Oakville Transit Page
Oakville Transit was formed in 1972 to provide
service in throughout the Town of Oakville, located immediately west of
Mississauga. Today, a fleet of 60 buses
carries passengers in the area, which has a service population of 166,000. The fleet consists of New Flyer D40, D40LF,
and D40LFR; Blue Bird Ultra LF; and Orion I, V, VI, and VII buses. Connections can be made with Mississauga
Transit at the South Common Mall and at the Clarkson GO station, while
transfers to Burlington Transit can be made at the Hopedale Mall, the Lakeside
Village Plaza, and the Burlington bus terminal.
With the extension of service into downtown Burlington, transfers can
now be made with the HSR as well. Oakville Transit once had a fleet of “movie
buses” in various paint schemes such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and
Washington, which were rented by film producers when making movies in Toronto.
All photos are by the webmaster.
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894 is a 1989 New Flyer D40, seen at the Oakville GO station on Sept. 3, 2003. This is painted in the old blue and white paint scheme. |
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901 is a 1990 Orion 05.501, shown at the Oakville GO on Sept. 3, 2003. This bus is painted in the intermediate livery used during the late 1990’s, which was, in fact, a variation of the Owen Sound paint scheme first used on the D40LF buses purchased from that city. |
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906 is another 1990 Orion V, also painted in the Owen Sound livery. This photo was taken at the Oakville GO on Sept. 3, 2003. |
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922 is a 1992 Orion V, painted in the old blue and white livery, seen at the Oakville GO on Sept. 3, 2003. |
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952 is a 1995 New Flyer D40LF, originally Owen Sound 9503. This bus is painted in “sweep” livery, and is shown at the Oakville GO station on Sept. 3, 2003. |
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9905 is a 1999 Orion 06.501, spotted at the Oakville GO station on October 15, 2007. The 14 buses purchased in 1999 were the first buses painted in the “sweep” paint scheme. |
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9912 is another 1999 Orion VI, and is shown at the Oakville GO station on Sept. 3, 2003. |
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2101 is a 2001 Orion VI, seen at the Oakville GO station on Sept. 3, 2003. Unlike the 1999 Orion VI buses, the 2001 buses are equipped with the exit door in the middle of the bus instead of at the rear. |
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2102 is covered in a special 30th anniversary wrap, applied to the bus in late 2002. “Gus from the bus” adorns the front. This photo was taken on Sept. 2, 2003, at the Oakville GO station. |
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4106 is a 2004 Orion 07.501, shown at the Burlington bus terminal on Oct. 15, 2007. This was Oakville’s first order of Orion VII buses. |
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4108 is another 2004 Orion VII, shown waiting to enter service at the Oakville GO station on Oct. 15, 2007. |
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5103 is a 2005 New Flyer D40LF, spotted at the Oakville GO station on Oct. 15, 2007. The three buses purchased in 2005 were used as Hy-Drive test buses, and this bus still carries the wrap from the test period. |
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5104 is another 2005 NFI D40LF, shown waiting to resume service at the Oakville GO station on Oct. 15, 2007. These buses were the first low-floor buses purchased new from New Flyer, and the first NFI buses Oakville has put into service since acquiring the former Owen Sound buses in 1998. |
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6105 is a 2006 New Flyer D40LFR, spotted at the Oakville GO Station on Oct. 15, 2007. These buses feature updated front and rear end caps first used on Vancouver’s E40LFR trolleybuses. |
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6106 is another 2006 NFI D40LFR, shown waiting for passengers at the Burlington bus terminal on Oct. 15, 2007. Behind this bus is HSR 0408, another D40LF. Connections can be made directly between Oakville and Hamilton buses at this terminal, although the two systems do not currently accept each other’s fare media. |
