Brampton Transit expanding service in Bolton next year

Service along Highway 50 will continue through Brampton Transit after contract with private transit provider ends

Caledonenterprise.com
Oct. 2, 2023
Rohan Puri

Brampton Transit will replace the existing transit service provider in Bolton in 2024.

Voyago, a private transit provider, has been providing transit services in Bolton since 2019. Their contract is set to expire in November 2023, but Voyago will continue to provide transit in Bolton until Brampton Transit begins its transit services.

The existing transit routes in Bolton connect residents and employees from Columbia Way, along Highway 50 and Coleraine Drive, to Queen Street/Highway 7 station in Brampton.

At this location, riders have the opportunity to connect with Brampton Transit, Mississauga Transit and the York Regional Transit (YRT and Viva), which leads to the subway station at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC).

Currently bus service is provided for a total of six hours per day during peak morning and evening periods, from Monday to Friday.

The town said Brampton Transit will run local transit services in Bolton in 2024 to improve north-south transit along Highway 50.

The town said the route would be the same, but a loop would be added to the service between Highway 50 and Coleraine Drive, as recommended by staff, and the service would go both ways.

Updates will be provided on the new services from Brampton Transit and the Town of Caledon.

Brampton Transit currently provides local transit services in Southfields Village, Tullamore and along Dixie Road.

A town staff report had said Brampton Transit is prepared to expand its transit service in Caledon, subject to cost recovery. The report further said Brampton Transit had recently confirmed it has the capacity to expand its bus service to Bolton in spring 2024.

Brampton Transit’s proposal comprises a 10-hour-per-day service, including a morning and evening peak and a new midday service, the report said.

The net cost to the town for Brampton Transit to provide transit services in Bolton is estimated at $320,000 per year, the report stated.

In 2022, council directed staff to work with Brampton Transit to explore the feasibility of expanding its transit services throughout the major corridors in Caledon and report back to council on the level of the service and budget implications.