Lindsay Transit extends bus route hours

In May 2024 the City of Kawartha Lakes launched a survey to ask Lindsay Transit riders if they were satisfied with the hours that buses currently run on weekdays and weekends.

Lindsay Transit operates four conventional bus routes Monday to Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The purpose of the survey was to gauge interest in extending transit service hours.

The survey results are in and it was learned that over 75 percent of survey respondents would welcome a change to Lindsay Transit’s current service hours. Almost 72 percent of respondents asked for the hours to be extended until at least 10pm on weekdays.

As a result, the municipality is pleased to announce that as of Sunday Sept. 29, 2024, the Monday to Saturday transit hours will be extended from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. for both Lindsay Transit and LIMO Specialized Transit services.

“We’re excited to be able to extend the hours of service for our Lindsay Transit riders,” said Rodney Porter, manager of fleet and transit services for Kawartha Lakes. “The survey showed us that there was a community need to extend our hours later into the night on weekdays and we’re happy to be able to do that for our riders.”

The survey results also showed interest in starting the bus routes earlier than 7:00 a.m. during the week. At this time, Lindsay Transit was only able to add a limited amount of hours to the schedule. Since there was more interest in extending the hours later into the night than adding hours earlier in the morning, it was determined that the extended hours at night would be more beneficial to riders.

Lindsay Transit will be monitoring ridership for the remainder of the year. If the data shows low ridership during the 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. window, hours of service will be looked at again in the new year.

For more information on Lindsay Transit, including transit stop locations and departure times, fare prices and where to buy tokens or passes, and everything else transit related visit the Lindsay Transit page on the municipality’s website.