During the two holiday weeks before New Year’s Day, transit travel patterns change. Most schools, colleges and universities and some workplaces are closed, so many people who would ordinarily use transit don’t.
On the other hand, many more people are off work and use transit more often than usually to shop or travel to holiday events. All transit agencies in the Greater Toronto Area, Hamilton and the Golden Horseshoe are revising their services.
this post lists transit service day by day. Next week, part 2 will detail holiday service from December 27 until January 4, 2010.
December 20 (Sunday)
December 21 (Monday)
December 22 (Tuesday)
December 23 (Wednesday)
December 24 (Thursday - Christmas Eve)
December 25 (Friday - Christmas)
December 26 (Saturday - Boxing Day)
Sunday, December 20
Scroll through the list to find out how the holidays affect your transit service today. The list includes both conventional and door-to-door accessible transit agencies. The names of the agencies appear alphabetically.
BACTS (Barrie Accessible Community Transportation Service) - Regular Sunday service, 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. (December 20)
- Extended Sunday schedules. (December 20)
- Sunday / holiday schedules (December 20)
- Sunday schedules (December 20)
- Regular Sunday service, 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. (December 20)
DARTS ([Hamilton] Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System)
- Regular Sunday-to-Wednesday and statutory holiday hours, 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. (December 20)
- Sunday / holiday schedules (December 20)
- Regular Sunday / holiday service, 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. (December 20)
- Sunday schedules. (December 20)
- Sunday schedules (December 20)
- Regular Sunday and holiday service, 9 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. (December 20)
- Sunday / holiday schedules.
- Less service to the University of Guelph. (December 20)
Guelph Transit Mobility Services
- Regular Sunday / holiday service, 9:15 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. (December 20)
- Regular evening and weekend service: call 905-873-2601, extension 2617 48 hours before your trip. (December 20)
- Sunday / holiday schedules (December 20)
- No service (December 20)
Milton Transit Accessible Service
- No service (December 20)
- Sunday / holiday schedules (December 20)
- Call 905-357-0122 for information on hours (December 20)
- Evening and Sunday schedules.
- High school students ride for just 25 cents. (December 20)
- Sunday schedules (December 20)
- Regular Sunday service, 6 a.m. until midnight. (December 20)
- No service (December 20)
- Sunday schedules.
- Regular Sunday service, 9:30 a.m. until 7:45 p.m. (December 20)
- Regular service, 6 a.m. until 1 a.m. (December 20)
St. Catharines Transit Commission
- Evening and weekend schedules. (December 20)
St. Catharines Paratransit System
- Call 905-685-9844 for information on hours (December 20)
- Sunday schedules. Transit vehicles operating on most routes, including subway routes, start at 9 a.m. (December 20)
- Regular weekend and holiday service, 7 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. (December 20)
- Sunday / holiday schedules.
- Buses operate later than usual on the 20 Jane - Concord route. (December 20).
- Regular Sunday / holiday service, 8:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. (December 20).
Monday, December 21
Tuesday, December 22
Scroll through the list to find out how the holidays affect your transit service today. The list includes both conventional and door-to-door accessible transit agencies. The names of the agencies appear alphabetically.
BACTS (Barrie Accessible Community Transportation Service)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 11 p.m. (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday and evening schedules. No high school service. (December 21 and 22)
- Revised Monday-to-Friday rush-hour schedules.
- No high school service. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. (December 21 and 22)
DARTS ([Hamilton] Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System)
- Regular Sunday-to-Wednesday and statutory holiday hours, 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 21 and 22)
DRT Specialized Services - Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until midnight. (December 21 and 22)
GO Transit - Monday-to-Friday schedules. - Less service to colleges and universities. (December 21 and 22)
- Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service.
- Less service to Conestoga College. (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Wednesday service, 7 a.m. until midnight (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Saturday schedules.
- No high school service.
- Less service to the University of Guelph. (December 21 and 22)
Guelph Transit Mobility Services
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 5:45 a.m. until 12:15 a.m. (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules (December 21 and 22)
Milton Transit Accessible Service
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 21 and 22)
- Call 905-357-0122 for information on hours (December 21 and 22)
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Daytime: Monday-to-Saturday schedules.
- Evening: Evening and weekend schedules.
- No service to Niagara College Glendale or Welland Campuses.
- High school students ride for just 25 cents.
- No service to Fort Erie. (December 21 and 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 21 and 22)
Oakville Transit care-A-van - Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until midnight (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:15 a.m. until 10:45 p.m. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday to Friday schedules. (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until 1 a.m. (December 21 and 22)
St. Catharines Paratransit System
- Call 905-685-9844 for information on hours (December 21 and 22)
St. Catharines Transit Commission
- Daytime: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- Evening: Evening and weekend schedules. No service to Niagara College Glendale campus. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules with reduced rush-hour service. (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until 1a.m. (December 21 and 22)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules. Less high school service. (December 21 and 22)
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 6 a.m. until midnight. (December 21 and 22)
Wednesday, December 23
Scroll through the list to find out how the holidays affect your transit service today. The list includes both conventional and door-to-door accessible transit agencies. The names of the agencies appear alphabetically.
BACTS (Barrie Accessible Community Transportation Service)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 11 p.m. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday and evening schedules.
- No high school service. (December 23)
- Revised Monday-to-Friday rush-hour schedules.
- No high school service. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. (December 23)
DARTS ([Hamilton] Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System)
- Regular Sunday-to-Wednesday and statutory holiday hours, 7 a.m. until 11 p.m. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until midnight. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- Less service to colleges and universities. (December 23)
- Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service.
- Less service to Conestoga College.
- Extra service for exams at the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University ends. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Wednesday service, 7 a.m. until midnight (December 23)
- Monday-to-Saturday schedules.
- No high school service.
- Less service to the University of Guelph. (December 23)
Guelph Transit Mobility Services
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 5:45 a.m. until 12:15 a.m. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules (December 23)
Milton Transit Accessible Service
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 23)
- Call 905-357-0122 for information on hours (December 23)
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- Daytime: Monday-to-Saturday schedules.
- Evening: Evening and Sunday schedules.
- No service to Brock University.
- No service to Niagara College Glendale or Welland campuses.
- No service to Fort Erie.
- High school students ride for just 25 cents. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until midnight (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:15 a.m. until 10:45 p.m. (December 23)
- Monday to Friday schedules.
- Less service to Trent University. (December 23)
Region of Peel Transhelp - Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until 1 a.m. (December 23)
St. Catharines Paratransit System
- Call 905-685-9844 for information on hours (December 23)
St. Catharines Transit Commission
- Daytime: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- Evening: Evening and weekend schedules.
- Less service to Brock University.
- No service to Niagara College Glendale campus. (December 23)
Toronto Transit Commission - Monday-to-Friday schedules with reduced rush-hour service. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until 1a.m. (December 23)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- Less high school service. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 6 a.m. until midnight
Thursday, December 24 (Christmas Eve)
Scroll through the list to find out how the holidays affect your transit service today. The list includes both conventional and door-to-door accessible transit agencies. The names of the agencies appear alphabetically.
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules with “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules.
- No high school service. (December 24)
BACTS (Barrie Accessible Community Transportation Service)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 11 p.m. (December 24)
- Revised morning and afternoon rush-hour schedules and “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules.
- No high school service.
- Bramalea, Heart Lake, Shoppers World and Trinity Common Transit Terminals close early at 5 p.m.
- Downtown Terminal open regular hours until 9 p.m. (December 24)
- Revised Monday-to-Friday service.
- Buses on all routes go out of service by 9 p.m.
- No high school service.
- Downtown Transit Terminal closes early at 4 p.m. (December 24)
- Reduced Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. (December 24)
DARTS ([Hamilton] Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System)
- Regular Thursday-to-Saturday hours, 7 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules with “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules.
- Buses on all routes go out of service by 8 p.m.
- No high school service. (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until midnight (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules with “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules
- Less service to colleges and universities. (December 24).
- Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No high school service.
- Less service to Conestoga College. (December 24)
- Regular Thursday-to-Friday service, 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. (December 24)
- Reduced Monday-through-Friday service.
- Last buses leave St. George’s Square at 6:20 p.m.
- No high school service.
- Less service to the University of Guelph. (December 24)
Guelph Transit Mobility Services
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 5:45 a.m. until 12:15 a.m. (December 24)
- Call 905-873-2601, extension 2617 to confirm whether Activan is providing service on Christmas Eve. (December 24)
- Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- HSR ticket office at the Hamilton GO Centre closes at 4 p.m. (December 24)
- Regular service (December 24)
Milton Transit Accessible Service
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service. (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules with “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules.
- No high school service.
- City Centre Terminal information and ticket counters close early at 6:30 p.m.
- Islington Station ticket booth open only from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m.
- Call 905-357-0122 for information on hours (December 24)
- Daytime: Monday-to-Saturday schedules.
- Evening: Evening and Sunday schedules.
- No service to Brock University.
- No service to Niagara College Glendale or Welland campuses.
- No service to Fort Erie.
- High school students ride for just 25 cents. (December 23)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service with “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules.
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- No high school service. (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until midnight (December 24)
- Regular service (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:15 a.m. until 10:45 p.m. (December 24)
- Monday to Friday schedules.
- Less service to Trent University. (December 23)
- Regular service from 6 a.m. until 1 a.m. (December 24)
St. Catharines Paratransit System
- Call 905-685-9844 for information on hours (December 24)
St. Catharines Transit Commission
- Daytime: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No evening service after 8:45 p.m.
- Less service to Brock University.
- No service to Niagara College Glendale campus. (December 24)
- Monday-to-Friday service with reduced morning rush hour service and “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules with extended hours from noon until 5 p.m.
- Extended Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until 3 a.m. (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules with “early homebound” afternoon rush-hour schedules.
- No high school service. (December 24)
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 6 a.m. until midnight. (December 24)
Friday, December 25 (Christmas)
Scroll through the list to find out how the holidays affect your transit service today. The list includes both conventional and door-to-door accessible transit agencies. The names of the agencies appear alphabetically.
BACTS (Barrie Accessible Community Transportation Service)
- No service (December 25)
- No service (December 25)
- Sunday / holiday schedules.
- All transit terminals closed. (December 25)
- No service
- Downtown Transit Terminal closed (December 25)
- No service (December 25)
DARTS ([Hamilton] Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System)
- Regular Sunday-to-Wednesday and statutory holiday service, 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. No subscription rides. (December 25)
- No service (December 25)
- Holiday service from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. (December 25)
- Holiday schedules
- Holiday schedules = regular Sunday schedules, except no service along the 47 Hamilton - York U, 15 McMaster - Aldershot, 52 Oshawa - York U, 29 U of Guelph - Cooksville and 48 U of Guelph - York U routes. (December 25)
- Special Christmas Day schedule. You can find out more details of the service here. (December 25).
- Regular Sunday and statutory holiday service, 9 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. (December 25)
- No service (December 25)
Guelph Transit Mobility Services
- No service (December 25)
- Call 905-873-2601, extension 2617 to confirm whether Activan is providing service on Christmas. (December 25)
- Special Christmas Day schedule.
- HSR ticket office at the Hamilton GO Centre is closed.
HSR routes with no service on December 25
- 20 A-line express, 16 Ancaster, 10 B-line express, 52 Dundas local, Redeemer University College shuttle, 44 Rymal, 43 Stonechurch, 51 University, 18 Waterdown, 12 Wentworth.
HSR routes operating on a reduced schedule from about 5:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. on December 25
- All other routes
You can view the special Christmas schedule here. (.pdf)
- No service (December 25)
Milton Transit Accessible Service
- No service (December 25)
- Sunday / holiday schedules.
- City Centre Terminal information and ticket counters closed.
- Islington Station ticket booth closed. (December 25)
- Call 905-357-0122 for information on hours (December 25)
- No service (December 25)
- Holiday schedules. (December 25)
- Statutory holiday service, 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. (December 25)
- No service (December 25)
- No service (December 25)
- No service.
- Regular service from 6 a.m. until 1 a.m. (December 25)
St. Catharines Transit Commission
- No service (December 25)
St. Catharines Paratransit System
- Call 905-685-9844 for information on hours (December 25)
- Sunday schedules. Transit vehicles operating on most routes, including subway routes, start at 9 a.m.
- Less service to York University. (December 25)
- Regular weekend and holiday service, 7:30 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. (December 25)
- Sunday / holiday schedules (December 25)
- Sunday and statutory holiday service, 8:30 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Saturday, December 26 (Boxing Day)
Scroll through the list to find out how the holidays affect your transit service today. The list includes both conventional and door-to-door accessible transit agencies. The names of the agencies appear alphabetically.
BACTS (Barrie Accessible Community Transportation Service)
- No service (December 26)
- Buses operate with an extended Sunday schedule, starting at 7 a.m. Buses operate every 15 minutes on the 11 Bayfield route. Buses on all other routes operate every hour. All service ends by 8:15 p.m. (December 26)
- Saturday schedules.
- Downtown Transit Terminal closed.
- Bramalea, Shoppers World and Trinity Common Terminals open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. (December 26)
- Saturday schedules.
- Downtown Burlington Terminal is closed. (December 26)
- Saturday service, 9 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. (December 26)
DARTS ([Hamilton] Disabled and Aged Regional Transportation System)
- Regular statutory holiday service, 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. No subscription rides. (December 26)
- Holiday schedules. (December 26)
- Holiday service from 8 a.m. until 10 p.m. (December 26)
- Saturday schedules (December 26)
- Sunday schedules (December 26)
- Regular Sunday and statutory holiday service, 9 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. (December 26)
- Sunday / holiday schedules.
- Less service to the University of Guelph. (December 26)
Guelph Transit Mobility Services
- Sunday and holiday service, 9:15 a.m. until 6:15 p.m. (December 26)
- Call 905-873-2601, extension 2617 to confirm whether Activan is providing service on Boxing Day. (December 26)
- Saturday schedules.
- Less service to McMaster University.
- HSR ticket office at the Hamilton GO Centre is closed. (December 26)
- No service (December 26)
Milton Transit Accessible Service
- No service (December 26)
- Saturday schedules.
- Islington Station ticket booth closed. (December 26)
- Call 905-357-0122 for information on hours (December 26)
- Daytime: Monday-to-Saturday schedules.
- Evening: Evening and Sunday schedules.
- High school students ride for just 25 cents. (December 26)
- Saturday schedules. (December 26)
- Saturday service, 7 a.m. until midnight. (December 26)
- No service (December 26)
- No service (December 26)
- Saturday schedules
- Service from 6 a.m. until 1 a.m.
- Taxis will provide all service. (December 26)
St. Catharines Paratransit System
- Call 905-685-9844 for information on hours (December 26)
St. Catharines Transit Commission
- Evening and weekend schedules (December 26)
- Saturday schedules. (December 26)
- Saturday schedules (December 26)
- Sunday and statutory holiday service, 8:30 a.m. until 10 p.m. (December 26)
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