algonquin blvd. east locale timmins ontario service area timmins south porcupine porcupine schumacher service type bus service paratransit operator city of timmins website timmins transit online timmins transit provides public transportation services to the city of timmins in north eastern ontario canada . 1 the system is operated as a department of the city of timmins which also owns and operates the timmins victor m. power airport . over the past few years after a decade of decline timmins transit has experienced some of the fastest ridership growth in the country . 2 contents 1 services 1.1 scheduled routes 1.1.1 daytime & saturday service 1.1.2 evening & sunday service 1.2 handy transit 2 facilities 2.1 office and garage 2.2 timmins transit terminal 2.3 schumacher 2.4 south porcupine 3 fleet 4 history 5 other bus lines 6 references 7 external links services edit scheduled routes edit most of the regularly scheduled routes like many small cities connect at the centrally located transit terminal transfer point . 3 daytime & saturday service edit 5 westmount 9 schumacher 16 south porcupine porcupine 31 howard brousseau 32 lee rea south 36 porcupine community 37 riverside melrose service to the home depot via riverside ; return via park ave & melrose 38 melrose riverside service to the home depot via melrose and park ave ; return via riverside evening & sunday service edit 6 riverside 7 park avenue 901 porcupine east west 902 timmins north south handy transit edit service is provided by fully accessible minibus for those with disabilities who can not use the regular bus transit service . as a prerequisite clients must register and be approved to use this service . facilities edit office and garage edit address 171 iroquois road timmins facilities administration offices bus maintenance body and paint shop and storage for the entire bus fleet coordinates 48 27 32 n 81 19 44 w 48.45889 n 81.32889 w 48.45889 ; 81.32889 timmins transit terminal edit address 23 cedar street south timmins facilities waiting area drivers area dispatching coordinates 48 28 32.3 n 81 19 47 w 48.475639 n 81.32972 w 48.475639 ; 81.32972 schumacher edit address 41 father costello drive schumacher facilities waiting area leased from schumacher bus lines ltd. coordinates 48 28 35.5 n 81 18 00 w 48.476528 n 81.30000 w 48.476528 ; 81.30000 south porcupine edit address 73 main street south porcupine facilities small waiting area at the maurice londry community centre coordinates 48 28 42.5 n 81 12 36.3 w 48.478472 n 81.210083 w 48.478472 ; 81.210083 fleet edit more than half of the full sized buses and all of the minibuses are fully accessible vehicles . over the next few years plans call for older vehicles to be replaced with accessible low floor transit buses . several of the buses have been personalized by naming them just like ship names . 4 34 spirit of schumacher 74 spirit of south porcupine 75 spirit of victoria 79 spirit of porcupine 80 spirit of northern ontario 82 spirit of st. eustache 83 spirit of guildford 84 spirit of north bay 85 spirit of timmins history edit commuter bus services in the timmins area were operated by john dalton from about 1926 . another early company hamilton and dwyer operated an hourly service from timmins to schumacher with a fleet of two buses . 5 the ancestry of those enterprises is carried on today under the banner of schumacher bus lines ltd operating out of the dwyer building on first avenue with school bus and bus charter services and dalton s bus line ltd on dalton road providing similar services . timmins in 1975 was the last of northern ontario s five major cities to get public transit which previously had been a privately run service subsidized by the city . 2 other bus lines edit the city is also served by several private companies providing school charter and intercity bus services . 6 dalton s bus line ltd. kamiskotia bus lines ontario northland motor coach services schumacher bus lines ltd. tisdale school bus lines ltd. references edit about timmins transit a b timmins daily press article by don mchoull on monday january 22 2007 schedules & route maps timmins transit fleet gallery canadian transit systems timmins ontario bus lines in timmins external links edit timmins transit official website drawings and photos of timmins transit buses 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 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