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Transit Cape Breton

Parent	Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Founded	1995
Headquarters	320 Esplanade, Sydney, Nova Scotia
Service area	CBRM urban areas
Service type	Bus service
Routes	10
Fleet	17 buses and 4 Handi-Trans buses, including 9 low rider buses
Annual ridership	approx 300,000[citation needed]
Fuel type	diesel
Operator	Engineering and Public Works Department, CBRM
Website	CBRM Transit

Transit Cape Breton is a Canadian public transport agency operating buses in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM).

Owned by the CBRM, Transit Cape Breton's operations area is the urban core in the eastern part of the municipality, namely Industrial Cape Breton, which includes the communities of Sydney, Glace Bay, North Sydney, Sydney Mines, Reserve Mines, and New Waterford.

Transit Cape Breton also operates "Handi-Trans" for passengers whose disabilities restrict them from using regular bus service. As of October 2009, Transit Cape Breton has also put 8 low rider, wheel chair-accessible buses into service which travel the regular routes. Their main feature is a no-stairway entry system with wider aisles. They are much easier for the elderly to access.

The drivers who operate the transit buses within the CBRM are well-trained and well-acquainted with the routes they drive. If you are not sure where the nearest stop to your destination is located or when the next bus is arriving, feel free to ask any of the drivers or pick up the Rider's Guide located on any of the Transit buses.

Contents [hide] 1 Fares 2 Routes 3 References 4 External links

[edit]Fares

Fares range from $1.25 to $5.00, depending on how many zones are travelled.

• 1 Zone: $1.25 (staying within Zone, or connector buses (Ashby/EDS, Whitney Pier, George St., Alexandra St., Sydney River, New Aberdeen & Steele's Hill)


• 2 Zones: $2.25 (travelling to Cape Breton University from Sydney, New Waterford or Glace Bay)


• 3 Zones: $3.25 (travelling to Glace Bay or New Waterford from Sydney or Sydney to Sydney Mines)


• 4 Zones: $4.25


• 5 Zones: $5.00 (travelling from Glace Bay or New Waterford to North Sydney/Sydney Mines)

Seniors (over 55) and children ages 5–12 receive a .25 discount on normal fare rates (except for the $5.00/5 Zone fare and on Saturdays). Children under the age of 5 are free.

Every Saturday is Looney Day. You can travel any route that Transit Cape Breton travels for just $1.00 (one way) - so a trip from Glace Bay to Sydney Mines will cost you $2.00 return on Saturday as compared to $10.00 on any other operating day. Transit Cape Breton does not operate on Sundays or holidays.

[edit]Routes

• 1 Sydney - Glace Bay & Glace Bay - Sydney


• 3 New Aberdeen