Ajax-Pickering Transit

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Ajax Pickering Transit Authority
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Founded2001 (merger of Ajax Transit and Pickering Transit)
Defunct2006 (merged into Durham Region Transit)
Locale Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
Service area Ajax and Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Service type Bus service
OperatorTown of Ajax, City of Pickering (jointly)

The Ajax Pickering Transit Authority (APTA) was a public transit operator in the Town of Ajax, Ontario, Canada, and the City of Pickering. It was merged with the other public transit agencies in Durham Region on January 1, 2006 to form Durham Region Transit.

Contents

APTA was jointly owned by Pickering and Ajax and governed by members of the Authority appointed by both municipalities.

Routes

The following routes were operated:

History

APTA was created on September 4, 2001 from the merger of Pickering Transit and Ajax Transit. It operated until the creation of Durham Region Transit in 2006.

Fleet

The following was APTA's roster at its dissolution on December 31, 2005:

Conventional Bus Fleet List
 Numbers  Qty  Year  Make  Model  Notes
2001-2011111999OBI06.501
2012-201541994OBI05.501
2016-201941992OBI05.501
202011991OBI05.501
2022-202321989OBI05.501
2024-202521989OBI01.507
2026-202941988NFID40
2030-203121988OBI01.508
203311988OBI01.507
2034-203521987OBI01.508
203611987OBI01.507
2037-203821997MTB glider
203911986OBI01.508
204011984OBI01.507
2042-204321984OBI01.502
204411982OBI01.504ex-Timmins Transit
2050-205562003OBI05.501
2060-206121990OBI05.501ex-RGRTA
2062-206541992OBI05.501ex-PaT
Abbreviations
MTB Mississauga Truck and Bus
NFI New Flyer Industries
OBI Orion Bus Industries


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