The Town
of Cobourg is one of smallest communities in Ontario to operate a transit
service, with a population of 18,000.
There are four buses in the fleet:
two El Dorado E-Z Rider II MAX buses, one Blue Bird Ultra LF and a Ford
E-450 cutaway bus with an Overland body.
Service is provided on two routes meeting every hour at the
Northumberland Mall and in front of the Town Hall, and the buses operate from
Monday to Saturday until about 7 PM.
All
photos are by the webmaster.
901 was a 1997 Ford/Overland ELF, shown at the Northumberland Mall on Sept. 2, 2003. These buses are also used by paratransit services in many cities, such as Toronto’s Wheel-Trans. |
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902 was another 1997 Ford/Overland ELF, shown loading riders at the Northumberland Mall on Oct. 12, 2005. |
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903 is a 2005 Blue Bird Ultra LF, shown at the Northumberland Mall on October 12, 2005. Cobourg Transit is one of the first transit systems in Ontario to use these medium-duty, low-floor buses. |
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903 was spotted again boarding passengers at the Northumberland Mall nearly seven years later on July 28, 2012. By this time, the bus had been repainted to match the El Dorado buses delivered in 2009. |
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906 is a 2009 El Dorado E-Z Rider II MAX, shown at the Northumberland Mall on August 20, 2011. All Cobourg Transit buses are now painted in this livery. |
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907 is another 2009 El Dorado, seen waiting for riders at the Northumberland Mall on August 20, 2011. |
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907 was spotted again leaving the Northumberland Mall on August 20, 2011. |