Transit agencies in the the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area and elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe reduce regular service during the week before Christmas — from Monday, December 21 until Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24.
Barrie Specialized Transit
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 4:15 a.m. until 12:30 a.m.
Barrie Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No diversion to and from a high school.
Brampton Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
Brantford Lift
Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 6 a.m. until 12:30 a.m., except service ends by 8 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Brantford Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules
- Service ends by 8 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
Burlington Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules
- Service ends by 8 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Burlington Transit Handi-Van
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 1 a.m.
BWG Transit
Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
D.A.R.T.S. (Disabled Accessible Regional Transit Service) [Hamilton]
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 2 a.m.
Durham Region Transit
Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
DRT Specialized Services
Regular service, 5 a.m. until 1 a.m.
GO Transit
Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Grand River Transit
- Buses operate along most routes with regular Monday-to-Friday schedules, but:
- Midday and rush-hour service every 30 minutes, instead of every 15 minutes, along the 10 Pioneer route.
- Midday and rush-hour service every 30 minutes, instead of every 15 minutes, along the 61 Fountain route - between Conestoga College and Preston Parkway.
- Midday service every 30 minutes, instead of every 15 minutes, along the 9 Lakeshore, 13 Laurelwood and 19 Hazel routes.
- No service along the 110 College express route.
- No service between Sportsworld Station and Conestoga College along the 203 iXpress Maple Grove route.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
GRT MobilityPLUS
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 5:15 a.m. until 1:15 a.m.
Guelph Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules
- Service ends by 8 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Guelph Transit Mobility Service
- Monday-to-Saturday service, 5:45 a.m. until 12:15 a.m.
- Service ends by 8 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Halton Hills ActiVan
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Hamilton Street Railway
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
LIMO Specialized Transit
Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Lindsay Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday schedules
- Service ends by 6 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Milton Transit
Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Milton access +
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 5:20 a.m. until 10:11 p.m.
MiWay
- Buses operate along most routes with regular Monday-to-Friday schedules, but:
- Less frequent service along these routes, MiWay says, “based on reduced [passenger] demand during this time”:
- 3 Bloor;
- 26 Burnhamthorpe;
- 35 Eglinton;
- 51 Tompken;
- 61 Mavis;
- 76 City Centre - Subway;
- 101 / 101A Dundas express; and
- 103 Hurontario express.
- More frequent service along this route:
- 42 Derry.
- No service along these routes:
- 104 Derry express;
- 107 Malton express.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
Niagara Falls Chair-a-Van
Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.
Niagara Falls Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Saturday schedules
- Service ends “early”, Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Niagara Region Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules
- Service ends by 7 p.m., Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Niagara Region Specialized Transit
Regular Monday-to-Saturday service, 7 a.m. until 10 p.m.
Oakville Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules
- Service ends by 9 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
Oakville Transit Care-a-Van
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until 2 a.m.
Orangeville Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules
- Service ends by 4:15 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Peterborough Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules, but:
- the last bus along all routes leaves no later than 11:15 p.m.
- PT is suspending morning rush-hour “6B” buses along the 6 Sherbrooke route leaving the Downtown Peterborough Transit Terminal from 7:22 until 9:22 a.m. and afternoon rush-hour “6B” buses leaving Trent University between 4 and 6 p.m.
- PT is also suspending the buses along the 7 Lansdowne route that leave Willowcreek Plaza at 7:50 a.m. and Fleming College at 2:15 p.m.
- Service ends by 7:15 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Peterborough Transit Handi-Van
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 6 a.m. until 11:50 p.m.
Region of Peel Trans-Help
Regular service hours, 6 a.m. until 1 a.m.
Simcoe County LINX
No service.
Simcoe County LINX +
Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
St. Catharines ParaTransit
Holiday service, 10:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
St. Catharines Transit Commission
- Regular Monday-to-Friday daytime and evening schedules.
- Service ends by 7:45 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
Toronto Transit Commission
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
TTC Wheel-Trans
Regular service, 24 hours a day.
Union Pearson Express
Trains operate every 30 minutes every day.
WEGO
Fall / Winter Friday / Saturday / holiday schedules (Blue and Red lines only.)
Welland Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday daytime and evening schedules.
- Service ends by 7:30 p.m. Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24.
WellTrans
Regular Monday-to-Friday service, 7:15 a.m. until 6:45 p.m.
York Region Transit
- Regular Monday-to-Friday schedules.
- Buses operate with earlier service along express routes, Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24.
- No extra service to and from high schools.
YRT Mobility On-Request Paratransit
Regular service, 5 a.m. until 3 a.m.
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