Brampton Transit Page

Brampton Transit provides bus service throughout the city of Brampton, which is immediately north of Mississauga and west of Vaughan. The fleet consists of 339 buses, including Orion V and VI, New Flyer D40LF and Xcelsior XD40, and NovaBus LFS buses, and until 2012 a single Leyland Olympian double-decker brought out for special occasions. The service population is 434,000. Connections can be made with Mississauga Transit and the TTC at the Westwood Mall in Malton and at various other locations where the systems meet. Brampton Transit also operates a rapid transit system called “Züm”, currently operating along Highway 7 between York University in Toronto and the Bramalea Transit Centre, and on Main Street and Hurontario Street between Sandalwood Parkway and the Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal, using a fleet of 63 specially-painted New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 and XDE60 buses, and planned to expand into a network of BRT routes along key arteries throughout the city.

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Brampton Züm

	1063 is a 2010 New Flyer XDE40 Xcelsior, shown at the Square One terminal in Mississauga on July 28, 2012.
	1070 is another 2010 NFI Xcelsior, spotted at the Brampton GO Station in downtown Brampton on Nov. 18, 2010. Brampton Züm received the first production order for Xcelsior buses with a 25-bus order in 2010, and ordered another 18 in 2011 and 2012, along with 20 XDE60 articulated hybrid buses. In addition, Brampton Transit ordered 30 XD40 buses for its regular route network.
	1129 is a 2010 New Flyer XD40, one of two buses wrapped in a special Züm Backup livery during a Züm bus shortage in late 2011. These buses had been ordered for Brampton’s regular transit fleet, and Züm buses 1250 and 1251 were ordered to replace the two backup buses. This photo was taken at the new Bramalea Transit Centre on July 28, 2012.
	1159 is a 2011 XDE40 Xcelsior, spotted at the Square One terminal in Mississauga on July 28, 2012.
	1165 is another 2011 Xcelsior hybrid, shown laying up at the new Bramalea Transit Centre on July 28, 2012.

Brampton Transit

	5741 was a 1957 GM TDH-4512, originally HSR 517, shown on display at the Halton County Radial Railway museum. This bus was restored to its Hamilton colours in December 1999. (Photo by John F.)
	8277 was a 1982 GM T6H-5307N, seen at the old Bramalea City Centre on Sept. 3, 2003. This bus was purchased new by Brampton, and it could be visually distinguished from the second-hand Santa Monica buses, as there was no AC condenser box over the back window.
	8791 was a 1987 MCI TC-40102N, shown waiting to enter service at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007. This order for six buses was Brampton’s only order for Classics, and the last bus was retired in February 2008.
	8909 was a 1989 Orion 01.508, spotted at the old Bramalea City Centre on Sept. 3, 2003.
	9024 was a 1990 Orion 01.508, shown boarding passengers at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007. The 1990 buses were the first to be equipped with air conditioning, as shown by the ventilation panel on the back of the bus.
	9134 was a 1991 Orion 05.501, waiting for riders at the old Bramalea City Centre. This photo was taken on Sept. 3, 2003.
	9135 is another 1991 Orion V, showing laying up at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	9178 was a 1991 New Flyer D40S purchased in 2000, formerly GO Transit 1935. This photo was taken at the Westwood Mall in Malton on Nov. 22, 2002. All these buses have been withdrawn from service.
	9638 is a 1996 New Flyer D40LF, shown at the old Bramalea City Centre on Sept. 3, 2003.
	9638 was spotted again several years later, now painted in the new livery. This photo was taken on Oct. 15, 2007, at the old Bramalea City Centre.
	9639 is another 1996 New Flyer D40LF, seen boarding passengers at the Westwood Mall on Nov. 22, 2002.
	9640 has also been repainted into the new Brampton Transit paint scheme. It is shown waiting for riders at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	9645 is a 1997 Orion 06.501, seen loading passengers at the old Bramalea City Centre. This photo was taken on Sept. 3, 2003.
	9645 is shown four years after the photo above, repainted into the new livery. This photo was taken on Oct. 15, 2007, while the bus was at the old Bramalea City Centre.
	9852 is a 1998 Orion VI, still painted in the old scheme, shown at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0183 is a 2001 Orion 05.501, and is seen at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0184 is another 2001 Orion V, shown waiting for riders at the old Bramalea City Centre on Sept. 3, 2003.
	0206 is a 2002 NFI D40LF, and is shown boarding riders at the old Bramalea City Centre on Sept. 3, 2003.
	0209 is another 2002 New Flyer D40LF, seen waiting for passengers at the new Bramalea Transit Centre on July 28, 2012.
	0404 is a 2004 New Flyer D40LF, seen laying up at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0411 is another 2004 D40LF, shown being passed by 0418 at the Westwood Mall in Malton on January 25, 2009. (Photo by Trevor H.)
	0418 is shown resting at the Westwood Mall on January 25, 2009. (Photo by Trevor H.)
	0422 was spotted boarding passengers at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0429 is shown waiting to resume service at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0606 is a 2006 NovaBus LFS, one of the first NovaBus products purchased by Brampton Transit. It is shown boarding passengers at the old Bramalea City Centre on Jan. 30, 2010.
	0613 is another 2006 Nova LFS, seen at the old Bramalea City Centre on Jan. 30, 2010.
	0618 is shown at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0619 was spotted at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0620 is seen at the old Bramalea City Centre on Oct. 15, 2007.
	0623 is shown waiting to resume service at the Finch GO bus terminal in North York on Oct. 15, 2007. At the time, Brampton buses would often appear in Toronto when they ran on route 77, a route shared with York Region Transit.
	0804 is a 2008 NovaBus LFS, seen at the old Bramalea City Centre on Jan. 30, 2010. Compared to earlier versions of this model, the LFS buses sold since 2008 are usually equipped with smaller headlamps spaced farther apart to make room for a bicycle rack. Twin projector headlamps are available as an option.
	0806 is another 2008 LFS, seen laying up at the old Bramalea City Centre on Jan. 30, 2010.
	0825 was spotted at the Finch GO bus terminal in January 2009. Since Brampton Transit began its Züm service in September 2010, its buses no longer serve the Finch GO terminal, ending at York University instead. (Photo by Trevor H.)
	0910 is a 2009 NovaBus LFS, spotted waiting for passengers at the Downtown Transit Centre near the GO Train station on Nov. 18, 2010.
	0913 is another 2009 LFS, shown boarding riders at the old Bramalea City Centre on Jan. 30, 2010.
	0922 is a 2009 3^rd-generation LFS, spotted on Hurontario Street near Courtneypark Drive in Mississauga on Nov. 18, 2010.
	0923 is another 2009 LFS, seen on Team Canada Drive near the new Bramalea Transit Centre on July 28, 2012. These buses feature a full-width rear window with the radiator located in the large housing at the back of the bus.
	1101 is a 2010 New Flyer XD40 Xcelsior, shown waiting for riders at the new Bramalea Transit Centre on July 28, 2012. In the same way that Züm received the first production Xcelsior hybrid buses, Brampton Transit received the first production Xcelsior conventional diesel buses.
	1112 is another 2010 NFI Xcelsior, spotted at the new Bramalea Transit Centre on July 28, 2012.
	1115 was spotted on Central Park Drive near the new Bramalea Transit Centre on July 28, 2012.
	1127 is shown parked on Central Park Drive on July 28, 2012. In addition to the hybrid buses ordered for its Züm service, Brampton Transit ordered thirty XD40 buses in 2010 for its regular fleet, along with eighteen in 2011 and nineteen in 2012, all of them placed into service the following year.

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