Transit Windsor offers reduced route service through Christmas holidays
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If you’re a regular transit user, there are lots of alterations to service to be aware of as we approach the holiday season.
Although regular bus service will continue throughout the holidays, services will be altered on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Eve.
On those days, Transit Windsor will be operating on a Sunday schedule, with reduced frequency of routes.
On Christmas Eve, Transway 1A and Route 518X will be unaffected, with the same exemptions on Boxing Day, along with the South Windsor 7.
On Christmas Day there are many changes to the public transit schedule:
Transway 1A
60-minute service.
From Windsor International Transit Terminal: 9:15 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.
From Devonshire Mall: 9:45 a.m. until 4:45 p.m.
Transway 1C
60-minute service.
From Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Terminal: 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
From Forest Glade: 8:57 a.m. until 3:57 p.m.
Crosstown 2
60-minute service
From Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Terminal: 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
From Tecumseh Mall: 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Central 3
60-minute service
From Transit Centre: 8:36 a.m. until 3:36 p.m.
From Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Terminal: 8:40 a.m. until 3:40 p.m.
Ottawa 4
60-minute service
From Windsor International Transit Terminal: 9:15 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.
From Essex Way at Meadowbrook: 9:55 a.m. until 3:55 p.m.
Dominion 5
60-minute service
From Windsor International Transit Terminal: 9:15 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.
From St. Clair College: 8:43 a.m. until 3:43 p.m.
Dougall 6
60-minute service
From Windsor International Transit Terminal: 9:15 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.
From St. Clair College: 8:50 a.m. until 3:50 p.m.
Walkerville 8
60-minute service
From Windsor International Transit Terminal: 9:15 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.
From North Talbot & 6th Concession: 9:40 a.m. until 4:40 p.m.
Route 518X
70-minute service
From Tecumseh Mall: 9:20 a.m. until 4:20 p.m.
From St. Clair College: 9:55 a.m. until 3:55 p.m.
Route 605
From Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare Terminal: 9:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m.
From Lowes Side Road at Dalhousie: 9:42 a.m., 12:42 p.m., and 3:42 p.m.
Tunnel
No service
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