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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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*Mississauga, Ontario from 1969 to November 1973. | *Mississauga, Ontario from 1969 to November 1973. | ||
*North Bay, Ontario from 1968 to April 1972. | *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> | | | ||
|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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|[[Charterways Transportation 1001-1002|1001-1002]] | |[[Charterways Transportation 1001-1002|1001-1002]] | ||
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|align="left" |Ex [[Air Terminal Transport]] 1001-1002 | |align="left" | | ||
*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]] | ||
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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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|[[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. | ||
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|[[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]] | ||
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|align="left" |Unknown year | |align="left" |Unknown year. | ||
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|[[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. | |||
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|[[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| | |[[Motor Coach Industries MC-5 Series|MCC-5A]] | ||
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|align="left" | | |align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 134. | ||
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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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|[[Charterways Transportation | |[[Charterways Transportation 1152|1152]] | ||
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|1968 | |1968 | ||
|[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]] | |[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]] | ||
|[[General Motors | |[[General Motors SDH-4502|SDH-4502]] | ||
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|align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 152. | |||
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|[[Charterways Transportation | |[[Charterways Transportation 1153-1154|1153-1154]] | ||
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| | |1968 | ||
|[[General Motors | |[[General Motors Diesel Division|GMDD]] | ||
|[[General Motors | |[[General Motors SDM-5302|SDM-5302]] | ||
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|align="left" | | |align="left" |Ex-[[Skinner School Bus Lines]] 153-154. | ||
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|[[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]] | *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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|[[Charterways Transportation 1210-1211|1210-1211]] | |[[Charterways Transportation 1210-1211|1210-1211]] | ||
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| | |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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|[[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. | |||
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|[[Charterways Transportation 7571|7571]] | |[[Charterways Transportation 7571|7571]] | ||
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|[[Ford]] | |[[Ford]] | ||
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|[[Ford]] | |[[Ford]] | ||
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|[[Thomas]] | |[[Thomas]] | ||
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|align="left" |Unknown year and model. | |align="left" |Unknown year and model. | ||
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|[[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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*Originally ordered by [[Saskatoon Transit]] but was wrecked during delivery. | *Originally ordered by [[Saskatoon Transit]] but was wrecked during delivery. | ||
*Bought by [[ | *Bought by [[Sun Parlor Coach Lines]] (Charterways) #1155. | ||
*To [[Mississauga Transit]] [[Mississauga Transit 2004|2004]] in 1973. | *To [[Mississauga Transit]] [[Mississauga Transit 2004|2004]] in 1973. | ||
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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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!Type | |||
!Capacity / Length | |||
!Licence Plate | |||
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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: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 |
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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
- Bought Sun Parlor Coach Lines in 1960.
- Acquired St. Thomas Coach Lines in the mid 1960s.
- Bought Niagara Coach Lines in 1968.
- 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 and absorbed into Laidlaw's transit operations in August 1996.
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
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 |
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761-763 | 1968 | GMC | TDH-3502 Old Look | To Mississauga Transit 2001-2003 in 1973. | |||
764? | 1968 | GMDD | TDH-5303 |
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1971 | GMDD | T6H-5305 |
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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 |
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