tc40 102n classic in present livery 2009 founded 1911 1 headquarters 333 winnipeg street locale regina sk service area regina city limits service type bus service paratransit routes 19 fleet 103 buses 1 annual ridership 7 140 000 2 fuel type diesel website reginatransit.com regina transit is the public transportation agency operated by the city of regina saskatchewan canada . it is the oldest public transit system in saskatchewan and has been city owned since its inception . contents 1 history 2 routes 2.1 regular service 2.2 sunday service 2.3 campus express 3 bus fleet 4 other services 5 references 6 external links history edit inauguration of the regina municipal railway in front of the city hall on 11th avenue july 28 1911 . regina transit s roots go back to july 28 1911 as the regina municipal railway 3 with streetcar operations originally on ten miles of track growing to 20 miles in the early 1930s . the dirty thirties saw huge deficits resulting in major cut backs in service . with a shortage of gasoline and steel during world war ii streetcar ridership grew dramatically . the 32 streetcars used in 1945 carried 9 000 000 more passengers than they did in 1940 . an important event in the system s history was a fire in its bus barn on january 23 1949 that destroyed 17 trolley coaches nine gasoline buses five steel streetcars and nine wooden cars . on september 5 1950 the last streetcar made its final run through the streets of regina and the regina municipal railway became the regina transit system . regina transit provided trolley bus service from 1947 to 1966 using canada car and foundry brill trolley buses . since 1955 its preferred transit fleet has been buses because their freedom from overhead lines makes them suitable for detours and charters . an innovation in the early 1970s was its telebus service which used a telephone radio dispatching system to send buses to individual homes . this service ended in the early 1980s because of its high cost . 1 in 2008 regina transit adopted three new express route centred on the university cutting bus trip time by up to 20 minutes . on april 10 2013 the city of regina approved a major route network change that would better serve the ever growing saskatchewan capital . routes edit regular service edit regina transit bus 566 tc40 102n classic in pre 2008 livery regina transit operates 20 routes on weekdays 12 routes on saturdays and 9 routes on sunday with statutory holidays following sunday schedule 4 1 dieppe broad north 2 argyle park woodland grove 3 university sherwood estates 4 hillsdale walsh acres 5 uplands downtown 6 westhill ross industrial 7 glencairn whitmore park 8 eastview normandy heights 9 parkridge albert park 10 normanview rcmp 12 varsity park mount royal 14 windsor park spruce meadows 15 heritage 16 lakeridge 17 mapleridge 18 university harbour landing 40 albert st express 50 victoria express sunday service edit a modified version of the system is used on sundays . buses run hourly from 8 am to 7 pm . 5 1 dieppe broad north 2 argyle park woodland grove 3 sherwood estates university 4 walsh acres hillsdale 7 glencarin whitmore park 8 eastview normandy heights 9 parkridge albert park 10 normanview rcmp 12 varsity park mount royal campus express edit two routes provide express service to and from the university of regina . 21 university glencairn 30 university rochdale express bus fleet edit the system whose service area is confined to regina s city limits maintains a fleet of 113 buses . most of the buses listed especially the new looks and classics have been refurbished and given new livery colors along with newly installed electronic destination signs . in 2010 regina transit announced that it will add new buses from novabus which is expected to replace the new looks . main article regina transit bus fleet other services edit regina transit operates a charter bus service and a 26 fleet paratransit service for residents who can not use the regular transit system . 6 references edit a b c discover regina transit s history . city of regina . archived from the original on 2011 09 29 . retrieved 2015 07 21 . saskatchewan was booming in 1911 and so was its capital city . regina boasted a population of 30 000 . the 4 streetcars put into service by the regina municipal railway rmr on july 28 1911 were proof that regina was a modern and up to date city . http www.designregina.ca wp content uploads transit investment plan.pdf regina the early years 1880 1950 . university of saskatchewan . archived from the original on 2004 09 14 . retrieved 2015 07 21 . not coincidentally the streetcar lines all stopped directly in front of the r.h. williams department store on 11 th ave. . williams had been mayor of regina when city council voted on where the streetcar lines should be placed . city of regina bus schedules http www.regina.ca opencms export sites regina.ca residents transit services . media web schedules sunday service brochure.pdf regina paratransit main page 2007 . external links edit media related to regina transit at wikimedia commons official regina transit website regina transit online trip planner tom s north american trolleybus pix regina bus photos more bus photos david a. wyatt transit history of regina 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 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