us founded 1912 headquarters 619 4 avenue north locale lethbridge alberta service type public transit routes 14 stations 4 fleet 42 annual ridership 1.1 million citation needed fuel type diesel diesel hybrid website city transit dept. lethbridge transit manages and operates the municipally owned public transportation system in lethbridge alberta canada . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 recent projects 4 routes 5 references 6 external links history edit public transit in lethbridge began in 1912 and consisted of a streetcar system operated by the lethbridge municipal railway . the system consisted of three lines all originating at the southwest corner of what is now galt gardens . one line ran to north lethbridge one to the exhibition grounds via 6 avenue and the third to st. michael s hospital via 13 street . each car was operated by two men until 1917 when the number was reduced to a single operator on each . at the height of its operations the streetcar system ran 10 cars over a total of 10 miles of track . given the cost of laying new tracks to accommodate city growth the city began introducing motor buses in 1941 . by 1947 the streetcar system had been abandoned with the north lethbridge line being the last to operate . operations edit the downtown lethbridge transit terminal allows the buses to stop curbside to transfer passengers between routes the public transportation system lethbridge transit consists of 42 buses with an average age of 8 years including 8 euro styled new flyers put in operation in august 2006 that cover most of the city on 12 routes . 1 traditionally all bus routes in the city started and ended downtown . in the early 21st century however cross town and shuttle routes were introduced . all routes use wheelchair accessible buses . in 2005 lethbridge transit had an annual ridership of 2 555 695 on over 25 buses . 2 expenses for the same year amounted to 6 023 794 with revenues at 2 243 222 . recent projects edit in 2006 lethbridge transit explored the possibility of a universal bus pass system for post secondary students in lethbridge . while university of lethbridge undergraduate students voted against the system graduate students voted in favour . lethbridge transit and the graduate students association negotiated a u pass system for master s and phd students effective september 2008 . in june 2011 lethbridge city council authorized the introduction of an electronic fare card to replace the previous fare system . 3 routes edit number name service 12 university city centre 7 days 20 north north terminal 7 days 20 south south enmax 7 days 21 north nord bridge 7 days 21 south henderson lake industrial 7 days 22 north north terminal 7 days 22 south southgate 7 days 23 city center college north terminal mon fri 24 city center north terminal college mon fri 31 legacy ridge uplands mon sat 32 indian battle heights columbia blvd 7 days 33 heritage heights west highlands 7 days 35 copperwood 7 days 36 sunridge 7 days references edit mabell dave 2006 09 09 . richard keeps the city s buses on the road . lethbridge herald . p. a4 . city council meeting minutes 24 september 2007 electronic fare card 29 june 2011 external links edit media related to lethbridge transit at wikimedia commons lethbridge transit homepage riders guide 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 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