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HSR revises services, May 1



The Hamilton Street Railway is adjusting service levels after decreasing its service in January due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases and decreasing numbers of passengers riding its buses.

Starting Sunday, May 1, it’s restoring regular service levels along many routes. It’s also suspending a route for the summer and resuming two other seasonal services.


The HSR is revising service along these routes: 1 King; 2 Barton; 3 Cannon; 5 Delaware; 6 Aberdeen; 7 Locke; 8 York; 9 Rock Gardens; 10 B-Line express; 21 Upper Kenilworth; 22 Upper Ottawa; 23 Upper Gage; 24 Upper Sherman; 25 Upper Wentworth; 26 Upper Wellington; 27 Upper James; 33 Sanatorium; 34 Upper Paradise; 35 College; 41 Mohawk; 43 Stone Church; 44 Rymal; 51 University; 55 Stoney Creek Central; 56 Centennial; 58 Stoney Creek local.

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Specifically, it’s: increasing service along a route; decreasing service along a route; increasing the frequency of service along routes; resuming seasonal services along routes; and adjusting the schedules for buses along routes.

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Increasing service along a route


27 Upper James

Starting Sunday, May 1, the HSR operates buses on more trips along the route early mornings. The earlier trips support passengers travelling to and from the Amazon Fulfillment Centre every day.

The HSR is also adjusting the schedules for buses along the route.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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Decreasing service along a route


51 University

Since fewer passengers travel to and from McMaster University during late spring and summer, the HSR is temporarily suspending service along the route.

Saturday, April 30 is the last day until September that the HSR operates buses along the route. Regular service resumes Tuesday, September 6.

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Increasing the frequency of service along routes


6 Aberdeen

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 20 minutes, instead of every 30 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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10 B-Line express

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 7½ to 10 minutes, instead of every 10 to 15 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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3 Cannon

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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35 College

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops north of West Fifth Street / Lime Ridge Road West every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

The buses serve stops south and west of West Fifth / Lime Ridge West every 30 minutes, instead of every 40 minutes.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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7 Locke

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 20 minutes, instead of every 30 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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41 Mohawk

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops between Rice Avenue and Mohawk Road West and the Kenilworth Traffic Circle every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

West and north of Rice Avenue and Mohawk Road West and west and north of the Kenilworth Traffic Circle, where buses operate along separate branches of the route, they drop off and pick up passengers at stops every 30 minutes, instead of every 40 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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33 Sanatorium

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours for the summer.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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43 Stone Church

Starting Monday, May 2, the HSR revises Monday-to-Friday evening service along the route.

Buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops on the route:

  • every 30 minutes, instead of every hour, after about 7 p.m.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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23 Upper Gage

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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21 Upper Kenilworth

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours for the summer.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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22 Upper Ottawa

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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34 Upper Paradise

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops north of Upper Paradise Road / Stone Church Road West every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

The buses serve passengers at stops south and west of Upper Paradise / Stone Church West every 30 minutes, instead of every 40 minutes, during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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24 Upper Sherman

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 15 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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8 York

Starting Monday, May 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 20 minutes, instead of every 30 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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Resuming seasonal services along routes


56 Centennial

Starting Sunday, May 1, the HSR resumes service along the route weekends and holidays only. (Buses do not operate to and from Wild Waterworks until the summer.).

Northbound buses leave Eastgate terminal at 10 a.m. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and every hour until 5 p.m. Southbound buses leave Lakeland loop at 10:30 a.m. and every hour until 5:30 p.m.

You can view the schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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9 Rock Gardens

Starting Sunday, May 8, the HSR resumes service along this route, serving passengers travelling to and from the Royal Botanical Gardens and Dundurn Castle National Historic Site Sundays and holidays.

Inbound buses leave Holy Sepulchre Cemetery at 10:40 a.m. and every hour until 4:40 p.m. Outbound buses leave James Street South north of Main Street West at 10 a.m. and every hour until 4 p.m.

The last day of service for 2022 is Sunday, November 13.

You can view the schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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Adjusting the schedules for buses along routes


16 Ancaster

Starting Monday, May 2, the HSR adjusts the daily schedules for buses along the route.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

2 Barton

Starting Monday, May 2, the HSR adjusts the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route “to improve service reliability.”

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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5 Delaware

Starting Sunday, May 1, the HSR adjusts the daily schedules for buses along the route.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

1 King

Starting Sunday, May 1, the HSR adjusts the daily schedules for buses along the route.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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11 Parkdale

Starting Sunday, May 1, the HSR adjusts the daily schedules for buses along the route.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

44 Rymal

Starting Monday, May 2, the HSR adjusts the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route “to improve service reliability.”

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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55 Stoney Creek Central

Starting Monday, May 2, the HSR is slightly adjusting the schedules during rush hours to align with the new schedules of the 10 B-Line express route. (The HSR interlines some of the buses along both routes at Eastgate terminal.)

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

58 Stoney Creek local

Starting Monday, May 2, the HSR is slightly adjusting the schedules during rush hours to align with the new schedules of the 10 B-Line express route. (The HSR interlines some of the buses along both routes at Eastgate terminal.)

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

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27 Upper James

Starting Monday, May 2, the HSR adjusts the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route “to improve service reliability.”

The HSR is also increasing service along the route.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the route here (.pdf).

26 Upper Wellington
25 Upper Wentworth

Starting Sunday, May 1, the HSR adjusts the daily schedules for buses along the routes.

You can view the new schedules for buses along the routes here (.pdf).

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Transit agencies often interline two or more routes with a common terminal. The HSR interlines some of the buses along the 10 B-Line express and 55 Stoney Creek Central and 58 Stoney Creek Local routes at Eastgate terminal. This means, for example, that, after arriving at Eastgate, an eastbound bus along route 10 may continue further eastward to complete a round trip along routes 55 or 58 before returning to the terminal. The bus then continues westward along route 10.


Inbound buses operate toward downtown.

Outbound buses operate away from downtown.