Transit Windsor expands service with 20,000 hours, more coverage

Transit Windsor is announced major service changes, as part of the council-approved 2025 Transit Windsor Service Plan.

The changes are effective Aug. 31. It includes the addition of 20,000 new service hours, increased frequency and expanded coverage across several high-demand routes.

Key service changes include:

• Launching new service routes to expand network coverage
• Route 250 (Rhodes/Twin Oaks/ NextStar Industrial)
• Route 315 (formerly Parent 14) – Route extension
• Route 205 (formerly Dougall 6) – Route extension
• Enhancing and renaming service routes to improve reliability and efficiency
• Route 240 (formerly South Windsor 7)
• Route 135 (formerly Walkerville 8)

The name changes better align with industry principles and best practices observed across other transit systems, ensuring continuity and ease of use for out-of-town visitors.

Introducing Sunday service on

• Route 240 (formerly South Windsor 7)
• Route 315 (formerly Parent 14)

Reducing wait times on Saturdays and Sundays

• Route 240 (formerly South Windsor 7) – Increased frequency from every 50 minutes to every 30 minutes on Saturdays
• Route 205 (formerly Dougall 6) – Increased frequency from every 40-to-70 minutes to every 30-to-45 minutes on the weekends
• Route 135 (formerly Walkerville 8) – Increased frequency from every 70 minutes to every 40 minutes during weekday evenings and weekends

Reducing wait times across high-demand corridors on weekdays

• Route 205 (formerly Dougall 6) – Weekday frequency increased to every 30 minutes with 15-minute service during a.m. and p.m. peak periods
• Route 135 (formerly Walkerville 8) – Weekday frequency increased to every 20 minutes, previously every 40 minutes
• Route 315 (formerly Parent 14) – Weekday frequency increased to every 40 minutes, previously every 60-to-70 minutes. Extended service hours added
• Route 115 (formerly Dominion 5) – Peak weekday frequency increased to every 10-to-15 minutes, previously every 20 minutes

Transit also will added 8 permanent full-time driver positions.

Introducing new colour-coded numbering route categories to help riders quickly identify route types:

• Blue – Primary Routes (100 series): Major city-to-city corridors on arterial roads, forming the core transit network.
• Purple – Secondary Routes (200 series): Connect areas between primary routes, with multiple transfer points.
• Green – Local Routes (300 series): Connect neighbourhood residents to key destinations to transfer to primary routes.
• Orange – Express Routes (400 and 500 series): Limited stops for faster travel along major roads. Uses roads with higher speeds to travel across the city.
• Black – Regional Routes: Service to neighbouring communities.

New fully reflective bus stop signage will be installed for simpler navigation. The signs will feature Transit Windsor’s new colour-coded route category system, which introduces route name changes using both colours and categories.

Open Houses

Transit Windsor will host a series of open houses at the Windsor International Transit Terminal, located at 300 Chatham Street West in Windsor to inform riders about upcoming service changes:

• August 14 and 15, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
• August 19 and 20, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Transit Windsor encourages all riders to visit CityWindsor.ca/residents/transit-windsor/service-changes for the full details on service changes and to explore the Interactive Map.