St. Thomas Transit Page

The city of St. Thomas, located about a half-hour drive south of London, is home to several large manufacturing companies such as Magna International and the Ford Motor Company, which has one of its main car-building plants near the city. The St. Thomas Transit Service provides the city of 36,000 with bus service from Monday to Friday from 7:15 AM to 6:45 PM and on Saturday from 9:15 AM to 6:45 PM, and the buses meet every half-hour at the main transfer point in front of Wal-Mart near Talbot Street and First Avenue, east of downtown. The actual operation of the buses is contracted to Aboutown Transportation, which operates both regular fixed-route and door-to-door paratransit service. In the past, St. Thomas Transit used mostly second-hand GM New Look, Orion II, and Champion Solo buses along with a single MCI Classic, but these buses were all determined to be too large for the city and now the transit service is provided using cutaway buses, mostly Ford E-450 models, but in 2008 four low-floor IC Corporation LC Series buses were purchased, similar to those used in other Ontario cities such as Brockville, Kingston, and Trenton.

All photos are by the webmaster.

	0301 is a 2003 Ford E-450 with a Crestline body, spotted at the main transfer point in front of Wal-Mart near Talbot Street and First Avenue on Oct. 10, 2008.
	0302 is another 2003 Ford/Crestline bus, seen at the main transfer point on Oct. 10, 2008.
	0401 is a 2004 Ford E-450 with a StarTrans body, shown at the main transfer point on Oct. 10, 2008.
	TR0501 is a 2005 Ford E-450/Crestline, seen at the main transfer point on Oct. 10, 2008.
	TR-0602 is a 2006 Ford E-450 cutaway, seen on a Paratransit run waiting for a rider at Wal-Mart on Oct. 10, 2008.

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