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  • Review from Dishan W.

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    Toronto, ON

    4.0 star rating
    5/14/2011

    I admit I'm surprised I'm giving Brampton Transit 4 stars, but the folks over in Brampton (The Flower City as it calls itself) seems like they know what they are doing. A lot of people commute using Brampton Transit and GO and while I've never tried this (since I live so close to a GO station) I've seen people use their GO tickets to get a free ride on the bus (now bet you GO commuters would LOVE for that to be implemented at the TTC too eh?!).
    That's a pretty sweet deal if you ask me. While the bus fleet is not as large as the TTC's they do a good job every time I've used it to stick to the schedules listed on the stops and the drivers, at least the few I've had to interact with in terms of asking questions are very friendly. Many a time do I see a bus have to hold off on a station because they are ahead of schedule!

    The individual ticket cost is roughly the same as the TTC but get this, you pay once and you get a transfer which enables you for unlimited travel in a 2 hour period! That's just amazing if you just want to take the bus to go buy groceries or something like that.
    In terms of comfort level it's the same type of buses as the TTC buses that have the 2 steps right after the exit door? Nothing super comfortable but it does it's job.

    They also have implemented a new bus system called "Züm" which I've never used, but the buses look hella cool and they advertise real time scheduling updates at stops as well the magical power to influence traffic lights to keep them running on schedule!

    Add all this to a pretty decent coverage area and you got yourself a pretty reliable, convenient and happy transit system!

    Listed in: The Flower City

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