Founded | 1981 |
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Headquarters | New Minas, Nova Scotia |
Service area | Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia |
Service type | Public Transit |
Routes | 6 |
Fleet | 13 buses |
Website | kbus.ca |
Kings Transit Authority is a public transit agency operating buses in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia. The system, incorporated in 1981, is funded by Kings County, Annapolis County, Digby County and the towns of Berwick, Wolfville, Kentville, Middleton, Annapolis Royal, and Digby.
Kings Transit originally operated between Wolfville and Kentville, eventually expanding to Greenwood in western Kings County.
In 2000, the Municipality of the County of Annapolis funded the system's expansion to Bridgetown and eventually Annapolis Royal. The Municipality of the District of Digby funded the expansion of Kings Transit west to Weymouth, serving Upper Clements Park, Cornwallis Park and Digby. The Municipality of the District of West Hants funded the system's eastern expansion from Wolfville through Hantsport to Brooklyn.
Today the Kings Transit system consists of seven fixed routes, primarily travelling on Trunk 1 from Grand Pre to Weymouth.
In October 2015, Kings Transit ended their Wolfville to Brooklyn route due to lack of funding from West Hants, and the towns of Hantsport and Windsor.
No. | Manufacturer | Model | Year | Notes |
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46 | GMC / Turtle Top | Odyssey XL | 2008 | Spare bus |
47 | MCI | TC40-102A Classic | 1989 | Spare buses |
48 | MCI | TC40-102N Classic | 1990 | Spare bus |
49 - 50 | Chevrolet / Turtle Top | Odyssey XL | 2007 | Primarily used on the Brooklyn-Wolfville routes. |
51 - 56 | New Flyer Industries | D40LF | 2005 | Primarily used on Wolfville-Greenwood routes and Bridgetown-Greenwood routes. 55 is a spare bus. |
57 - 58 | ElDorado National | E-Z Rider II MAX | 2007 | Primarily used on the Bridgetown-Weymouth routes |
Bus routes run every two hours, Bus fare cost per route is $4.00 for Adults and Seniors and $2.25$ for children aged 5 to 11 and students. Routes 1W & E and 2W & E are interlined in the schedule to provide hourly service per direction in the eastern, most populated part of the Annapolis Valley.
Travels via Trunk 1 west from Wolfville Town Centre, through the shopping center of the Annapolis Valley, New Minas, Downtown Kentville, the Kentville Industrial Park, the town of Berwick, and the Villages of Aylesford, Kingston and Greenwood before stopping at Greenwood Mall.
Travels route 1W backwards, starting at Greenwood Mall heading east and ending at Wolfville Town Centre.
Travels from Grand Pré Café & Roastery in Grand-Pré, through Wolfville passing the Acadia University, diverting to the Village of Port Williams, continuing through New Minas, Kentville with a diversion to North Kentville and NSCC Kingstec Campus before ending at Coldbrook Foodland in Coldbrook.
Travels Route 2W backwards from Coldbrook Foodland in Coldbroko to Grand Pré Café & Roastery in Grand Pré.
Travels via Trunk 1 east from Post Office Street in Bridgetown through Lawrencetown passing the NSCC Centre of Geographic Sciences Campus, Middleton passing the NSCC Annapolis Campus, Soldiers Memorial Hospital, and the communities of Nictaux and Wilmot before turning down Highway 201 to Greenwood, eventually ending at Greenwood Mall.
Travels Route 3E backwards from Greenwood Mall west to Post Office Street in Bridgetown.
Travels via Trunk 1 from Post Office Street in Bridgetown east through the community of Granville, Downtown Annapolis Royal passing the Historic site of Fort Anne, Annapolis Community Health Centre and the communities of Clementsport and Cornwallis before stopping at Cornwallis Mall.
Travels Route 4 backwards from Cornwallis Mall west to Post Office Street in Bridgetown.
Travels via Trunk 1 and Highway 101 east from Foodland in Weymouth through Barton, Downtown Digby ending at the Cornwallis Mall.
Travels via Trunk 1 and Highway 101 west from Cornwallis Mall, through the community of Smith's Cove, the commercial district and downtown Digby, the communities of Barton and Gilbert's Cove before stopping at Foodland in Weymouth.
The Annapolis Valley is a valley and region in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located in the western part of the Nova Scotia peninsula, formed by a trough between two parallel mountain ranges along the shore of the Bay of Fundy. Statistics Canada defines the Annapolis Valley as an economic region, composed of Annapolis County, Kings County, and Hants County.
Wolfville is a Canadian town in the Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. The town is home to Acadia University and Landmark East School.
Kings County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. With a population of 62,914 in the 2021 Census, Kings County is the third most populous county in the province. It is located in central Nova Scotia on the shore of the Bay of Fundy, with its northeastern part forming the western shore of the Minas Basin.
The Minas Basin is an inlet of the Bay of Fundy and a sub-basin of the Fundy Basin located in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is known for its extremely high tides.
The Dominion Atlantic Railway was a historic railway which operated in the western part of Nova Scotia in Canada, primarily through an agricultural district known as the Annapolis Valley.
New Minas is a Canadian village located in the eastern part of Kings County in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley. As of 2011, the population was 5,135.
Highway 101 is an east-west highway in Nova Scotia that runs from Bedford to Yarmouth.
Grand-Pré is a Canadian rural community in Kings County, Nova Scotia. Its French name translates to "Great/Large Meadow" and the community lies at the eastern edge of the Annapolis Valley several kilometres east of the town of Wolfville on a peninsula jutting into the Minas Basin surrounded by extensive dyked farm fields, framed by the Gaspereau and Cornwallis Rivers. The community was made famous by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Evangeline and is today home to the Grand-Pré National Historic Site. On June 30, 2012, the Landscape of Grand-Pré was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Trunk 1 is part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia's system of Trunk Highways.
Berwick is a Canadian town in Kings County, Nova Scotia. The town is located in the eastern part of the Annapolis Valley on the Cornwallis River. The town site stretches south from the river and Exit 15 of Highway 101 to Highway 1. Berwick occupies 6.80 km2 and has an elevation of 43 m (141 ft) above sea level.
State Route 524 (SR 524) is a suburban state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, located entirely within Snohomish County. It begins at SR 104 in Edmonds and travels east past SR 99, Interstate 5 (I-5), under I-405, past SR 527 and SR 9 to end at SR 522 in Maltby. The road also has two spur routes, one connecting to SR 104 in Edmonds and another connecting to I-5 in Lynnwood.
The Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education (AVRCE) (formerly Annapolis Valley Regional School Board) is the public school district responsible for the approximately 40 elementary, middle level, and high schools in Annapolis County, Kings County, and the West Hants Municipal District of Hants County in Nova Scotia, Canada. The school district was renamed following the dissolution of elected school boards and placing in Nova Scotia in March 2018.
The Evangeline Trail is a scenic roadway in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
The Cornwallis River is in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It has a meander length of approximately 48 kilometres (30 mi) through eastern Kings County, from its source on the North Mountain at Grafton to its mouth near Wolfville on the Minas Basin. The lower portion of the river beginning at Kentville is tidal and there are extensive tidal marshes in the lower reaches. In its upper watershed at Berwick, the river draws on the Caribou Bog while a longer branch continues to the official source, a stream on the North Mountain at Grafton.
Kingsport is a small seaside village located in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the shores of the Minas Basin. It was famous at one time for building some of the largest wooden ships ever built in Canada.
The Flying Bluenose was a Canadian luxury passenger train operated by the Dominion Atlantic Railway between Halifax, Nova Scotia and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia from 1891 to 1936. It was a boat train scheduled to connect with passenger steamships to Boston and ran only during the summer months.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Nova Scotia:
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is divided into 49 municipalities, of which there are three types: regional (4), town (25), and county or district municipality (20).