Transit History of Alberta Communities (A-G)

All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems
Alberta Communities (A - G)

by David A. Wyatt

Banff, Alberta

Town of Banff Shuttle Bus (1994 - 199?)
(RS). Contract operator Banff Transportation and Tours. Probably just renamed to BTS.

Banff Transit System (199? - present)
"Half-hourly on two routes in the summer, half-hourly on 1 route spring and fall, and hourly on that same route in winter" (DW 1998). Multi-route service in operation by or before 2005. Contract of operator Banff Transportation and Tours terminated prematurely 31 october 2007. Temporary contractor Pinnacle Tours assumed operations from 05 November 2007 until 31 May 2008, when new contractor Brewster, Inc. took over. New buses June 2008 lettered Roam. (Photios: Dale Randall, David Wyatt).

Roam [Banff] 1 (Novabus LFS) (David A. Wyatt 2009 Oct. 14)

Brooks, Alberta

Brooks Transit (04 September 2001 - circa 31 December 2001)
"Two routes operating between 0700 and 1700 Monday to Friday. There will also be a shuttle service from the downtown core to the Brooks Campus of Medicine Hat College." Operated by Cardinal Coach Lines. Service discontinued due to low ridership. (CTN 2001, 2002) (photo KdR 2002)

Camrose, Alberta

? ("a few months in 1970.")
Promotional operation conducted by a real estate developer (CC71).

Cold Lake, Alberta

Cold Lake Transit System (13 September 2004 - 07 June 2005)
Service cancelled because of deficits and/or low ridership.

Drumheller, Alberta

Drumheller Bus and Taxi Co. (circa August 1928 - ?)
Operating a scheduled bus service from Nacmine via Drumheller to Rosedale (CR&MW September 1928, p. 555). Nacmine is about 6 km west of Drumheller. Rosedale Station is about 8 km southeast.

Fort McMurray, Alberta

Fort McMurray is an unincorporated place located in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Fort McMurray Transit (April 1980 - present)
Operation conducted under contract by Diversified Transportation Ltd. (CUTA TT89, pb96, website 2003). The City of Fort McMurray was merged with the surrounding rural municipality (Improvement District 18) to form the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo circa 1995. CTHF/SSG 1998 lists this operation as Wood Buffalo Transit but CTHF/SSG 2000 returns to FMT. Web site (2003) simultaneously uses Wood Buffalo Express and FMT names. (CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992)

Service area population	34,000 (1991)
Vehicle fleet	17 buses (2000)
Employees	3 (City), 37 (DTL) (1991)
Data source:	CUTA 1991/2 CTHF/SSG 2000

Note

The community's two principal employers, Syncrude and Suncor (formerly G.C.O.S.) sponsor transit services for their workers. These services have from time to time been contracted to Sunburst Motor Coaches, [Canadian] Coachways System, Diversified Transportation Ltd. and Grey Goose Bus Lines (Alberta) Ltd. Both services operated by Diversified 1996 (pb96).

References

Fort McMurray section of BARP (Bus And Rail Pictures) 2005.

Grande Prairie, Alberta

Grande Prairie Transit (02 March 1981 - present)
Operation conducted by a contractor. Initial contractor in 1981 was Evergreen Transportation. (CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992, Photos: Peter Cox, BARP)