{"id":881463,"date":"2026-09-03T03:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881463\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T03:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:42:18","slug":"more-reliable-service-starting-soon-on-some-brampton-transit-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/881463\/","title":{"rendered":"More reliable service starting soon on some Brampton Transit routes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Changes are coming soon to over a dozen Brampton Transit bus routes that the city says will improve reliability heading into fall.<\/p>\n<p>The service adjustments start as of Sept. 8, with updated schedules, operational changes and improved service reliability on some routes to better meet ridership demand, the City of Brampton says.<\/p>\n<p>Last year saw a 13 per cent drop in Brampton Transit revenues, leading to significant route changes and updates in 2026. Several routes were suspended in April due to low ridership.<\/p>\n<p>City numbers show that transit users declined by 20 per cent in 2025 from the previous year, and that lost revenue has amounted to $26 million.<\/p>\n<p>Here are all the upcoming changes to Brampton Transit bus routes starting on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Weekday schedules have been adjusted to improve service reliability on the following routes:<\/p>\n<p>501 Z\u00fcm Queen.<br \/>\n511\/511C Z\u00fcm Steeles.<br \/>\n7\/7A Kennedy.<br \/>\n14\/14A Torbram.<br \/>\n18 Dixie.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday schedules on the following routes have been adjusted to improve service reliability:<\/p>\n<p>505 Z\u00fcm Bovaird.<br \/>\n5\/5A Bovaird.<br \/>\n18 Dixie.<br \/>\n23 Sandalwood.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday schedules have been adjusted on 18 Dixie to improve service reliability.<\/p>\n<p>30 Airport Road (Caledon Trips): Weekday trip arriving at National Logistics Services (NLS) will be adjusted to arrive at 7:17 a.m. and depart at 7:18 a.m.<br \/>\nService on 199 UTM Express and 200 Series Secondary School Specials will resume on Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the upcoming changes or to plan your trip on Brampton Transit, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brampton.ca\/EN\/residents\/transit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.brampton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 37,786 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,500,367 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    2299 VOTES<br \/>\n    Do you support bike lanes on major roads in the GTA?    <\/p>\n<p>With transit revenues down, the city offered a $25,000 buyout this year to workers with the least seniority as compensation. Eligible workers had until April 16 to accept the payment package.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\tStay in the know.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe now to receive our daily email of today\u2019s top stories in your city!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Changes are coming soon to over a dozen Brampton Transit bus routes that the city says will improve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-881463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}