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Public transportation in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Cornwall Transit (also known as TheBus, its fonts similar to Honolulu, Hawaii's), serves the City of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada with 15 buses that transport about 538,833 passengers per year. Founded in 1971 and originally operated under contract by A.J. McDonald Limited the system has been city run since 1974. It provided bus service to replace the Cornwall Street Railway, which had provided tram service since the end of the 19th century.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Cornwall Transit (also known as TheBus, its fonts similar to Honolulu, Hawaii's), serves the City of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada with 15 buses that transport about 538,833 passengers per year. Founded in 1971 and originally operated under contract by A.J. McDonald Limited the system has been city run since 1974. It provided bus service to replace the Cornwall Street Railway, which had provided tram service since the end of the 19th century.2
Timeline of public transportation in Cornwall.
1896 to 1902 - Cornwall Electric Street Railway Company
1902 to 1970 - Cornwall Street Railway, Light and Power Company, Limited
1971 to current - Cornwall Transit
From Wikipedia’s article on Cornwall Transit, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Cornwall Transit operates 7 conventional transit routes and 1 community bus route. 6 of these services are interlined, with the interconnected routes maintaining the same number on both routes.
1 Pitt
2 Sunrise
3 Brookdale
4 Riverdale
5 McConnell
6 Cumberland
7 Montreal
61 Community Bus
Additionally, the operator runs a fixed industrial service with four different deviations to serve the needs and shifts of workers at city plants.
S1: loop through the industrial sector running every 30 minutes
S2: one early morning run to the Prince Foods plant
S3: two midday runs to the Prince Foods and SCM plants
S4: one midnight run from the Prince Foods plant
Cornwall also operates the Handi-Transit paratransit service for physically challenged individuals, as well as a community bus route that offers several midday flexible loops based on passenger demand.
The fleet consists of 14 LFS (4th generation) with diesel and diesel-electric hybrid propulsion used for regular routes
Cornwall once operated trolleybuses with 16 Canadian Car and Foundry T-44 used from 1949 to 1970. Upon the termination of trolleybus service 12 T-44 were sold to the Toronto Transit Commission for parts.
From Wikipedia’s article on Cornwall Transit, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
