Saint John Transit


Saint John Transit is the public transit agency serving Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Established in 1979 to provide scheduled transit service to the city, it is the largest public transit system in the province in terms of both mileage and passengers. Ridership on Saint John Transit’s system is about 2.5 million passengers per year and growing.
Saint John Transit’s ridership is approximately 50 percent higher than the average for Canadian cities with a population of between 50,000 and 150,000.

History

The agency's roots can be traced back to its six predecessors:
Saint John Transit provides 7 day a week service, with a series of Main Line routes that provide the backbone of the system and feeder routes that connect at 4 major hubs throughout the city. Service begins as early as 5:50AM on main routes, and around 6AM for secondary and limited routes and ends as late as 12:10AM on some of the main routes and around 10PM on secondary.
Route
No.		Route nameService typeSunday
Holiday		Note
1Fairville Blvd Plaza via Rothesay AvenueMain LineYES
2McAllister Place via Rothesay AvenueMain LineYES
3Regional / UNB via CausewayMain LineYES
4McAllister Place via CausewayMain LineYES
5Regional / UNB via Churchill Blvd.Main Line
6King's Square via Churchill Blvd.Main Line
7Fairville Blvd PlazaMain Line
8King's SquareMain Line
12MartinonWest-side
13Milford / GreendaleWest-side
14Churchill HeightsWest-side
15Harbour Bridge A/BWest-sideYES
20Wright St. / Fort HoweNorth and South
21South End / St. Joseph'sNorth and South
23Crescent ValleyNorth and South
25Millidgeville / NorthNorth and South
30Champlain HeightsEast-side
31Forest GlenEast-sideYES
32Loch LomondEast-side
33Champlain ExpressEast-side
34Silver FallsEast-side
51Hampton ComexComex
52Kennebecasis Valley ComexComex
53Quispamsis ComexComex

Current fleet

Saint John Transit maintains an active fleet of approximately 60 buses.
Comex is the "Community Express" bus service that provides morning and after work service to citizens in outlying areas to and from Uptown Saint John. ComeX serves residents of Rothesay, Quispamsis and Hampton from Monday to Friday. Four buses form the basis of the ComeX service. ComeX was made possible through funding from the Government of Canada and support from the Province of New Brunswick.
Rothesay and Quispamsis has six runs in the morning and six in the afternoon/evening. The last run in the morning and the last run in the evening begin at McAllister Place. Hampton has four runs in the morning and four in the afternoon/evening. The last run in the morning and the last run in the evening begins at McAllister Place.
The service uses two Nova Bus LFS Artics and numerous DaimlerChrysler Orion VII Next Generation Bus. Saint John Transit purchased the first Orion VII Next Generation bus to roll off the assembly line in Mississauga, Ontario.

Employees

In 2001 there were 92 bus drivers, mechanics and dispatchers represented by the Amalgamated Transit Union locals 1182 and 1229.