Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services

Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services

Founded	1964
Headquarters	111 Huron Street
Locale	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Service type	Bus service, Paratransit
Routes	7 Major Bus Routes 2 Community Bus Routes
Stations	Downtown terminal 160 Queen Street East
Fleet	31 Accessible 2 Minibus 10 Para-bus
Website	Transit Services

Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services is a local public transportation service serving the city of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Sault Ste. Marie Transit has seven major bus routes and two community bus routes serviced by a fleet of 31 buses and 2 minibuses, These fixed routes cover 1.765 million kilometres annually and provide for 1.95 million passenger trips in 2013, at an estimate of 5,350 daily.

The Parabus service consists of 10 Parabus vehicles, which travel a total of 262,723 km (2013), and provide 47,258 passenger trips (2013) for 2,641 registered clients (July 2014).

Route

Current

	Route Number	Route Name
	1	Eastside
	2	Great Northern
	3	Korah Road
	4	Sault College
	5	Riverside/McNabb
	6	North Street
	7	Steelton/Second Line
	Central	Central Community Bus
	Northern	On Demand Service

Former

	Route Number	Route Name
	1	Eastside (interlines with Steelton at Downtown Terminal)
	2	Steelton (interlines with Eastside at Downtown Terminal)
	3	Second Line (interlines with Riverside at Downtown Terminal)
	4	Riverside (interlines with Second Line at Downtown Terminal)
	5	McNabb
	6	Cedar Heights
	7	North Street
	8	Sault College/Algoma U
	9	Great Northern
	A	Community Bus A (alternates trips with Community Bus B)
	B	Community Bus B (alternates trips with Community Bus A)
	C	Community Bus C

Fleet

Current fleet

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	License Plate	Notes
119		1998	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI	BJ8 221
120		1998	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI	BJ8 219
131		2006	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	BM4 748
132		2006	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	BM7 452
133		2010	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	141 1BF
134		2010	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	141 2BF
135		2011	Novabus	Nova LFS
136		2011	Novabus	Nova LFS
137		2011	Novabus	Nova LFS
138		2011	Novabus	Nova LFS
139		2012	Novabus	Nova LFS
140		2013	Novabus	Nova LFS
141		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
142		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
143		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
146		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
147		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
149		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
152		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
153		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI		Ex-OC Transpo in 2013
154		2015	GMC Overland Custom Coach	4500 Glaval Titan II LF
155		2015	GMC Overland Custom Coach	4500 Glaval Titan II LF
156		2016	Novabus	Nova LFS
157		2004	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII		Ex-Thunder Bay Transit in 2018
158		2004	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	247 8BJ	Ex-Thunder Bay Transit in 2018
159		2004	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	624 5BJ	Ex-Thunder Bay Transit in 2018
160		2004	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	622 3BJ	Ex-Thunder Bay Transit in 2018
161		2006	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	622 6BJ	Ex-TTC 7907 in 2019
162		2006	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII	246 9BJ	Ex-TTC 7911 in 2019
163		2006	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII		Ex-TTC 7929 in 2019
164		2006	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII		Ex-TTC 7939 in 2019
165		2019	Novabus	Nova LFS	623 2BJ	New 3rd paint scheme and uniforms
166		2019	Novabus	Nova LFS	622 5BJ	New 3rd paint scheme and uniforms

Retired fleet

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
56		1964	GMC	TGH-3501 Old Look
57, 58		1965	GMC	TGH-3501 Old Look
59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64		1966	GMC	TGH-3501 Old Look
65, 66		1968	GMDD	T6H-4521 New Look
67, 68, 69, 70, 71		1973	GMDD	T6H-4523N New Look
72, 73		1974	GMC	T6H-4523N New Look
74, 75, 76, 77		1974	GMDD	T6H-4523N New Look
78, 79		1975	GMDD	T6H-4523N New Look
80, 81		1976	GMDD	T6H-4523N New Look
82, 83		1973	Rek-Vee	Club Car	Ex-GO Transit 1201, 1204 in 1976
84		1974	Rek-Vee	Club Car	Ex-GO Transit 1232 in 1976
85, 86, 87, 88		1977	GMDD	T6H-4523N New Look
89, 90, 91, 92		1980	GMDD	T6H-4523N New Look	90 renumbered 82, 91 renumbered 99 in 1984
93, 94		1981	GMDD	T6H-5307N New Look
95, 96, 97, 98		1982	GMDD	T6H-5307N New Look
100, 101		1984	GMDD	TC40-102N Classic
102		1987	GMDD	TC40-102N Classic
103		1987	MCI	TC40-102N Classic
104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109		1990	MCI	TC40-102N Classic
110, 111, 112, 113, 114		1997	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII
115, 116, 117, 118, 121		1998	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VII
122		2003	Thomas Dennis	SLF230
123		2004	Thomas Dennis	SLF235
124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130		1990	MCI	TC40-102A Classic	Ex-UTA
144, 145, 148, 150, 151		1999	Orion Bus Industries	Orion VI	Ex-OC Transpo

Parabus current fleet

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
30		2011	Ford	E-450
31		2011	Ford	E-450
32		2014	Ford Goshen	E-450 GC II
33		2014	Ford Goshen	E-450 GC II
34		2014	Ford Goshen	E-450 GC II
35		2016	Ford Goshen	E-450 Impulse
36		2016	Ford Goshen	E-450 Impulse
37		2016	Ford Goshen	E-450 Impulse
38		2017	Ford StarCraft	E-450 Allstar
39		2017	Ford StarCraft	E-450 Allstar

Parabus retired fleet

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Notes
10, 11, 12		1989	Ford	E-350
13, 14		1990	Ford	E-350
15		1991	Ford	E-350
16		1992	Ford	E-350
17		1996	Ford	E-350
18		1998	Ford	E Super Duty
19, 20, 21		1999	Ford Girardin	E Super Duty MB-IV
22, 23		2001	Ford	E-450
24		2001	Ford Overland	E-450 ELF
25, 26		2005-2006	Ford Goshen	E-450 GC II
27, 28		2007	Chevrolet Goshen	4500 GC II
29		2009	Ford	E-450 Super Duty

Accidents

Date	Number	Route	Description
January 17 2005	???	North Street	Afternoon City Police attended at the intersection of Wilcox Street and Maple Street for an accident involving a city bus and a car. Stafie Ochman of 52 Kent Avenue was travelling southbound on Maple Street and stopped for the stop sign but then proceeded through. A city bus operated by Henry Tulonen of 8 Gordon Avenue was proceeding eastbound on Wilcox Avenue when the Ochman car drove in front of the bus. Mrs. Ochman has been charged under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario with one count of fail to yield to through traffic. Mrs. Ochman received non-life threatening injuries but did not require medical treatment at the time of the incident. None of the persons on the bus were injured.
December 6 2012	128	Riverside	A bad situation happened in just about the best circumstances when a Sault Ste. Marie Transit driver passed out behind the wheel on Thursday. The female employee lost consciousness when she had a medical episode, police say. The eastbound Riverside bus she was driving, with eight passengers on board, left Queen Street East, jumped a curb, passed through driveways of two homes at civic addresses 2166 and 2172 and plowed over small trees before stopping in an empty field about 140 metres from the road. The 32-seat 1991 MVI Classic did not hit any oncoming, or parked, vehicles and missed a hydro pole and ditch about 10 feet away. “Nothing of any kind of consequence (was struck),” said Sgt. Ray Magnan, head of traffic services with Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. The driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, was taken to Sault Area Hospital. “She’s fine,” said Magnan. The passengers, none of whom were hurt, were brought home by a transit parabus. The collision outcome was “best as could be hoped,” said transit manager Don Scott at the scene on Friday morning. “Situations like this are definitely unforeseen,” he said. “We’re just lucky that nobody was hurt this time around.” All transit drivers are required to have a physical every three years.
June 13 2014	146	North Street	Call it bad luck on Friday the 13th for a North Street bus Friday afternoon. Saultonline.com viewer, James Scott sent in these photos of a city dump truck and city bus not getting along at Trelawne Avenue and Wilson Street early Friday afternoon. The City Transit Bus suffered moderate to heavy damage including a cracked windshield . It is not known if there were any passengers on the bus. No injuries were reported.
January 4 2019	135	Great Northern	One person received minor injuries when a Sault Ste. Marie Transit Services bus collided with another vehicle on Lukenda Drive at Sault Area Hospital on Friday morning. The personal automobile was towed, said Const. Sonny Spina of Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. A Police investigation continues. The north-east crash was followed 20 minutes later by a two-vehicle collision at Wellington Street East and Upton Road. No one was hurt.
January 21 2019	131	McNabb	Shortly after 3 p.m. Sault Ste. Marie Police Service responded to a collision involving a Sault Transit bus and a pickup truck. Police say that both vehicles were heading east on Trunk Road when the pickup truck collided with the rear of the bus. No injuries were reported. Sault Ste. Marie Police Service is investigating.

Other services

Sault Ste. Marie is also connected to its American neighbour by the International Bridge Bus, which crosses the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge. The state of Michigan and the twin cities of Sault Ste. Marie provide the majority of the funding, along with Lake Superior State University and Sault College. In addition to serving both downtown areas, the buses serve LSSU on the Michigan side and the Station Mall on the Canadian side.

External links

• Sault Ste. Marie Transit Service