Extended bus route makes travel easier between Mississauga and Toronto: MiWay

Public transit service in Mississauga just got better for bus riders looking to more easily connect with GO trains, transit officials say.

Numerous service enhancements introduced by MiWay, the city’s transit provider, take effect on Monday and target various bus routes, including one that has been extended to give passengers easier access to GO trains.

MiWay says the upgrades are being introduced on June 29 to make riding the buses faster and more convenient for people in Canada’s seventh-largest city.

Among the service changes is the extension of MiWay’s Route 51 Tomken, which will now take passengers to and from Dixie GO station in Mississauga’s east end on the border with Toronto.

The new GO connection via Route 51 Tomken “will make transferring to GO Transit service easier for customers looking to travel on the Milton line to and from Toronto,” transit officials noted, adding that for northbound travel towards Bramalea GO station, customers can board Route 51 Tomken at Platform 4 (stop No. 3461) at Dixie GO station.

Additionally, Route 51 Tomken will run more often on Saturdays, from every 50-56 minutes currently to every 45 minutes between 6 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., MiWay said. Weekday service frequencies will remain unchanged.

Also effective this week, MiWay has reduced service frequency on several bus routes due to “lower customer demand,” the transit agency said.

The impacted routes are:

• 7 Airport: The frequency on this route will be reduced on Saturdays between 2 and 7 p.m., from every 20-22 minutes to every 25 minutes.
• 17 Hurontario: The frequency on this route will be reduced on weekdays between 7 and 11 p.m., from every 14 minutes to every 20 minutes.
• 57/57A Courtneypark: The frequency on this route will be reduced on weekdays between 5 and 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 6 p.m., from approximately every 12 minutes to every 14 minutes. Two additional Route 57 Courtneypark westbound trips will be introduced — at 3:58 p.m. and 4:56 p.m. — to reduce overcrowding.

Transit officials said in their latest service update they continue to monitor customer ridership on all routes, which helps them understand trends over time.

“This data-driven approach allows MiWay to make changes to transit service that reflect the actual customer demand and allocate service to where it is needed most,” the agency said.

Other MiWay changes to take effect June 29 include the switchover to summer school bus service as regular school classes finish the end of June.

Transit officials said the regular 300-series school routes will not operate during the summer. However, they added, there will be summer school bus services that operate from July 6 to 31, including two new summer school routes.

Regular secondary school service will resume on Sept. 8.

Also starting this week, transit officials say schedule adjustments will be made on the following routes “to improve operational efficiency, improve connections or improve service reliability as traffic and ridership patterns continue to evolve throughout the city”:

• 4 North Service Road (weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays)
• 7 Airport (weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays)
• 13 Glen Erin (weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays)
• 14 Lorne Park (weekdays)
• 29 Park Royal (weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays)
• 36 Ridgeway (weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays)
• 49 McDowell (weekdays)
• 51 Tomken (weekdays and Saturdays)
• 53 Kennedy (weekdays)
• 57 Courtneypark (weekdays)
• 107 Malton Express (weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays)

MiWay’s next service changes are scheduled to take effect on Sept. 7.

Visit MiWay online for more details on the latest service changes.