Rapid Transit
On April 8, 2012, service on Phase one of Winnipeg's Bus Rapid Transit line; the Southwest Transitway begun. All RT routes terminate at the Balmoral Station in Downtown Winnipeg next to the University of Winnipeg. RT routes then run along the Graham Avenue Transit Mall to Main Street, then south down Queen Elizabeth Way to Stradbrook Avenue where buses enter the 3.6 km Southwest Transitway and travel southwest. There are three stations on the Southwest Transitway; Harkness Station, Osborne Station, and Fort Rouge Station. Buses enter/exit the Southwest Transitway either just past Osborne Station or the Jubilee Overpass and continue to their final destinations in South Winnipeg, the University of Manitoba or Inverstors Group Field. The Cost of Phase one was 138 million dollars.
Phase two will see the Southwest Transitway extended south from the Jubilee Overpass to Bison Drive just west of the University of Manitoba. The cost for the second phase is around 275 million dollars and the project will start once funding is secured. Winnipeg Transit also is looking at other corridors for the city including the East Corridor to Transcona.
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