Leduc Transit

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Leduc Transit
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ParentCity of Leduc/County of Leduc
FoundedSeptember 8, 2014
Locale Leduc, Alberta/Leduc County
Service type Bus service, paratransit
Routes2
Hubs7 park and ride locations
Fleet9
Annual ridership111,900 (2023) [1]
Fuel typeclean diesel [2]
Website leductransit.ca

Leduc Transit is public bus system operated by the City of Leduc [3] and Leduc County in the Edmonton Capital Region of Alberta, Canada. The service began on September 8, 2014. The capital investment was 5.16 million dollars CAD. GreenTRIP (Green Transit Initiatives Project), a provincial fund to assist public transportation projects, has contributed 3.44 million dollars CAD. The remainder will be divided 65-35 between the City and the County respectively. [4] In 2023, the system had a ridership of 111,900.

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LATS, Leduc Assisted Transportation Services, is the paratransit branch that provides door to door service to the service area and was taken over by the City of Leduc in February 2007 from a not-for-profit group. A person who has a cognitive and/or physical disability or is 65 or older is able to use this service. [5]

Facilities

There are seven park and ride lots located at:

Transit garages

The garages and operations centre are located within the City of Leduc.

Routes

Current

 1  Leduc - Century Park (peak hours only, weekdays)

 10  Leduc - Edmonton International Airport (hourly, 7 days/week)

On-demand transit is available Monday-Friday to stops within Leduc and Nisku. [6]

Historical

The C-Line was in inter-municipal transit service where Edmonton Transit System was contracted to provide the service from the City of Leduc to Edmonton's Century Park Transit Centre and the Nisku Industrial Park. The C-Line commenced service in November 2010.

Leduc Transit commenced September 8, 2014 and is a joint venture between the City of Leduc and Leduc County. There were originally six routes. Route 1 serves Central Leduc, Nisku, Royal Oaks and Century Park LRT Station. [7] Route 2 serves West Leduc and Nisku. [8] Route 3 serves the Leduc Business Park, the hospitality area along Sparrow Crescent in Leduc and on 11 Avenue in Nisku and the Edmonton International Airport. [9] Route 4 serves South Leduc. [10] Route 5 serves Nisku. Each route operates on peak hours only, Monday to Friday. [11] Route 10 provides service from Leduc (Alexandra Park) to the hotel corridor along Sparrow Drive/Sparrow Crescent to the Edmonton International Airport, Premium Outlet Collection Mall and Costco, operating on an hourly frequency seven days per week. In 2021, all routes except for 1 and 10 were replaced by an on-demand service.

Fleet

The fleet consists of nine buses. [12] The buses have red, light blue and dark blue chevrons as its logo and styling for the buses. [13] Each bus is a low floor bus. [14] The four 12 metre (40 foot) buses are New Flyer Xcelsior, and the five 8 metre (26 foot) community buses are ARBOC Spirit of Mobility buses. [15] On Route 1, free WiFi is available. [16]

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  2. ↑ "Our modern, environmentally-friendly bus fleet | Leduc Transit". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  3. ↑ Russell Piffer (November 28, 2013). "City to buy buses, increase public transit". Leduc Rep. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Leduc Representative".
  5. ↑ "Leduc Transit |".
  6. ↑ "On-Demand Transit | Leduc Transit". www.leductransit.ca. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
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  10. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "Upcoming Route Brochures :: City of Edmonton". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  12. ↑ City of Leduc Opts out of Edmonton Transit Service Bus Agreement [ dead link ]
  13. ↑ "Leduc Representative".
  14. ↑ "Check out our up-to-date FAQ page | Leduc Transit". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  15. ↑ "Our modern, environmentally-friendly bus fleet | Leduc Transit". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
  16. ↑ "Wi-Fi". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2014-08-16.
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