founded 2005 locale charlottetown pei service area urban area service type bus service routes 10 stations 1 fleet approximately 12 daily ridership 250 000 per year operator trius tours limited website http triustransit.ca original 2005 transit branding t3 transit is a canadian public transport agency operating buses in charlottetown prince edward island . founded in 2005 as charlottetown transit the 150th anniversary year of the city s incorporation . it is funded by the municipal and federal levels of government and provides service throughout the city s neighbourhoods . the province of prince edward island does not provide transit subsidies toward the service . the last attempt at public transit was in the form of charlottetown urban transit systems limited from late 1979 to 1981 . the name charlottetown transit was merely a marketing name and not a legally incorporated company . all buses are owned by the city of charlottetown but are operated under contract by privately owned trius tours limited . in february 2012 charlottetown transit changed its name to t3 transit take transit today . the new brand offers services to charlottetown cornwall and stratford as well as a summerside and county line express . most buses are designed to have the appearance of a tram or streetcar and were constructed by dupont industries thomas mvp ef champlain 1608 lf and hf as well as mci classic buses . the trolley buses are smaller than conventional transit bus designs and must be able to navigate the narrower streets and intersections in the city s downtown core . current operations have 10 bus routes running from monday to friday with reduced routes on saturday as follows university avenue charlottetown east to west charlottetown west to east t3 airport and winsloe collector cornwall stratford qeh and east collector community bus route 5 county line serving points between summerside and charlottetown summerside serving the city of summerside references edit t3 transit official website v t e public transit systems in canada alberta airdrie banff calgary edmonton fort mcmurray grande prairie hinton leduc lethbridge medicine hat red deer st. albert strathcona county british columbia 100 mile house agassiz harrison ashcroft clinton bella coola valley boundary campbell river central fraser valley chilliwack clearwater columbia valley comox valley cowichan valley cranbrook creston valley dawson creek elk valley fort st john hazeltons kamloops kelowna regional kimberley kitimat merritt mount waddington nanaimo pemberton valley penticton and okanagan similkameen port alberni port edward powell river prince george prince rupert princeton quesnel revelstoke salt spring island shuswap skeena smithers south okanagan transit system squamish summerland sunshine coast terrace vancouver translink vernon victoria west kootenay whistler williams lake for all unlinked systems see bc transit manitoba brandon flin flon selkirk thompson winnipeg new brunswick fredericton 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