Lindsay Transit

Lindsay Transit provides bus service to the community of Lindsay, the main population centre in the City of Kawartha Lakes in east-central Ontario, Canada. The bus service only provides the city, and cannot be accessed by GO Transit.

Lindsay Transit

Founded	1978
Headquarters	26 Francis St., Lindsay
Locale	Kawartha Lakes, Ontario
Service area	Lindsay, Ontario
Service type	bus service
Routes	4
Stops	201, counting all routes
Operator	City of Kawartha Lakes
Website	Lindsay Transit

There are currently four routes, being Red, Orange, Green, and Blue. There is also an extra bus route operating in Lindsay going through unfixed routes, separate from Lindsay Transit being Community Care, City of Kawartha Lakes. Buses operate Monday to Saturday between 7:00 am and 10:00 pm, Sundays from 9:00am to 4:00pm, with no service on New Year's Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, August Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Like many small systems, the buses run on one way loops to maximize coverage of the service area using the minimum of resources and meet at a downtown terminus. The buses are garaged at the City Works Depot at 89 St. David Street.

History

In c.1950, Lindsay Lines Limited was the first bus service in Ops, which was in Victoria County, Ontario and ran until February 1953, when Lindsay Bus Lines took over Lindsay Lines Limited for unknown reasons. After a few decades, Lindsay Bus Lines stopped running services and Denure Bus Co. helped substitute for transit operations in Lindsay which started to run in use in 1959 and continued operations until 1970 in January, when the government introduced its own bus service named “Algar Coach Lines Ltd.” Lindsay Transit then took over in 1978, following its way to the town of Lindsay only.

It is unknown how many lines were in service until 2004, when there were two routes, Red and Green. The Red route shows many similarities to what the Orange route and Green route serves in the present, and the Green route shows many similarities to what the Blue route serves in the present.In 2008, The Blue Route running from Victoria Avenue at Kent Street to Cambridgeshire Street South at Russell Street was in service, and the green route started to take over what the Red route did in the north of Lindsay. They also have removed many stops from all three routes at the time.From July 4th, 2011 to November 1st, 2012, bus services started running a one-year pilot project to run long-term or rural services from places in Kawartha Lakes. It was used for three days a week, with one route for each day. Those being:

Monday - First alternating week in order (that being started in January 30th) being Route 1A, serving Kinmount, Burnt River, Ontario, Fenelon Falls, Southview Estates, Ontario, Cameron, Ontario, and Pleasant View, Ontario, and Second alternating week in order (that being started in January 23rd) being Route 1B, serving Norland, Ontario, Coboconk, Fenelon Falls, and Joyvista Estates, Ontario

Tuesday - Route 2, serving Victoria Place, Ontario, Bobcaygeon, and Dunsford

Thursday - Route 3, serving Bethany, Ontario, Omemee, Ontario, Riverwood Estates, Lindsay, Ontario, Chandler’s Corners, Oakwood, Ontario, and Little Britain, Ontario.

It was cancelled, but has been brought back on June 24th, 2013. It ran until June 27th, 2015 and hasn’t revived since, but a third revival was being thought of, connecting Bobcaygeon and Fenelon Falls to Lindsay.On September 8th, 2014, newer services ran on the Blue line going from the intersection of Colborne Street West to Kent Street West, also with them changing their map to a more accurate map scale of Lindsay.On July 7th, 2019, following a concern for people only using public transit, Lindsay Transit started operations 7 days a week. Also on that same day, the transit hub has moved one block.On February 23rd, 2023, the Orange Route running from Victoria Avenue at Kent Street to Kent Street at Albert Street started running services and posters on bus stops helped promote the new service by using pun-like jokes about oranges. It has been planned since 2019.

By 2041, GO Transit is setting goals to bring service from Lindsay to Peterborough, Ontario, Oshawa, and the planned Bowmanville GO Station.

Routes

The routes run on a loop that runs every hour, starting from Victoria Avenue at Kent Street; the transit hub, where all of the buses running the four routes meet.

Red
Victoria Ave at Kent St Kent St at William St Russell St at Mill St Russell St at Georgian St Georgian St at Melbourne St Simcoe St at Durham St Wolfe St at George St Mary St at Wolfe St Mary St at Lindsay St James St at Mary St James St at George St George St at Hamilton St Hamilton St at Mary St Fleming College Angeline St at Auk Trail McGibbon Blvd at Pearson St McQuarrie Rd at Mary St Mary St at Wilson Ave Mary St at Angeline St Angeline St at the Health Unit Angeline St Medical Building Angeline St at Howard Ave Kent St at Service Ontario Whitney Town Centre Lindsay Square Mall Kent St at A&W Kent St at Eggsmart Angeline St at Howard Ave Angeline St Medical Building Caressant Care #1 Caressant Care #2 Mary St at McQuarrie Rd McGibbon Bvld at Angeline St Lindsay Exhibition Victoria Manor Lindsay Recreation Centre Fleming College Hamilton St at Devan Court George St Park Mary St at Lindsay St Wolfe St at Mary St Wolfe St at George St Georgian St at Melbourne St Georgian St at Russell St Russell St at St.Lawrence St Russell St at Lindsay St Victoria Ave at Kent St

Orange
Victoria Avenue at Kent Street Kent Street at Sussex Street Kent Street at LCVI Ross Memorial Hospital Angeline Street at Chadwin Drive Angeline Street at Colborne Street Angeline Street at Elgin Street Angeline Street at Northlin Park Road Angeline Street at Orchard Park Road Angeline Street at Alcorn Drive Springdale Drive at Angeline Street Springdale Drive at Newton Avenue Springdale Drive at Champlain Boulevard Mohawk Drive at Champlain Boulevard Mohawk Drive at Highland Court Champlain Boulevard at William Street Springdale Gardens Park Angeline Street at Springdale Drive Angeline Street at Alcorn Drive Angeline Street at Connolly Road Angeline Street at Flavelle Crescent Angeline Street at Colborne Street Kent Street at Government Building Whitney Town Centre Lindsay Square Mall Kent Street at A & W Kent Street at Eggsmart Kent Street at Albert Street Russell Street at William Street Melbourne Street at William Street Melbourne Street West Albert Street at Durham Street Albert Street at Mary Street Fleming College Lindsay Recreational Centre Mary Street at Albert Street Albert Street at Durham Street Melbourne Street at Victoria Avenue Melbourne Street at Lindsay Street William Street at Russell Street Victoria Avenue at Kent Street Kent Street at Sussex Street Kent Street at LCVI Kent Street at Government Building Whitney Town Centre Lindsay Square Mall Kent Street at A & W Kent Street at Eggsmart Kent Street at Albert Street Victoria Avenue at Kent Street

Green
Victoria Avenue at Kent Street William Street at Colborne Street William Street at Pottinger Street William Street at Eglington Street William Street at Orchard Park Road Victoria Avenue at Found Avenue Victoria Avenue at Eglington Street Victoria Avenue at Pottinger Street Victoria Avenue at Wellington Street Kent Street at LCVI Adelaide Street at Bond Street Adelaide Street at Elgin Street Adelaide Street at Parkway Avenue Westwood Court Orchard Park Road at Edgewood Drive Orchard Park Road at Angeline Street Angeline Street at Flavelle Crescent Angeline Street at Elgin Street Angeline Street at Colborne Street Angeline Street at Heritage Way Giant Tiger Ross Memorial Hospital Kent Street at Service Ontario Whitney Town Centre Lindsay Square Mall Kent Street at A&W Kent Street at Eggsmart Ross Memorial Hospital Angeline Street at Chadwin Street Angeline Street at Colborne Street Angeline Street at Elgin Street Angeline Street at Northlin Park Road Angeline Street at Orchard Park Road Orchard Park Road at Northlin Park Road Westwood Court Adelaide Street at Elgin Street Adelaide Street at Colborne Street Adelaide Street at Kent Street Kent Street at Albert Street Victoria Avenue at Peel Street Victoria Avenue at Bond Street Victoria Avenue at Colborne Street Found Avenue at Victoria Avenue William Street at Orchard Park Road Eglington Street at William Street Eglington Street at Lindsay Street Dyana Drive at Pottinger Street Carew Apartments William Street at Colborne Street William Street at Bond Street William Street at Peel Street Victoria Avenue at Kent Street

Blue
Victoria Avenue at Kent Street Lindsay Street at Queen Street St. Paul Street at Queen Street St. Paul Street at Rivera Park St. Patrick Street at Needham Street Needham Bingo Needham Street at Highway Mt. Hope Street Tim Hortons Mt. Hope Street at St. David Street St. David Street at Colborne Street Colborne Extendicare St. George Street at Dominion Drive Queen Street at Highway Highway at Riverview Road Highway at Hillside Drive Parkside Drive at O'Connell Court Holtom at Logie Street Logie Street at Primeau Crescent Logie Street at Parkside Drive Logie Street at Kawartha Drive Logie Street at Riverview Road Queen Street at St. Peter Street Queen Street at St. Patrick Lindsay Street at King Street Lindsay Street at Russell Street Victoria Avenue at Kent Street Kent Street at LCVI Adelaide Street at Bond Street Colborne Street at Angeline Street Colborne Street at Charles Street Wilson Field LCBO at Kent Street McLaughlin Road at Kent Street McLaughlin Road at Moose Road McLaughlin Road at Denfield Road McLaughlin Road at Mary Street Mary Street at Dormer Road Dormer Road at Wallace Drive Wallace Drive at Commerce Road Lindsay Square Mall Kent Street at A&W Kent at Eggsmart Angeline Street at Howard Avenue Angeline Street at Maple Crescent Durham Street at Adelaide Street Adelaide Street at Mary Street Fleming College Albert Street at Durham Street Albert Street at Glenelg Street Albert Street at Russell Street Russell Street at Sussex Street Victoria Avenue at Kent Street

See also

• Public transport in Canada

External links

• Transit History of Lindsay, Ontario