Barrie Transit

Barrie Transit


Founded	1972 (as Barrie City Transit)
Headquarters	70 Collier Street, Barrie, ON
Service area	Barrie Angus, Borden (route 90 only)
Routes	11
Hubs	7
Operator	MVT Canadian Bus^[1]
Website	Official website

Barrie Transit is a Canadian public transport agency serving the city of Barrie as well as the surrounding communities of Angus and Borden. Daily operation of Specialized Transit (formally known as BACTS^[2]) is provided under contract by MVT Canadian Bus.^[3]

Routes

Barrie Transit Regular Routes
No.	Name	Departure points	Notes
1A 1B	Georgian Mall Welham	Park Place/Georgian Mall	Route 1A runs from Park Place to Georgian Mall and route 1B runs vice versa. Also serves Allandale Recreation Centre, Barrie Waterfront (Allandale) GO Station, Barrie Transit Terminal, Bayfield Mall and Kozlov Centre.
2A 2B	Dunlop Park Place	Park Place/Barrie Transit Terminal	Route 2A runs from Park Place to Barrie Transit Terminal and route 2B runs vice versa. Also serves Barrie Transit Terminal, Bayfield Mall and Kozlov Centre.
3A 3B	Georgian Painswick	Barrie South GO/Georgian College	Route 3A runs from Painswick Park/Barrie South GO to Georgian College and route 3B runs vice versa. Also serves Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH), Barrie Transit Terminal and Barrie Waterfront (Allandale) GO Station.
4A 4B	East Bayfield South GO	Barrie South GO/Georgian Mall	Route 4A runs from Barrie South GO to Georgian Mall via Coulter St
5A 5B	Blake Edgehill	Sproule at Kraus Grove at Penetanguishene	Route 5A runs westbound to Grove at Penetanguishene via Wellington St, Collier St, Blake St, Puget St, Napier St, Nelson St, Steel St and Johnson St. Route 5B eastbound serves Simcoe Plaza on Johnson St, and Heritage Park via Simcoe
6A 6B	Letita College	Barrie Transit Terminal	6A loops around downtown in a clockwise fashion, 6A loops around downtown in a counterclockwise fashion. Also serves Dunlop St West, Leacock Dr, Livingstone St E/W, Georgian College, Duckworth St and Wellington St.
7A 7B	Bell Farm Bear Creek	112 Commerce Park Dr/Duckworth at Rose	Route 7A runs from 112 Commerce Park Dr to Duckworth at Rose St. and route 7B runs vice versa. Also serves Barrie Transit Terminal, Allandale GO, Holly Community Centre and Bear Creek Secondary School (only during school hours) both ways.
8A	RVH (NB) Yonge (SB)	Park Place (North Bound) Georgian College (Southbound)	Route 8A loops around the City in a counterclockwise/clockwise fashion, northbound to RVH via Essa Road, Anne Street South, and Blake St from Park Place and Southbound to Yonge via Anne St North and Bradford St from Georgian College
8B	Crosstown (NB) Essa (SB)	Park Place (North Bound) Georgian College (Southbound)	Route 8B loops around City in a clockwise/counterclockwise fashion, northbound to RVH via Yonge St to Anne Street North from Park Place and southbound to Park Place via Blake St and Anne Street North
90A 90B	Angus Borden Peacekeepers Way	Allandale GO/CFB Borden	Route 90A runs from Allandale GO to CFB Borden and route 90B runs vice versa. Also serves Angus. Does not serve downtown. Runs on weekday rush hours only.

Fares

(as of May 1, 2013)

Adults: $3.00
Seniors(with I.D.) $2.60
Pre-School Children: Free
Visually Impaired (CNIB card required): Free

Month Passes:

Adult Month: $82.40
Student Month: $63.85
Senior/Child: $54.00
Power Pass: $27.55
Elementary: $35.50

Georgian College Semester Pass: $247.00

Ride Cards:

2 Ride Card: $5.20
5 Ride Card: $13.00
5 Ride Reduced: $11.50
10 Ride Card: $26.00
10 Ride Reduced: $23.00

Fleet roster

2002, 2004, 2006-2009 New Flyer Industries D40LF
2011, 2012, 2013 2014 New Flyer Industries XD40 "Xcelsior"
2012 ElDorado National EZ Rider II Replaced the MTB glider
2011 Chevrolet Arboc
2015 Novabus LFS

Hubs

Barrie Transit Terminal

Barrie Transit Terminal

Location	24 Maple Avenue, Barrie, ON Canada
Coordinates	44°23′16″N 79°41′26″W / 44.38778°N 79.69056°W / 44.38778; -79.69056Coordinates: 44°23′16″N 79°41′26″W / 44.38778°N 79.69056°W / 44.38778; -79.69056
Owned by	City of Barrie
Platforms	12
Bus operators	Barrie Transit GO Transit Greyhound Canada Ontario Northland
Construction
Bicycle facilities	Bicycle rack
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: BARI
Fare zone	69
History
Opened	1991

Media related to Barrie Transit Terminal at Wikimedia Commons
The Barrie Transit Terminal is one of five hubs of the city's transit system as well as the centre for intercity bus connections by GO Transit, Ontario Northland and Greyhound Canada. The Terminal was built in 1991 to replace the old terminal across the street built in 1956. The building also houses some administration offices.

Platform 1: 1A/1B/8B NB
Platform 2: 2B/8A NB
Platform 3: 3A/3B
Platform 4: 4A/5B
Platform 5: 4B/5A
Platform 6: 6A/6B
Platform 7: 7A/8A SB
Platform 8: 7B/8B SB
Platform 9-12: Inter-City Buses

Other hubs

Georgian College

Platform 1: 3A/8A SB/8B SB
Platform 2: 6A 6B

Park Place

Platform 1: 1A
Platform 2: 2A
Platform 3: 8A NB
Platform 4: 8B NB

Allandale GO

Platform 2: 7A/7B
Platform 3: 8A SB
Platform 4: 4B
Platform 5: 1B
Platform 9: 90A/90B
Platform 10: 1A/4A/8B NB (Via stop on Essa Road)

Barrie South GO

Platform 3: 3A/8A SB
Platform 4: 4A
Platform 5: 8B NB

References

↑ Nikki Frenney-Wiggins (6 July 2015). "MVT Canadian and City of Barrie Kick-Off New 20-Year Transit Project" (PDF). MVT Canadian Bus. Retrieved March 2016. Under the terms of this 20-year partnership, MVT will be responsible for the overall operation and maintenance of the City’s 44 fixed-route buses, 15 specialized transit vehicles and three shop trucks.
↑ "Specialized Transit". City of Barrie. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
↑ "MVT Canadian and City of Barrie Kick-Off New 20-Year Transit Project" (PDF). July 6, 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-29.

http://www.barrie.ca/Living/Getting%20Around/BarrieTransit/Pages/TransitRouteRevisions.aspx
http://www.barrie.ca/Living/Getting%20Around/BarrieTransit/Documents/TransitGuides-Web.pdf

External links

Media related to Barrie Transit at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit

Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡

Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton

Kitchener line	Union Bloor Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Kitchener

Barrie line	Union Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple King City Aurora Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Barrie South Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley ^† Bloomington ^†

Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Agincourt Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville

Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card Union Pearson Express The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

Public transit systems in Canada

Alberta	Airdrie Banff Calgary Edmonton Fort McMurray Grande Prairie Hinton Leduc Lethbridge Medicine Hat Red Deer St. Albert Strathcona County

British Columbia	100 Mile House Agassiz-Harrison Ashcroft-Clinton Bella Coola Valley Boundary Campbell River Central Fraser Valley Chilliwack Clearwater Columbia Valley Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Cranbrook Creston Valley Dawson Creek Elk Valley Fort St John Hazeltons Kamloops Kelowna Regional Kimberley Kitimat Merritt Mount Waddington Nanaimo Pemberton Valley Penticton and Okanagan-Similkameen Port Alberni Port Edward Powell River Prince George Prince Rupert Princeton Quesnel Revelstoke Salt Spring Island Shuswap Skeena Smithers South Okanagan Transit System Squamish Summerland Sunshine Coast Terrace Vancouver/TransLink Vernon Victoria West Kootenay Whistler Williams Lake For all unlinked systems, see BC Transit

Manitoba	Brandon Flin Flon Selkirk Thompson Winnipeg

New Brunswick	Fredericton Miramichi Moncton Saint John

Newfoundland and Labrador	Corner Brook St. John's

Northwest Territories	Yellowknife

Nova Scotia	Annapolis Valley Cape Breton Halifax Strait of Canso Area

Ontario	Barrie Belleville Brampton Brantford Brockville Burlington Chatham-Kent Clarence-Rockland Cobourg Collingwood Cornwall Deseronto Durham Region Elliot Lake Fort Erie GO Transit (Greater Toronto) Guelph Hamilton Huntsville Kenora Kingston Leamington Lindsay London Midland Milton Mississauga Niagara Falls Niagara-on-the-Lake Niagara Parks Niagara Region Norfolk County North Bay North Glengarry/Prescott-Russell Oakville Ottawa Ontario Northland (intercity) Orangeville Orillia Owen Sound Peterborough Port Hope Russell Township St. Catharines St. Thomas Sarnia Sault Ste. Marie Stratford Sudbury Tecumseh Thunder Bay Timmins Toronto Wasaga Beach Waterloo Region Welland Windsor Woodstock York Region

Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown-Cornwall-Stratford

Quebec	AMT (Greater Montreal) Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan Drummondville Gatineau Granby Haut-Saint-Laurent Lanaudière Laurentides Laval Lévis Longueuil Montreal Mont-Tremblant La Presqu'Île Quebec City Le Richelain Richelieu Valley Rimouski Roussillon Rouyn-Noranda Saguenay Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Sainte-Julie Sherbrooke Sorel-Varennes Sud-Ouest Trois-Rivières

Saskatchewan	Moose Jaw Prince Albert Regina STC (intercity) Saskatoon

Yukon	Whitehorse

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