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UPDATED:
July 2nd, 2009
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 GREAT
SUMMER PROMOTION for all High School and Elementary Students!
Back by popular demand. THE STUDENT
SUMMER PASS goes on sale June 16, 2009. Purchase your July student pass for $50.
and get your August pass FREE. Proper
student I.D. required for purchase. Every student pass purchased gets a
2 for 1 Mini Putt coupon (while supplies last) from the FAIRVIEW GOLF
and MINI PUTT at the Fairview Mall courtesy of St. Catharines
Recreational and Community Services. Bring your friends. Have a great
day. All purchases of a bus pass include a ballot for a chance to win
a $100. gift card from the Pen Centre.
 Effective
Tuesday morning June 23, 2009 Route 2, 102, 3, 15,
115,
10, 110, 16, 116 has been
adjusted.
Please go to our detour section
under Features: for full
details.
Downtown
Construction: Click here for the
"Downtown Construction Detour Notice" PDF. Effective Tuesday
June 23, 2009 all buses
are now using St. Paul street inbound to the bus terminal. There
is still a Outbound ONLY detour. King Street is closed to buses from
Carlisle Street to
Ontario Street and
Ontario Street is closed from King Street to St. Paul Street until
further
notice. Bus stops temporarily out of service are
the bus stop on King street at the Market Square, King Street at Queen
Street, Ontario St. at Trafalgar, for routes 2, 102, 3, 15, 115,
10, 110, 16, 116. Sorry for any inconvenience.
GO TRANSIT to ST.
CATHARINES: People
traveling to St. Catharines and Niagara Falls will have another way to
get there – by GO Train. St. Catharines Transit will have a dedicated
shuttle service for the GO train. Click here for schedule. GO Transit
will run seasonal weekend and
holiday train service to Niagara Region, starting this summer. This
service will offer four train trips daily in each direction on
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Saturday, June 27 through to
Thanksgiving weekend, Monday, October 12. For more information,
including fare and schedule information go to www.gotransit.com.
Effective Tuesday May 26, 2009 a detour
will be starting on the 18 Secords Wood bus and the # 11 Hartzel
Thorold bus. Daytime service ONLY. Evening and weekend service will be
regular route. Refer to the detours tab under the FEATURES section.
Route
Interlining Change - Effective
Monday April 27, 2009 until
Saturday September 5, 2009.
Route #3
Pelham road when entering the downtown terminal will go back out
as a Route #3 Pelham Road.
Route #2
Ontario Street when entering the downtown terminal will go back
out as a Route #2 Ontario street.
Route #18
Secord Woods when entering the Pen Centre will turn around and
go back as a Route 18 Secord Woods bus.
Route
#15 West St. Catharines when entering the Pen Centre will turn
around and go back as a Route 15 West St. Catharines bus.
Interlining
will return as per Rider Guide Sunday September 6, 2009.
Q.E.W.
Construction: All
routes using Q.E.W. overpasses are currently
maintaining regular routing. If a detour occurs please go to our Features section of our website and
click on the Detours tab for
your route detour. Sorry for any inconvenience. Without
notice Lake Street overpass, Ontario Street overpass, Geneva Street
overpass, and Welland Avenue overpass at
the Q.E.W. could be closed to all traffic or reduced to one lane in
both directions. There will
be
traffic delays on all these north end
routes due to this Q.E.W.
construction. Please allow yourself extra time to get to your
destination. Without
notice our
buses could be put on detour routing.
Now
that Spring is here road construction around the city becomes more
extensive. Delays in traffic could happen without notice. Please allow
yourself some extra time getting to your destination.
Under
the Features section of our website click on Riding Tips
to get all your helpful
tips in making your ride with St. Catharines Transit enjoyable and
relaxing.
Welland & Niagara Falls connections
at Brock University:
St.Catharines Transit passengers wanting to go to Welland or Niagara
Falls. Use a St.Catharines Transit bus pass, bus ticket or $2.50 cash
fare and for an additional $1.50 in the St. Catharines Transit fare box
you will get a transfer from the driver punched 7,8. which is then
given to the next driver at the Brock University Hub. Return fares vary
slightly depending on which city. For arrival / departure times and
return fare information please refer to the Niagara Transit and Welland
Transit website.
PASSENGER
HELPFUL TIP: If your route
16 inbound bus from the
TOWER is passing you on Glenridge because of full capacity and you must
wait for the next available bus. Keep in mind the route16 bus is
starting to unload people at the bottom of Brock Hill and now has
availability. You could take the route 15 West/Brock Commuter bus down
the hill and get off before it turns onto Glendale and transfer back
onto a #16 Brock bus now that the bus has started to empty along
Glenridge.
Doing your tax return?? DID
YOU KNOW: Your monthly bus
pass can now
be submitted for a Federal tax credit on your income tax return. For
complete information go to our LINKS section
of our website and click on the Environment of Canada link we have for
you or go to www.transitpass.ca
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