 | 2004 | 1968 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division T6H-5305 | diesel bus | 4 | 2005-2009 | 1971 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division T6H-4523N | diesel bus | 5 | 2010-2014 | 1974 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division TDH-3301 | diesel bus | 6 | 2015-2020 | 1974 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division T6H-5307N | diesel bus | 62 | 2021, 2029-2037, 2038-2049, 2050-2069, 2101-2120 | 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division T6H-4523A | diesel bus | 6 | 2022-2027 |
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| Ford | diesel school bus | 1 | 2028 |
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| Flyer Industries D800A | Detroit diesel bus | 22 | 2070-2081 | 1976 |
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| Orion Bus Industries 01.507 | Detroit diesel bus | 6 | 2082-2087 | 1978 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division TDH-4512 Old Look | diesel | 15 | 2084-2098 | 1974 |
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| Flyer Industries D800B | diesel bus | 24 | 2121-2144 | 1978 | 1997 |
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| Flyer Industries D900 | diesel bus | 21 | 2145-2165 | 1979 | 1998 |
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| Ford B700 School Bus Chassis | diesel school bus | 5 | 3001-3005 |
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| Rek-Vee Industries | Deutz 6 cylinder air-cooled | 17 | 3006-3022 |
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| General Motors Diesel Division TA60-102N | 60' diesel bus | 38 | 5001-5038 | 1981-1982 | 1997 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion I 01.504 | 35' diesel bus | 4 | 8401-8404 | 1984 | 2003 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion I 01.506 | diesel bus | 11 | 8405-8415 | 1984 | 2003 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion I 01.508 | diesel bus | 34 | 8601-8610, 8801-8824 | 1986, 1988 | 2003-2005 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion V 05.501 | 40' diesel bus | 45 | 8901-8925, 9001-9020 | 1989, 1990 | 2006 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion V 05.501 | 40' diesel bus | 62 | 9101-9140, 9201-9210, 9301-9312 | 1991, 1992, 1993 | 2008-2009 |
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| New Flyer Industries D60HF | 60' diesel bus | 21 | 9350-9370 | 1993 | 2005 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion V 05.501 | 40' diesel bus | 35 | 9701-9735 | 1997 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion II 02.502 | 26' diesel bus | 12 | 9736-9747 | 1997 | 2006-2007 |
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| New Flyer Industries D60LF | 60' diesel bus | 45 | 9751-9785, 0151-0160 | 1997, 2001 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion VI 06.501 | 40' diesel bus | 42 | 9801-9842 | 1997 |
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| Orion Bus Industries Orion VII 07.501 | 40' diesel bus | 14 | 0101-0114 | 2001-2002 |
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| New Flyer Industries D40LF | 40' diesel bus | 116 | 0301-0344, 0501-0572 | 2003, 2005 |
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| New Flyer Industries D40LFR | 40' diesel bus | 137 | 0601-0653, 0721-0735, 0801-0844, 0901-0925 | 2006, 2007, 2008 |
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| ElDorado National EZ Rider II MAX | 32' diesel bus | 36 | 0701-0712, 0888-0899, 0930-0941 | 2007, 2008, 2009 |
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| New Flyer Industries D60LFR | 60' diesel bus | 35 | 0851-0885 | 2008 |
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Staff
Drivers at MT are represented by Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1572.[1]
See also
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References
- Mississauga - An Illustrated History, Roger E. Riendeau Windsor Publications Limited 1985.
- Mississauga Transit - 25 Years With You On Board 1974-1999, David Onodera, Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation 1999.
--contains roster of buses used to 1999.
- Aging bus fleet to be replaced, GTA: Mississauga, Toronto Star, August 24, 2006, R5