All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems
Alberta Communities (H - Z)

Hinton, Alberta

Hinton Transit System (06 June 2007 - present)
Eighteen-month pilot project. Hinton Transit System is a Town of Hinton service, contracted to and operated by Cardinal Coach Lines Limited (Town website 2007). Service made permanent 2009. Contract operator listed in 2010 was First Canada Ltd. (website 2010).

Lacombe & Blindman Valley Electric Interurban

Lacombe and Blindman Valley Electric Railway Company (1913 - 1919?)
Incorporated 25 February 1909 (Alta). Lacombe to Bentley, Alberta. The line began operating as a gascar railway for passenger service. Freight was handled by conventional steam power. The intention to electrify was abandoned and the line was reorganized as the Lacombe and Northwestern Railway in 1919, passing first into provincial hands and then to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. (Martin says the gascar was retired in 1928.) (photo Public Archives of Alberta).

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Lake Louise, Alberta

Lake Louise Tramway (1912 - 1930 (Annually May through September))
A 3½ mi. (5.7 km) single track narrow gauge (3'6"/1067mm) line operated by open and closed gasoline trams, between the CPR station at Laggan (renamed Lake Louise 1914) and the Chateau Lake Louise hotel (elevation 5680 ft (1731 m)). Tramway and hotel were properties of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. (Lavallée 1972).

Reference

• Whyte, Jon, and Carole Harmon. Lake Louise: A Diamond in the Wilderness, Altitude Publishing, Banff (Alberta), 1982, pp. 34 - 35.

Medicine Hat, Alberta

Blair's Bus Lines (1950s?)
Company ending service in 1952 was locally owned City Bus Lines according to the Calgary Herald (Jun. 5, 1952, p. 14). (RS for March 1952).

Medicine Hat Transit Ltd. (1952 - ?)
Company owned by the same owners as the Moose Jaw Transportation Company (see Moose Jaw) (Calgary Herald Jun. 5, 1952, p. 14; Aug. 20, 1953, p. 5). Newspaper reports in late 1953 describe MH Transit Ltd. as an employee co-op (Regina Leader-Post Oct. 14, 1953, p. 2).

Medicine Hat Transportation Company (? - circa February 1972)
(RS for August 1963, Canadian Coach 1969, 1972, photo: Peter Cox).

Medicine Hat Transit (System) (circa February 1972 - present)
(Dawes et al. 1972, Transit Canada 1975, CUTA 1976-77, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992)

Peace River, Alberta

Peace River Transit (22 February 2005 - 31 March 2011)
Contractor from start-up was Cardinal Coach Lines. From summer of 2008 a five year operating contract was awarded to The Bus Company, formed largely from Cardinal employees. Napp 'n Sons Ventures Ltd. purchased TBCo June 2010. Service cancelled March 2011. (The [Peace River] Record-Gazette various issues 2006-2010, “Say goodbye to the PR bus service” [Record -Gazette 29 March 2011], website 2010).

system logo	Service area population	6,315 (2006)
	Data source:	2006 Census website 2010 (logo)

Red Deer, Alberta

Red Deer Bus Lines (1946? - 31 August 1957?) One-bus operation owned and operated by Danny Donahue. In operation at least from 1956, and perhaps from 1949. (Alan Gryfe 2002).

City Bus Service (Red Deer) Limited (01 September 1957 - 31 August 1966) Subsidiary of Sorensen Bus Lines, Ltd. (Canadian Coach 1966, CUTA F91). (Alan Gryfe 2002).

Red Deer Transit System (01 September 1966 - present)
Municipal system. Recently known as Red Deer Transit. From 31 August 2009 also operates transit service to Springbrook and Gasoline Alley in Red Deer County. (Dawes et al. 1972, Transit Canada 1975, CUTA 1976-77, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992). (Photos: Peter Cox, RDTS).

References

• History of Bus Service in Central Alberta, a world wide web page at the URL: http://www.forthjunction.com/transit-central-alberta.htm 2010.
• Parkin, Steve, Red Deer Transit: Historical Perspective, a world wide web page at the URL: http://www.forthjunction.com/transit-red-deer.htm 2010.
• Sullivan, Brian E., "Sorensen Bus Lines Limited," Motor Coach Age, Vol. XXXIV, No. 3, March 1982.

Redcliff, Alberta

Redcliff Bus Lines Ltd. (? - ?)
(Scrafton et al. 1970, Dawes et al. 1972). Suburban service between Redcliff and nearby Medicine Hat. Company started as a taxi service in 1932.

Springbrook / Gasoline Alley, Alberta

Sorensen Bus Lines, Ltd. (circa 1940? - 1944?)
Frequent wartime bus service between Red Deer and the Commonwealth Air Training base at Penhold. Service was 16 trips/day (Parkin). Training program closed 1944. After service as an RCAF base, CFB Penhold was sold for redevelopment in 1995 and eventually renamed Springbrook.

Red Deer Transit (31 August 2009 - present)
Transit service between Red Deer and the “Gasoline Alley” commercial area in Red Deer County. Peak-hour service also reaches Springbrook. Sponsored by the County of Red Deer and operated by RDT.

Wetaskiwin, Alberta

Wetaskiwin Transit (01 September 2010 - present)
Existing disability/seniors transportation operations of the Wetaskiwin Community Transportation Society formally rebranded from September 2010 as available to the general public. From July 2010 service area includes the neighbouring town of Millet. (Wetaskiwin Times 18 Aug. 2010, 15 Sep. 2010).