Service Changes
In its first year of operation in 2006, DRT implemented a number of service changes:
- A common fare across Durham Region including transfer privileges
- Access to GO Transit bus services operating within Durham Region for a standard DRT fare or transfer
- Service for the northern communities of Port Perry, Brock, and Uxbridge in the form of community buses operating on specific days of the week
- Implementation of Fixed-route evening/Sunday service in Ajax and Pickering replacing the former "dial-a-bus" service.
- Service level improvements on several routes
- The introduction of several new or extended routes, including:
- Rush-hour Service along Brock Street/Baldwin Street (Highway 12) to Brooklin
- Rush-hour Service along Bloor Street and Victoria Street (Durham Regional Road 22) from Oshawa GO to Whitby GO Train Stations
- Service on Audley Road in Ajax, both south of Bayly Street and north of Kingston Road
- Service along Townline Road in eastern Oshawa and Courtice
- Weekend service to Whitby and Oshawa GO Transit stations
In 2007, the following new services were introduced:
- 915 Taunton: grid service from Pickering GO Station via Bayly, Westney, Taunton and Simcoe to Durham College/UOIT
- 916 Rossland : grid service from Ajax GO Station via Westney, Bayly, Harwood, Rossland, Grandview, Taunton, Ritson, Conlin and Simcoe
- 302 Brock/Brooklin: increased service to Brooklin
- 20 Westney and 40 Applecroft, and elimination of 23 Nottingham as a separate route
- 504 Orono/Newcastle: revised to include Newcastle
- 950 Uxbridge/Port Perry/UOIT: a grid weekday route from Uxbridge and Port Perry to Durham College/UOIT
- replacement of Whitby dial a ride and shuttle bus service from the GO station with fixed routes
As a consequence of an operational budget shortfall, DRT implemented service cutbacks in December 2007 and March 2008, including cancellation of midday services, reduction in service hours and frequencies, and elimination of its 10 Ajax route.
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