Saint John Transit

Saint John Transit is the public transit agency serving Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Established in 1979 to provide scheduled transit service to the city, it is the largest public transit system in the province in terms of both mileage and passengers.

Services

Fixed routes

Saint John Transit provides 7 day a week service, with a series of Main Line routes that provide the backbone of the system and feeder routes that connect at 4 major hubs throughout the city. Service begins as early as 5:50am on main routes, and around 6am for secondary and limited routes and ends as late as 11:10pm on some of the main routes and around 10pm on secondary.

Route No.	Route name	Service type	Sunday Holiday	Note
1	McAllister Place / Field House	Main Line	YES
3	McAllister Place / Regional UNB	Main Line	YES
9	McAllister Place / Regional Hospital	Main Line	YES
12	Martinon	West-side
15	Harbour Bridge	West-side	YES
20	Wright St. / Fort Howe	North and South
21	South End / St. Joseph's	North and South
23	Crescent Valley	North and South
24	North End	North and South
30	Champlain Heights/Silver Falls	East-side
31	Forest Glen	East-side	YES
32	Loch Lomond	East-side
33	Champlain Lakewood	East-side
35	NBCC Express	East-side
52	Kennebecasis Valley Comex	Comex

FLEX service

FLEX service does not operate on a fixed route or schedule. Riders must use a smartphone app or call a dispatcher to schedule a ride from a specified FLEX stop. Riders can travel within a zone, or transfer to routes 1, 12 or 15 at common stops. FLEX service is provided Monday to Friday from 6:30am to 6:30pm, and on Saturday from 10am to 6pm. Saint John Transit uses six leased Karzan electric buses for FLEX service. The buses can carry 20 passengers.
As FLEX service is rolled out, Saint John Transit has discontinued or rerouted fixed routes.

Saint John Accessible Transit

The Saint John Accessible Transit service is provided by Independence Plus Inc. for people who cannot use the regular transit system due to disabilities. The service was formerly known as the Handi-bus – this name has been changed due to its 'derogatory and degrading' connotations. The city will gain a new bus for its services, bringing the total of the fleet to six.

History

Saint John Transit had six predecessors:

People's Street Railway Company : Horsecar operation
Saint John City Railway Company : Horsecar operation
Consolidated Electric Company : Streetcar operation
Saint John Railway Company : Streetcar operator
New Brunswick Power Company : Streetcar and bus operator
City Transit Limited : city bus operator
Saint John Transit Commission : current city bus operator