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|MC-102189
|Charterways Transportation Limited
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'''Charterways Transportation''' was a coach, transit and school bus operator in Ontario, Canada. It was one of a few sub-contractors to GO Transit during GO's early years.
'''Charterways Transportation''' was a coach, transit and school bus operator in Ontario, Canada. It was one of a few sub-contractors to GO Transit during GO's early years.


==History==
==History==
*Bought [[Sun Parlor Coach Lines]] in 1960.
*Bought [[Sun Parlor Coach Lines]] in 1960.
*Acquired [[St. Thomas Coach Lines]] in the mid 1960s.
*Bought [[Niagara Coach Lines]] in 1968.
*Bought [[Niagara Coach Lines]] in 1968.
*Bought [[Burley Bus Lines]] in 1970.
*Bought [[Burley Bus Lines]]'s Cobourg area operations in 1970 and the Kitchener/Waterloo operations in 1977.
*Highway Division was sold to [[Chatham Coach Lines]] in 1987.
*Acquired the school bus operations of [[Carleton Bus Lines]] in June 1994.
*Acquired the school bus operations of [[Carleton Bus Lines]] in June 1994.
*Acquired and absorbed into Laidlaw's transit operations in August 1996.
*Acquired and absorbed into Laidlaw's transit operations in August 1996.
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*Cobourg, Ontario from 1970 to mid-90s.
*Cobourg, Ontario from 1970 to mid-90s.
*Mississauga, Ontario from 1969 to November 1973.
*Mississauga, Ontario from 1969 to November 1973.
*North Bay, Ontario from 1968 to April 1972.
*St. Thomas, Ontario from mid 1960's to 1983 & 1994 to unknown.


==All-Time Roster==
==All-Time Roster==
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!Notes
!Notes
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|[[Charterways Transportation 76|76]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 76 (1st)|76 (1st)]]
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|1960
|[[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries MC-2|MC-2]]
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|align="left" |Ex [[Chibougamau Transport]] #?. Bought in 1963.
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|[[Charterways Transportation 76 (2nd)|76 (2nd)]]
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|1966
|1966
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|align="left" |Ex [[A.J. Bus Lines]] 157. Bought in January 1976.
|align="left" |Ex [[A.J. Bus Lines]] 157. Bought in January 1976.
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|190
|[[Charterways Transportation 184|184]]
|align="center" colspan="8" style="background:#000000;"|<font color="white">Renumbered 1190</font>
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|1955
|[[General Motors Corporation|GMC]]
|[[General Motors PD-4104|PD-4104]]
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|align="left" |Ex-[[Québec Central Transportation Company]] 1275. Bought in 1965.
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|186, 188, 190, 192
|align="center" colspan="8" style="background:#000000;"|<font color="white">Renumbered 1186, 1188, 1190 & 1192</font>
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1001-1002|1001-1002]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1001-1002|1001-1002]]
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|align="left" |Ex [[Air Terminal Transport]] 1001-1002.
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*Ex [[Air Terminal Transport]] 1001-1002?<!-- conflicting information, needs verification (serial is not original to ATT)-->
*Exx-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 133<!-- conflicting information, needs verification --> & 149?<!-- conflicting information, needs verification (some sources suggest it was numbered 1149 on arrival to Charterways from Skinner and not going to ATT) -->
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|1003
|[[Charterways Transportation 1003|1003]]
|align="center" colspan="8" style="background:#000000;"|<font color="white">Renumbered 1146</font>
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|1966
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]]
|[[General Motors SDM-4502|SDM-4502]]
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|align="left" |Ex [[Air Terminal Transport]] 1003.
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1004-1006|1004-1006]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1004-1006|1004-1006]]
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|align="left" |Ex-[[Air Terminal Transport]] 5.
|align="left" |Ex-[[Air Terminal Transport]] 5.
|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1009|1009]]
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|1965
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]]
|[[General Motors SDM-4502|SDM-4502]]
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|align="left" |Ex [[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 150.
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1010|1010]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1010|1010]]
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|[[Charterways Transportation 1022|1022]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1021-1022, 1026, 1028|1021-1022, 1026, 1028]]
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|[[Van Hool]]
|[[Van Hool]]
|Minibus
|[[Unibus]]
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|align="left" |Unknown year and model.
|align="left" |Unknown year.
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1031|1031]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1031|1031]]
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|[[Charterways Transportation 1043, 1046-1047|1043, 1046-1047]]
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|[[Van Hool]]
|[[Unibus]]
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|align="left" |Unknown year and model.
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1052|1052]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1052|1052]]
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|[[Charterways Transportation 1100|1100]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1100|1100]]
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|1965
|[[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries MC-5 Series|MC-5A]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries MC-5 Series|MCC-5A]]
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|align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 134.
*Ex-1003.
*Exx-[[Air Terminal Transport]] 1003.
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|[[Charterways Transportation 1151|1151]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1148-1151|1148-1151]]
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|1965
|1965
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|align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 151.
|align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 148-151.
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1153-1154|1153-1154]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1152|1152]]
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|1968
|1968
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]]
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]]
|[[General Motors SDM-5302|SDM-5302]]
|[[General Motors SDH-4502|SDH-4502]]
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|align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 152.
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1186|1186]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1153-1154|1153-1154]]
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|1968
|[[General Motors Corporation|GMC]]
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]]
|[[General Motors PD-4104|PD-4104]]
|[[General Motors SDM-5302|SDM-5302]]
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|align="left" |Unknown year
|align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 153-154.
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1190|1190]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1186, 1188, 1190, 1192|1186, 1188, 1190, 1192]]
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|1955
|1955
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*Ex-190.
*Ex-186, 188, 190 & 192.
*Exx-[[Colonial Coach Lines]] 5510.
*Exx-[[Colonial Coach Lines]] 1231, 1233-1234 &1236. Bought in 1967.
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|[[Charterways Transportation 1200-1201|1200-1201]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1200-1201|1200-1201]]
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|align="left" |Ex [[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 200 & 201.
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1210-1211|1210-1211]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 1210-1211|1210-1211]]
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|1970
|1967
|[[General Motors Corporation|GMC]]
|[[General Motors Corporation|GMC]]
|[[General Motors PD-4107|PD-4107]]
|[[General Motors PD-4107|PD-4107]]
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|[[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries MC-9|MC-9]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries MC-9|MC-9]]
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|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 1273|1273]]
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|1985
|[[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]]
|[[Motor Coach Industries 102-A3|102-A3]]
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|align="left" |Ex-[[Burley Bus Lines]] 7366. Bought in 1977.
|align="left" |Ex-[[Burley Bus Lines]] 7366. Bought in 1977.
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|[[Charterways Transportation 7516|7516]]
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|1975?
|[[Ford]]
|Activity Bus
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|align="left" |Unknown year and model.
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 7571|7571]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 7571|7571]]
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|[[Ford]]
|[[Ford]]
|[[School Bus]]
|Activity Bus
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|[[Ford]]
|[[Ford]]
|[[School Bus]]
|Activity Bus
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|[[Thomas]]
|[[Thomas]]
|[[School Bus]]
|Activity Bus
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|align="left" |Unknown year and model.
|align="left" |Unknown year and model.
|- align="center"
|[[Charterways Transportation 83160-83164|83160-83164]]
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|1983
|[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]<hr>[[Thomas Built Buses|Thomas]]
|?<hr>[[Thomas Built Buses Conventional|Conventional]]
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|align="left" |Assigned to [[Whitby Transit]] as 4000-4004.
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|align="left" |To [[Mississauga Transit]] 2001-2003 in 1973.
|align="left" |To [[Mississauga Transit]] [[Mississauga Transit 2001-2003|2001-2003]] in 1973.
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|[[Charterways Transportation 764|764?]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 764|764?]]
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|align="left" |To [[Mississauga Transit]] 2004 in 1973.
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*Originally ordered by [[Saskatoon Transit]] but was wrecked during delivery.
*Bought by [[Sun Parlor Coach Lines]] (Charterways) #1155.
*To [[Mississauga Transit]] [[Mississauga Transit 2004|2004]] in 1973.
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*Fleet numbers unknown
*Fleet numbers unknown
*To [[Mississauga Transit]] 2005-2009 in 1973.
*To [[Mississauga Transit]] [[Mississauga Transit 2005-2009|2005-2009]] in 1973.
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|[[Charterways Transportation 7301-7304|7301-7304]]
|[[Charterways Transportation 7301-7304|7301-7304]]
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|align="left" |To [[Mississauga Transit]] in 1973.
|align="left" |To [[Mississauga Transit]] in 1973.
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==School Buses==
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!Fleet<br>Number(s)
!Thumbnail
!Year
!Body Manufacturer
!Chassis / Model
!Type
!Capacity / Length
!Licence Plate
!Notes
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charterways_Transportation_Limited Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charterways_Transportation_Limited Wikipedia]


[[Category:Canadian coach operators]]
[[Category:Defunct Canadian coach operators]]
[[Category:Ontario coach operators]]
[[Category:Ontario Transit Agencies]]
[[Category:Defunct Ontario coach operators]]
[[Category:Defunct Ontario coach operators]]
[[Category:Defunct Ontario school bus operators]]
[[Category:Defunct Ontario transit agencies]]
[[Category:Defunct Ontario transit agencies]]

Latest revision as of 19:34, 11 October 2023

USDOT# MC/MX # Full Legal Name
16797 MC-102189 Charterways Transportation Limited


Charterways Transportation was a coach, transit and school bus operator in Ontario, Canada. It was one of a few sub-contractors to GO Transit during GO's early years.

History

Municipal Transit operations

  • Ajax, Ontario from 1969 to 1993.
  • Cobourg, Ontario from 1970 to mid-90s.
  • Mississauga, Ontario from 1969 to November 1973.
  • North Bay, Ontario from 1968 to April 1972.
  • St. Thomas, Ontario from mid 1960's to 1983 & 1994 to unknown.

All-Time Roster

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
76 (1st) 1960 MCI MC-2 Ex Chibougamau Transport #?. Bought in 1963.
76 (2nd) 1966 MCI MC-5A Ex A.J. Bus Lines 76. Bought in January 1976.
80 1967 MCI MC-5A Ex A.J. Bus Lines 80. Bought in January 1976.
122 1965 MCI MCC-5A
127 Renumbered 129
129 1966 MCI MC-5A
130 1972 MCI MC-7 Ex A.J. Bus Lines 130. Bought in January 1976.
151-152 1975 MCI MC-5B Ex A.J. Bus Lines 151-152; bought in January 1976.
157 1975 GMC P8M-4905A Ex A.J. Bus Lines 157. Bought in January 1976.
184 1955 GMC PD-4104 Ex-Québec Central Transportation Company 1275. Bought in 1965.
186, 188, 190, 192 Renumbered 1186, 1188, 1190 & 1192
1001-1002 1965 GMDD SDM-4502
1003 1966 GMDD SDM-4502 Ex Air Terminal Transport 1003.
1004-1006 1968 GMDD SDH-4502 Ex Air Terminal Transport 1004-1006.
1005 (2nd?) 4/1960 MCI MC-2 Ex-Air Terminal Transport 5.
1010 1968 Western Flyer Canuck 600A
1015 11/1960 MCI MC-2 Ex-Air Terminal Transport 15.
1019-1020 1967 MCI MC-5A
1021-1022, 1026, 1028 Van Hool Unibus Unknown year.
1031 1967 MCI MC-5A
1032 1967 Prevost 41-S Ex Skinner School Bus Lines 1032.
1033-1034 3/1972 MCI MC-7
1035 1972 MCI MC-7
1043, 1046-1047 Van Hool Unibus Unknown year and model.
1052 1962 MCI MC-3 Ex-Burley Bus Lines 52.
1057 Dodge Tradesman 300 Unknown year
1060-1067 1973 MCI MC-5B
1068 5/1966 MCI MC-5A Ex-Niagara Coach Lines 68.
1069-1071 1973 MCI MC-5B
1100 1965 MCI MCC-5A Unknown year
1132 Charterways Transportation 1132-a.jpg GMDD Suburban New Look Unknown year and model.
1146 1965 GMDD SDM-4502 Ex-Skinner School Bus Lines 134.
1148-1151 1965 GMDD SDM-4502 Ex-Skinner School Bus Lines 148-151.
1152 1968 GMDD SDH-4502 Ex-Skinner School Bus Lines 152.
1153-1154 1968 GMDD SDM-5302 Ex-Skinner School Bus Lines 153-154.
1186, 1188, 1190, 1192 1955 GMC PD-4104
1200-1201 1966 GMC PD-4107 Ex Skinner School Bus Lines 200 & 201.
1210-1211 1967 GMC PD-4107 Ex Skinner School Bus Lines 210 & 211.
1212, 1214 1971 MCI MC-7
1215 1975 GMC P8M-4108A
1216-1220 1975 GMC P8M-4905A
1221-1227 1975 MCI MC-5B
1228-1230 11/1975 MCI MC-8
1231-1232 12/1975 MCI MC-8
1233-1235 1977 MCI MC-8
1236-1238 1977 MCI MC-5B
1239-1240 1978 MCI MC-5C
1241-1245 1978 MCI MC-8
1246-1248 1980 MCI MC-5C
1249-1255 1980 MCI MC-9
1253 (2nd) 1974 GMC P8M-4905A Ex-Voyageur 1253.
1256-1260 1981 MCI MC-9
1263-1264 1982 MCI MC-9
1265-1268 1983 MCI MC-9
1269-1272 1984 MCI MC-9
1273 1985 MCI 102-A3
1777 1977 MCI MC-8 Ex-Autocar Connaisseur 1233.
2001-2002 1976 MCI MC-8
3001-3002 1977 Orion 01.501
3003 Rek-Vee Club Car Unknown year
3004-3005 1981 Orion 01.505
7060 1966 GMC PD-4107
7061-7062 1970 GMC PD-4108 Ex-Burley Bus Lines 7061-7062. Bought in 1977.
7063 1970 GMC PD-4905 Ex-Burley Bus Lines 7063. Bought in 1977.
7265 1972 GMC P8M-4905A Ex-Burley Bus Lines 7265. Bought in 1977.
7366 1973 GMC P8M-4905A Ex-Burley Bus Lines 7366. Bought in 1977.
7516 1975? Ford Activity Bus Unknown year and model.
7571 1975 GMC P8M-4905A Ex-Burley Bus Lines 7571. Bought in 1977.
7575 1975 GMC P8M-4905A Ex-Burley Bus Lines 7575. Bought in 1977.
8236 Ford Activity Bus Unknown year and model.
72148 Ford Activity Bus Unknown year and model.
76156 Thomas Activity Bus Unknown year and model.
83160-83164 1983 Ford
Thomas 		?
Conventional 		Assigned to Whitby Transit as 4000-4004.

Mississauga Transit Service

Charterways operated transit in Mississauga under contract from the town from 1969 until November 1973.

Fleet Number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
761-763 1968 GMC TDH-3502 Old Look To Mississauga Transit 2001-2003 in 1973.
764? 1968 GMDD TDH-5303
1971 GMDD T6H-5305
7301-7304 1973 GMDD T6H-5307N To Mississauga Transit in 1973.

School Buses

Fleet
Number(s) 		Thumbnail Year Body Manufacturer Chassis / Model Type Capacity / Length Licence Plate Notes

References

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