Private company

Kingston Transit

Logo: kingstontransit.ca3

Canadian bus company

Kingston Transit is the public transit service serving Kingston, Ontario, Canada as well as to the neighbouring community of Amherstview, in Loyalist Township. Major transfer points are at the Kingston Centre, Downtown Kingston (at the corner of Bagot and Brock streets), Cataraqui Town Centre, St. Lawrence College, King’s Crossing, and Gardiners Town Centre. It began on July 1, 1962.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Photo: Jsp3970 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Kingston Transit is the public transit service serving Kingston, Ontario, Canada as well as to the neighbouring community of Amherstview, in Loyalist Township. Major transfer points are at the Kingston Centre, Downtown Kingston (at the corner of Bagot and Brock streets), Cataraqui Town Centre, St. Lawrence College, King’s Crossing, and Gardiners Town Centre. It began on July 1, 1962.2

The story

The Kingston Public Transit System began service on July 1, 1962, when the city's Public Utilities Commission took over the operation of transit service from Kingston City Coach, a subsidiary of Colonial Coach Lines. The Kingston Transit name was adopted in 1975.

In 2017, Kingston Transit experienced a record six million rides, which was the fourth consecutive year that ridership grew by more than 10 percent.

From Wikipedia’s article on Kingston Transit, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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