Winnipeg Transit Facts & Figures

History of Winnipeg Transit

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Winnipeg Transit Rolling Stock

Series	Manufacturer	Year	Model	Length	Type	Comments
Total 535
100–107	Flyer	1984	D901	40'	High Floor	Was part of Chicago Transit Authority production run.
108–182	Flyer	1985	D902	40'	High Floor
201–230	New Flyer	2004	D40-LF	40'	Low Floor
301–334	MCI	1988	Classic	40'	High Floor	Last non-New Flyer order
340–366	New Flyer	1992	D40	40'	High Floor
370–399	New Flyer	1994	D40	40'	High Floor
401–499	New Flyer	1999	D40-LF	40'	Low Floor
501–599	New Flyer	1999	D40-LF	40'	Low Floor
601–630	Flyer	1986	D902	40'	High Floor
631–660	New Flyer	1987	D40	40'	High Floor	First production run using fibreglass exterior.
671–699	New Flyer	1994	D40	40'	High Floor
701–708	New Flyer	2004	Invero	40'	Low Floor	Manufactured in St. Cloud, MN
801–828	New Flyer	1989	D40	40'	High Floor	High distance between front steps.
831–860	New Flyer	1990	D40	40'	High Floor	First production with tinted windows.
861–890	New Flyer	1991	D40	40'	High Floor
901–925	New Flyer	1996	D30-LF	30'	Low Floor	Suburban feeder & Downtown Spirit routes.
991–993	New Flyer	1994	D40-LF	40'	Low Floor	First production of Low Floors for Winnipeg.

Thanks to George Morrison for the above rolling stock information.

A more detailed roster/rolling stock listing was compiled by David Wyatt All Time List of Canadian Transit Systems

Fred Cleverley's column from 1985 says Winnipeg shouldn't be subsidizing Flyer any longer. This article still applies somewhat, although New Flyer is now in private hands.

Ridership Concerns

In the past few years, ridership on Winnipeg Transit has declined. I have reproduced a ridership chart that shows that something must be done to reverse this trend. The data is from the Winnipeg Free Press article which appeared in January '96.

Current ridership, as of 2004 is approx. 38 million passengers/yr.

Graham Avenue Transit Mall Info

$3.8 million spent on street, sidewalk, and sewer improvements.
$1.9 million spent on steetscaping, and landscaping improvements

Graham Avenue Transit Mall 1000 buses/day carry an average of 20 000-25 000 passengers.

Routes that operate on all/part of the Mall: 16, 17, 18, 20, 31X, 32X, 33, 35X, 45, 46X, 47, 48X, 49, 52, 57X, 58X, 60, 60X, , 62X, 70, 80X, 81X

Start of construction — May 1994
End of construction — September 1995

Misc. Winnipeg Transit Facts

10 million calls to tele-bus schedule information system in 1996.

34 local routes
19 Express routes
22 suburban feeder routes (81-98)
6 special routes (1-5, 101,102,109 & 110)

600 transit shelters in the Metro area.

Almost 4 600 transit stops in the Metro Winnipeg area. [SOURCE: WT)

950 active Winnipeg Transit drivers.

540 Winnipeg Transit buses (1994).

New roller signs (aka sign curtains) were installed in all WT vehicles in October '97.

Two Transit Garages:

Fort Rouge Transit Base -- 421 Osborne St., Winnipeg
Carruthers Garage -- 1520 Main St. @ Carruthers, Winnipeg
St. James Garage -- 461 Century St., St. James (phased out)

Private Automobile Registrations - Metropolitan Winnipeg

Year	Registered Private Vehicles	Data Source
1962	128,000	Winnipeg Area Transportation Study: Vol. 1
1992	264,000	TransPlan 2010: Final Report
2005	358,161	MPI