Belleville Transit Page

Transit service in the city of Belleville is provided by Belleville Transit, an agency with 14 buses providing service for a population of 49,000. Belleville Transit operates eight routes with half-hour service, and all routes meet at the central bus terminal on Pinnacle Street across from city hall. The bus fleet consists of Orion VI and NovaBus LFS buses along with a single GM Classic.

All photos are by the webmaster.

	7536 was a 1975 GM T6H-4523N, seen at the downtown transit terminal on May 24, 2002. This bus was painted with the new livery, also seen on the Orion VI buses, and was retired in 2005.
	7637 was a 1976 GM T6H-4523N, and it is also painted in the new livery. This photo was taken on May 24, 2002, at the transit terminal. Both this bus and 7536 were rebuilt by Eastway Refurbishing and 7637 was withdrawn from revenue service in 2006.
	8038 was a 1980 GM T6H-4523N, painted in the original livery, seen at the transit terminal on Nov. 16, 2002.
	39 was another 1980 GM New Look in the original livery, seen at the transit terminal on May 24, 2002. This bus was the last Belleville bus whose fleet number had not been changed to contain the year of purchase. This bus and 8038 were retired in 2004.
	8644 was a 1986 Orion 01.504, shown at the transit terminal in downtown Belleville on May 24, 2002. This bus was powered by a Detroit Diesel 6V71N engine. It has since been removed from service.
	8845 was a 1988 MCI TC-40102N, refurbished by Eastway and painted in the new livery, seen at the transit terminal on Sept. 2, 2003. This bus was retired in March 2010.
	8946 was a 1989 MCI TC-40102N, seen at the transit terminal on November 16, 2002.
	8946 has been repainted into the new livery, and is shown at the transit terminal on Oct. 12, 2005.
	8946 was spotted again at the transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008. This bus was retired once the 2010 LFS buses were delivered in March 2010.
	9147 was a 1991 MCI TC-40102N, seen here at the transit terminal on May 24, 2002. This bus seems to have push-operated exit doors, rather than automatic doors as the other Classics in eastern Ontario are equipped.
	9849 is a 1998 Orion 06.501, seen at the central transit terminal on Nov. 16, 2002. These buses were the first to be delivered in the new paint scheme, which was almost identical to that of Mississauga Transit, but the orange stripe was later changed to a deep orange-red hue.
	9849 was spotted again at the downtown transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008. With the exception of the GM Classic 0255, these buses were the oldest buses in service in April 2010.
	9850 is another 1998 Orion VI, seen boarding passengers at the bus terminal on Nov. 14, 2008.
	9851 is seen laying up at the transit terminal on November 16, 2002. This bus, along with the GM New Looks, has a darker stripe than 9849.
	9851 was seen again at the transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008.
	0255 is a 1986 GM TC-40102N, formerly Detroit DOT 1959. It was refurbished by Eastway Refurbishing and is seen at the transit terminal on Sept. 2, 2003. As of April 2010, it was the only high-floor bus still in revenue service in Belleville.
	0256 was another ex-DDOT Classic, this one 1944, also spotted at the transit terminal on Sept. 2, 2003.
	0457 is a 2004 NovaBus LFS, a former demonstrator once used at Walt Disney World, later purchased by Belleville Transit. This photo was taken at the transit terminal on October 12, 2005.
	0457 was seen again at the transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008.
	0458 is another former NovaBus demonstrator, shown at the transit terminal on Oct. 12, 2005.
	0559 is a 2005 Nova LFS, another ex-demo, seen at the transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008.
	0660 is a 2006 LFS, spotted at the transit terminal on Oct. 10, 2008. Given the proximity of CFB Trenton, Canada’s largest airbase, Belleville’s buses often show patriotic slogans on their headsigns. This bus is also a former demonstrator.
	0761 is another ex-demo, this one a 2007 LFS, spotted at the transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008.
	0862 is a 2008 NovaBus LFS, seen at the transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008.
	0863 is another 2008 LFS, shown at the downtown bus terminal on Oct. 10, 2008. This bus and 0862 are both former NovaBus demonstrators.
	0863 was spotted again at the transit terminal on Nov. 14, 2008. In 2010, Belleville Transit purchased three production LFS buses from NovaBus, numbered 1064, 1065 and 1066, the first LFS buses delivered new to Belleville.

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