Cornwall Transit is a city-run enterprise with
four regular routes and two community routes providing service to a population
of about 46,000 people. The fleet consists
of Orion II, V, and VI, and El Dorado EZ-Rider MAX buses, totalling 13
buses. The Orion II buses operated by
Cornwall Transit run on Compressed Natural Gas, making Cornwall the only city
in Eastern Ontario to run CNG buses. All
the buses in Cornwall meet every thirty minutes at the corner of Pitt Street
and Second Street to allow riders to make connections.
All photos are by the webmaster unless
otherwise noted.
General Motors/Motor Coach Industries
A line of buses and other city vehicles is
seen behind the Cornwall Transit garage on December 29, 2001. Along with the GM New Looks, there are also Ford paratransit buses,
an Orion II bus, and a police car. |
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7617 was a 1976 GM T6H-4523N, painted in the
older livery, and is shown retired behind the Cornwall Transit garage on
Second Street West on December 29, 2001. |
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7829 was a 1978 General Motors T6H-5307N,
seen on Sept. 18, 2000, at the corner of Second Street and Pitt Street. The last GM New Looks were withdrawn in
2005 after a round of service cuts. |
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8558 is a second-hand 1985 GM TC-40102N,
which was originally STCUQ bus 8530 and was purchased by Cornwall Transit in
2000. It is shown during the charter
on May 1st, 2010, just after dropping the riders off on Second
Street East at the Eastcourt Mall. |
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9137 is a 1991 MCI TC-40102N, seen on at the
downtown transfer point on September 18, 2000. Pitt Street is a north-south thoroughfare
that divides into east and west, and the transfer point for most bus routes
is on Second Street just west of Pitt Street, though some routes stop on Pitt
Street. |
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9137 is shown at the Brookdale
Mall transfer point on Dec. 6, 2005.
Cornwall Transit’s Classic buses are now equipped with LED headsigns. |
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9137 was spotted again on Dec. 6, 2005, this
time at the transfer point on Second Street at Pitt Street. |
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9137 is shown at the Second Street/Pitt
Street transfer point on May 1st, 2010. |
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9138 is another 1991 MCI Classic, shown at
the downtown transfer point on May 1st, 2010. |
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9139 was seen on Second Street at Pitt Street
on January 18, 2003. |
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9139 was spotted again on Pitt Street on
April 10, 2008. |
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9139 is shown on Second Street West at the
downtown transfer point on August 8, 2009. |
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9140 is shown on Second Street West on April
10, 2008. |
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9141 is seen on Second Street West on Dec.
20, 2003. These buses were the last
purchased without air conditioning. |
Orion Bus Industries/Bus Industries of America
9242 was a 1992 Orion V diesel, seen on
Second Street at Pitt Street on January 18, 2003. |
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9242 was retired in April 2010, and is shown
behind the Cornwall Transit garage on Second Street West on May 1st,
2010. |
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9243 was another 1992 Orion 05.501 diesel,
shown on Pitt Street at Second Street on December 6, 2005. |
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9243 was spotted parked in retirement behind
the Cornwall Transit garage on May 1st, 2010. Because the 1992 Orion V buses had only
been retired a few weeks earlier, they were still in relatively good shape
with most of their parts intact.
However, on May 10 the three 1992 diesel and two 1994 CNG buses were
sold to Capital Bus Parts in St-Romuald near Lévis, Quebec, for scrapping. |
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9244 is seen on Second Street near Pitt
Street on Sept. 18, 2000. All of
Cornwall’s Orion V buses are equipped with rear-mounted Carrier air
conditioners. |
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9244 was spotted again on Second Street West
on April 10, 2008. |
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9244 is shown retired and parked behind the
Cornwall Transit garage on May 1st, 2010. The 1992 Orion V diesel buses lasted longer
than their CNG counterparts and continued running until they were retired in
April 2010. |
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9445 was a 1994 Orion 05.501 CNG, shown at
the Pitt Street transfer point on December 29, 2001. This bus was retired in 2003 after being
severely damaged in a fire. |
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9446 was another 1994 Orion V CNG, seen at
the Second Street transfer point on April 10, 2008. |
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9447 is shown on September 18, 2000, on Pitt
Street near Second Street. CNG buses
have cleaner emissions than diesel buses, which was an important factor in
the 1990s when Cornwall was an industrial city with several major factories. |
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9447 is shown several years later on Second
Street at Pitt Street on Dec. 6, 2005. |
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9448 was another 1994 Orion V CNG, seen on
Pitt Street just south of Second Street on January 18, 2003. |
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9448 was spotted again on Second Street East
approaching the downtown transfer point on April 10, 2008. |
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9448 was seen retired behind the Cornwall
Transit garage on Second Street West on May 1st, 2010. The last of the CNG buses were withdrawn
from service in March 2009, and they were used for parts before being sold to
Capital Bus Parts in May 2010. |
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9449 was also parked retired behind the
Cornwall Transit garage when this photo was taken on May 1st,
2010. This bus had been retired due to
corrosion by early 2008. |
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9753 is a 1997 Orion II CNG, seen on Second
Street West in downtown Cornwall on May 1st, 2010. |
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9754 is another 1997 Orion II, shown on
Second Street West near Pitt Street during the evening on September 18, 2000. |
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9754 was seen again nearly ten years later,
boarding passengers at the Wal-Mart at the Brookdale
Mall on May 1st, 2010.
Cornwall Transit purchased these buses to provide Dial-A-Ride service
during evenings and weekends, but the service was unpopular and now these
buses are used for Community Bus routes. |
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9754 was spotted again later in the day on
May 1st, 2010, this time at the downtown transfer point on Second
Street West. |
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9755 was spotted passing the Brookdale Mall on Dec. 6, 2005. |
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0359 is a 2003 Orion 05.501 diesel, seen at
the Second Street transfer point on April 10, 2008. This bus was one of two
purchased in 2003 and represents the first new 40’ buses purchased since
1994, as well as the first Cornwall buses to be equipped with wheelchair
lifts at the front doors. |
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0359 was seen again on Second Street West at
the downtown transfer point on August 8, 2009. |
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0359 was spotted on Second Street East about
to cross Pitt Street in downtown Cornwall on August 23, 2013. |
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0360 is shown on Second Street West on
December 20, 2003. These buses were
also the first purchased new with computerized destination signs, though most
of Cornwall’s older buses have been refit with digital signs as well. |
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0360 was seen again at the Eastcourt Mall on Second Street East on Nov. 14,
2009. At the time, Cornwall Transit
was offering a free shuttle service to flu shot clinics during the H1N1
vaccination campaign. |
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0360 is shown parked at the Cornwall Transit
garage on May 1st, 2010.
This photo clearly shows the wheelchair lift ordered on these buses. |
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9879 is a 1998 Orion 06.501, seen at the downtown
transfer point on August 23, 2013.
Formerly Kingston Transit 9809, this bus was one of five Orion VI
buses from Kingston and Mississauga purchased second-hand to replace the 1991
MCI Classics. The three Kingston buses
were acquired during the fall of 2012, while the two MiWay
buses were bought from Eastway Refurbishing in
2013. |
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9880 is another 1998 Orion VI, shown on
Second Street West at Pitt Street on August 23, 2013. This bus was originally KT bus 9810, while
KT bus 9804 became Cornwall Transit 9878.
The two former MiWay buses became Cornwall
buses 9881 and 9882. |
El Dorado E-Z Rider II MAX
0868 is a 2009 El Dorado E-Z Rider II MAX,
seen on Second Street at Pitt Street on August 8, 2009. These 30’ buses offer substantial savings both
in purchase price and in fuel costs, which is an important factor for small
transit systems where ridership levels may not warrant full time service with
40’ buses. |
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0868 was seen again at the Second Street
transfer point on May 1st, 2010. |
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0869 is another 2009 El Dorado bus, seen
waiting for riders at the downtown transfer point on May 1st,
2010. |
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0870 was spotted at the downtown transfer
point on August 8, 2009. Cornwall
Transit purchases three of these buses in 2009 and another three in 2010,
numbering the second order in the 09xx series. |
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0870 was seen again later in the evening of
August 8, 2009, at the corner of Second Street and Pitt Street. |
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0870 is shown waiting for riders at the
Second/Pitt transfer point during the 8558/9752 double-headed charter on May
1st, 2010. |
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0870 was spotted again at NAV Canada off of
Montreal Road in eastern Cornwall on May 1st, 2010. |
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0870 was seen again passing 9752 while the
Orion II bus was at a photo stop during the double-headed charter. This photo was taken on May 1st,
2010, on the NAV Canada access road, and the St. Lawrence River is visible in
the background. |
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0971 is a 2010 El Dorado EZ Rider II Max, and
was seen on Second Street West near Pitt Street on May 1st, 2010. |
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0971 was seen again on Second Street West at
the downtown transfer point on August 23, 2013. |
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0973 is another 2010 El Dorado bus, spotted
on Second Street at Pitt Street on August 23, 2013. |
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0973 was seen again on Pitt Street in downtown
Cornwall later in the day on August 23, 2013. |