Transportation: Transit
OakvilleFaresCash fare $2.50 exact change. You can pay with cash (exact fare - no change available on board) or with tickets or a bus pass previously bought from a ticket vendor:
(Fares Effective: July 1, 2006) GO With GUS Pass $20.00, Day Pass $6.50, Children under 5 ride for free when accompanied by an adult. Students 6-18 years and/or are full-time elementary or high school students with proper card identification. Sheridan College and Adult Learning Centre students are considered adults.
Oakville Transit offers four community bus routes (Red, Yellow, Blue, Green) which run on certain days of the week. The Community Bus is a low floor, completely accessible 15 passenger vehicle available for anyone to use. Oakville Transit requires that all passengers use seatbelts which are available on the Community Buses. The buses operate fixed route service Monday through Saturday, from about 10 am until 4:40 pm. Their schedule then vary depending upon the day of the week. One route, the Yellow, runs the same route each day. The Community Bus does not operate during Statutory Holidays. Zone Express buses Zone Express dispatch develops unique routes based on customer pick-up and drop-off points. You are picked up at the closest bus stop to your origin and dropped off at the bus stop closest to your destination. The cost is $2.50 cash fare exact change, tickets or passes. Oakville is divided into four zones (basically, four quadrants) with the Oakville GO Station as the central meeting point for all buses between zones. If you're travelling within the same zone, you don't change buses, but if you're travelling to a different zone, transfers are made at Oakville GO Station. Zone Express is available Sundays from 8am to 8pm, and Monday - Saturday from 9:25 pm to 12:25 am), except where Routes 14 and 24 operate during Monday to Saturday evenings,. At 12:25 am and 1:25 am, the Zone buses meet the last 2 trains from Toronto at the Oakville GO Station, and provide drop offs only. Persons with disabilities Oakville Transit provides a "care-A-van" curb to curb transportation service for people with mobility challenges, which is provided Monday to Friday, 6 am to midnight, and Saturday 7 am to midnight. Fare: Cash: $2.50 or by ticket, which can be bought 10/$21.00 only from the Transit Office. The Oakville care-A-van can be used to travel within the urban area of Oakville, though connections are possible between Burlington Handi Van and Peel Transhelp. It is the responsibility of the users to make their own bookings that connect at transfer points. BurlingtonGeneral InformationAvailable at the Downtown Bus Terminal, 430 John Street. Monday-Friday from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m., & Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. or call 905-639-0550 24 hours a day. Fares Cash fares are $2.50 for adults, seniors, and secondary school students. Fares are $1.50 for elementary school students, and kids under 5 travel free when with a parent. The GO Fare, With Valid GO Ticket or Pass is $0.50.
You can also purchase a ComboCard, basically an stored-value electronic payment for transit, for any amount (minimum $10), which gives you the same price as buying a book of tickets. Just swipe your card at the fare box and when you hear a "beep" your car's payment has been accepted.
MiltonTown of Milton now has five fixed routes that run approximately every 30 minutes from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays, with conections between all routes at the Milton GO station. The Town of Milton is is working with the Town of Oakville to use Oakville's smaller, commuter-friendly busesInformation For route, schedule, ticket and other transit information, please call the Customer Information Line at 905-815-2020 (operated by Oakville Transit). Fares For riders 6 years & up the cash fare is $2.00 (exact change required, since drivers do not carry change).
GO commuter transfer: buy a GO Commuter Pass $20.00 when you show your valid GO Train ticket/pass on boarding the bus, and your GO Commuter Pass, just deposit $0.50 into the farebox. GO Group passes do not qualify for $0.50 rides.
GO Transit
Government of Ontario (GO) Transit is the interregional transit system for the Greater Toronto, Hamilton, and Oshawa areas. GO Transit began in 1967 as a single rail line and now is a comprehensive network of bus and rail services covering over 8,000 sq km. GO trains and GO buses efficiently connect with municipal transit systems throughout the network.
GO Transit provides modern rail commuter service to Toronto from Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville. These communities are serviced by two GO Train lines: the A-line from Hamilton to Toronto's Union Station and the C-Line with connects Milton with Union Station. Oakville has rail service seven days per week with express trains during peak hours. On weekends, there are bus connections from Burlington to Oakville trains. Halton Hills and Milton offer rail service during peak times to Union Station, Monday to Friday with connections at Union Station to other destinations. There is extensive GO Bus service to various locations, seven days per week. There are three routes
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