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The city of Mississauga is a large suburban city just west of Toronto.  Transit service in the city of 670,000 is provided by MiWay, formerly Mississauga Transit, with a fleet of about 425 buses.  MiWay has two levels of service: MiExpress for express travel using blue Orion VII BRT and New Flyer D60LFR buses, and MiLocal for local travel on orange Orion V, VI, and hybrid VII NG; New Flyer D40LF, D60LF, D40LFR, and D60LFR; and El Dorado E-Z Rider II MAX buses.  Connections with the TTC can be made at Islington Station in Etobicoke, at Pearson International Airport, and at points along the city limits where the two systems overlap slightly.  Also, there are connections with Brampton Transit in the north, Oakville Transit in the west, and GO Transit at Square One and along the rail lines.

 

All photos are by the webmaster unless noted otherwise.

 

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8813 is a 1988 Orion 01.508, seen on Rathburn Rd. W. waiting to enter the Square One terminal in Mississauga on Nov. 22, 2002.

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8819 is another 1988 Orion I, also on Rathburn Road West on November 22, 2002.  All of Mississauga’s Orion I buses have now been retired.

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8903 is a 1989 Orion 05.501, seen at the Square One terminal on November 22, 2002.  This bus is only the third Orion V built after production started in 1989.

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8915 is another 1989 Orion V, spotted laying up at the Square One terminal on Sept. 2, 2006.  Most of the 1989 Orion V buses were retired in 2006, but 8923 remained in service until mid-2008.

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9010 is a 1990 Orion V, and is shown on Bloor Street West at Islington Avenue in Etobicoke on August 9, 2001.

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9122 is a 1991 Orion V, and is seen on Bloor Street West at Islington Avenue on August 9, 2001.

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9138 is a 1991 Orion V, boarding passengers at the Square One terminal on Nov. 22, 2002.

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9310 is a 1993 Orion V, seen laying up at the Square One terminal on Oct. 15, 2007.

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9360 is a 1993 New Flyer D60, seen at Islington Station in Etobicoke on August 9, 2001.  All of these high-floor articulated buses were withdrawn from service in 2005.

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9719 is a 1997 Orion 05.501, shown boarding passengers at the Westwood Mall on a cold winter day on January 25, 2009. (Photo by Trevor H.)

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9735 is another 1997 Orion V waiting to enter service at the Square One terminal on Nov. 22, 2002.

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9745 is a 1997 Orion II, shown providing shopper’s shuttle service the Square One Shopping Centre on Nov. 22, 2002.  These buses have been replaced by the El Dorado E-Z Rider II Max buses purchased in 2007.

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9773 is a 1997 New Flyer D60LF, seen on Bloor Street West at Islington Avenue on August 9, 2001.

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9781 is another 1997 NFI D60LF, and was spotted waiting to resume service at the Square One terminal on Sept. 2, 2006.  These buses were retired after being replaced by the 2008 NFI D60LFR buses.

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9814 is a 1998 Orion 06.501, seen laying up at the Square One terminal on Nov. 22, 2002.

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9819 is another 1998 Orion VI, shown laying up at the Square One terminal on Sept. 2, 2006.

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9833 is seen boarding passengers at the Square One terminal on September 2, 2006.

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0105 is a 2001 Orion 07.501 diesel, boarding riders at the Westwood Mall in Malton on Nov. 22, 2002.

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0155 is a 2001 New Flyer D60LF, spotted waiting for passengers at the Square One bus terminal on Oct. 9, 2008.

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0158 is another 2001 D60LF, seen at the Square One terminal on Nov. 22, 2002.

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0324 is a 2003 New Flyer D40LF, one of the first 40’ New Flyer buses purchased by Mississauga Transit.  It is shown at the Long Branch GO station in Etobicoke on Sept. 4, 2006.

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0328 is another 2003 NFI D40LF, seen at the Square One terminal on Sept. 3, 2003.

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0525 is a 2005 NFI D40LF, seen waiting for passengers at the Square One bus terminal on Sept. 2, 2006.

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0530 is another 2005 NFI D40LF, shown at the Square One terminal on Sept. 2, 2006.

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0606 is a 2006 New Flyer D40LFR, spotted laying up at the Square One terminal on Sept. 2, 2006.

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0609 is another 2006 NFI D40LFR, shown waiting to resume service at the Square One terminal on Sept. 2, 2006.

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0611 is shown boarding passengers at the Square One terminal on September 2, 2006.   This model features updated front and rear end caps, offered as an option and first featured on Vancouver’s E40LFR trolleybuses.

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0707 is a 2007 El Dorado EZ-Rider II Max, and is shown on Rathburn Rd. W. on Oct. 9, 2008.  These buses provide shuttle service and are also used on low-ridership routes.

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0722 is a 2007 NFI D40LFR, spotted laying up at the Square One terminal on Oct. 15, 2007.

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0807 is a 2008 New Flyer D40LFR, spotted on Rathburn Road West near the Square One Shopping Centre on Oct. 9, 2008.

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0825 is another 2008 NFI D40LFR, seen resting at the Square One bus terminal on Oct. 9, 2008.

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0865 is a 2008 NFI D60LFR, shown on Rathburn Rd. W. about to turn into the Square One bus terminal on Oct. 9, 2008.

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0865 was seen again laying up at the Square One terminal on Oct. 9, 2008.  Unlike the D40LFR buses, these articulated buses have the air conditioner on the roof of the forward section of the bus and a flat panel on the rear.

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0873 is another NFI D60LFR, spotted waiting for passengers at the Square One terminal on Oct. 9, 2008.

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0909 is a 2008 New Flyer D40LFR, shown laying up at the Square One bus terminal on Oct. 9, 2008.  Even though this bus was purchased in 2008, it was numbered in the 09xx series to leave room in the 08xx series for the D60LFR articulated buses.

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0913 is another 2008 D40LFR, shown entering the Square One terminal on Oct. 9, 2008.

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0939 is a 2009 El Dorado EZ-Rider II Max, spotted resting at the Square One terminal on Jan. 30, 2010.

 

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