All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems

Lethbridge, Alberta

Lethbridge Municipal Railway (17 August 1912 - 1947?)
Municipal operation. Converted two car lines to buses 1939. (Bill Krause 2013, Photo courtesy William Thorne).

Lethbridge Transit (1947? - present)
No distinct change-over date between LMR and Lethbridge Transit System. Buses purchased in 1939 were not lettered Lethbridge Municipal Railway. Cited as City of Lethbridge, Transit Department in Dawes et al. 1972 and CUTA 1976-77. Used the name L.A. Transit between the mid-1990s and circa 2012 (http://dtmn.com/lethad/transit/latrans.htm 1996, website 2013). (Canadian Coach 1969, CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992, photo: Peter Cox).

system logo (1968)   system logo	Service area population	62,000 (1991)
	Vehicle fleet	35 buses (2000)
	Employees	60 (1991)
	Data sources:	CUTA 1991/2 CTHF/SSG 2000 website 2010 (logo)

Modes

References

• Freigang, Peter F., 10 Cars --- 10 Miles: The Story of the Lethbridge Municipal Railway, Passenger Transport Enterprises, Vancouver (British Columbia) and Lethbridge (Alberta), n.d. (circa 1972). (Apparently republished under the title Rattlers in the South 1975 (RFC)).
• History of Lethbridge Transit, A web page at the URL: http://www.lethbridge.ca/home/City+Hall/Departments/Transit/History+of+Lethbridge+Transit/History+of+Lethbridge+Transit.htm, 2010.
• Krause, Bill, and Garry Allison, Lethbridge Municipal Railway, Lethbridge Municipal Railway Association, Lethbridge (Alberta), 2010.
• NA Transit, LA Transit: Lethbridge, Alberta, a photo gallery website at the URL: http://photo.natransit.com/lethbridge/index.htm 2002.