Brandon Transit

Brandon Transit
Parent	City of Brandon
Founded	Brandon Municipal Rwy. (1913;112 years ago); Brandon Transit (1955;70 years ago)
Headquarters	900 Richmond Avenue E.
Locale	Brandon, MB
Service area	Urban Area
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	10
Hubs	2
Fleet	23
Annual ridership	1,000,000
Fuel type	Diesel
Website	brandontransit.ca

Last updated September 14, 2025

Brandon Transit is the municipally-operated bus service in Brandon, the second largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada.

History

Public transportation began in the city in 1913 when the Brandon Municipal Railway started their streetcar service, with bus operations being introduced in 1932 after the MacArthur Transportation Company Limited assumed the service. Brandon Transit started up in 1955, initially with a private operator, which the city took over two years later.^[2]

Services

Fixed bus routes and Handi-Transit operate seven days a week.^[3]

Regular Routes

On July 31, 2017, Brandon Transit overhauled its existing route system. All former routes, except for Route 4 (Trans Canada), were replaced with more downtown-centric routes, and Route 4 was modified, its main change being that it now returns to the Downtown Terminal via the 1st Street Bridge instead of Braecrest Ave and the 18th Street Bridge.

Route Number	Route Name	Notes
4	Trans Canada
5	Assiniboine
8	Maryland West
14	Victoria West
15	East Hospital/ACC
16	South End Link
17	South Central
22	Riverheights West
23	1st Street South
(none)	Industrial	Service between various pick-up locations and the Industrial Hub from 5:30 am to 7:00 am, the Industrial Hub and Maple Leaf Foods from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm every 15 minutes, and no particular destinations (route depends on riders' own destinations) from 11:45 pm to 2:15 am

The former routes, used since 2002, were as follows:^[4]

Route Number	Route Name	Notes
1	Richmond West
4	Trans Canada
5	Assiniboine
6	Victoria East
9	18th Street South
10	Central Belt
11	Industrial
12	Industrial
20	City Circular
21	City Circular
22	N/E Festival Route	Charter route; run only during the Brandon Winter Festival
23	S Festival Route	Charter route; run only during the Brandon Winter Festival
(none)	ACC North Campus Shuttle

Handi-Transit

Handi-Transit Service provides door-to-door transportation for passengers with a disability who are unable to use the regular bus service. Clients must be registered to make use of the service.

UPass

All members of the Brandon University Students' Union ^[5] (on the Brandon campus) and Assiniboine Community College Student Association^[6] receive an annual Universal Bus Pass (UPass) through their student card.

Bio-diesel project

Originally this was a demonstration project to test one bus using fuel made entirely from waste restaurant fryer oil; the bus was running on 100% bio-diesel with no petro-diesel at all. Now that the feasibility has been proven, the goal was to eventually operate part of the fleet only using city restaurant waste products.^[7]

The Bio-Diesel test was discontinued in 2009 when the demonstration unit caught fire. The fire was not related to the Bio-diesel, it was revealed to be an electrical fire. This bus was also the last Orion I in service.^[8]

Facilities

Transit Operations

Address: 900 Richmond Avenue East

Coordinates: 49°49′36″N99°55′31.5″W / 49.82667°N 99.925417°W

Facilities: Head office and bus maintenance

Information Centre

Address: 800 Rosser Avenue

Coordinates: 49°50′54″N99°56′55.6″W / 49.84833°N 99.948778°W

Facilities: Information, maps, tickets, passes, etc.

Downtown Bus Mall

Address: 8th Street, between Rosser Ave and Pacific Ave.

Coordinates: 49°50′56″N99°56′54.3″W / 49.84889°N 99.948417°W

Facilities: shelters, benches

Bus bays: 8

Richmond Terminal

Address: Richmond Avenue, west of 18th Street

Coordinates: 49°49′38.8″N99°57′48.5″W / 49.827444°N 99.963472°W