Category Archives: Schedules
No Winter service for 56 CENTENNIAL
Route 56 CENTENNIAL, which was reduced to weekend only service in September, will not be in service during the winter. Weekend service will return in the spring.
The route was reduced to weekend service when route 44 RYMAL was extended north to the Centennial Walmart. Customers wishing to travel between Eastgate Square and Walmart / Confederation GO Station can make use of route 44 RYMAL. Route 11 PARKDALE can be used to access the Hamilton Beach Trail on weekends and holidays.
Source: City of Hamilton
44 RYMAL to serve Confederation GO starting December 29th
HSR service will begin at Confederation GO Station as of December 29th, 2019. Route 44 RYMAL will be extended to service the new GO Station.
In November 2019 GO Transit opened the new Confederation GO Station to buses. GO bus route 12, which had been operating at the park and ride located at Barton Street and Nash Road, officially moved into the bus loop on the north side of the Confederation station site, off Goderich Road.
GO buses operate at Platforms 2 and 3 with buses bound for Burlington stopping at Platform 2 while buses heading towards Niagara Falls stopping at Platform 3. HSR route 44 RYMAL will use Platform 4.
10 B-LINE EXPRESS gets extended; Saturday service starting September 1st
There are some pretty solid service changes coming in September to the HSR in Hamilton. The most notable of a change is to route 10 B-LINE EXPRESS, the East-West express bus that operates between the Eastgate Transit Terminal and University Plaza in Dundas. The route has added service on Saturdays and service on weekdays has been extended by three hours, ending at 10:00pm instead of 7:00pm.
Route 44 RYMAL will get extended north to the Walmart Plaza just south of the QEW every day of the week while 56 CENTENNIAL will return to operating on weekends only in the area. 18 WATERDOWN will also see a short extension to Plains Road in Burlinton to make up for the removal of Burlington Transit’s 1 PLAINS bus from the Aldershot GO Station.
Here is a summary of the changes coming in September.
44 RYMAL extended north to Walmart in September
Beginning Fall 2019, route 44 RYMAL will be extended to service Walmart on Centennial Parkway just south of the QEW. Customers along the corridor between Eastgate Square and Walmart will benefit from 30 minute frequencies in non-peak mid-day service periods, 20 minute frequencies in am and pm peak service periods, and 1 hour frequencies in the night-time service period.
Customers along the corridor will also benefit from expanded hours to match the current route 44 RYMAL span of approximately 5:30 am to 12:30 am Monday through Saturday and 6 am to 12 midnight on Sundays.
The extension greatly exceeds the current service span and frequency of 56 CENTENNIAL.
Notice: Holiday Service Monday for Thanksgiving
As a reminder, the Hamilton Street Railway will be operating on a holiday schedule for Thanksgiving this Monday. On this date many routes will be operating with reduced frequencies while some routes will not be operating at all.
The following routes will not be in service Monday:
Notice: Holiday Service Monday for Labour Day
As a reminder, the Hamilton Street Railway will be operating on a holiday schedule for the Labour Day this Monday. On this date many routes will be operating with reduced frequencies while some routes will not be operating at all.
The following routes will not be in service Monday:
Additional service to the 51 UNIVERSITY added starting Monday
The HSR will be starting seasonal service for route 51 UNIVERSITY a week early this year in support of McMaster University’s Welcome Week.
In advance of the Fall Board schedule taking effect Sunday September 2nd, 2018, HSR has added extra service to the 51 UNIVERSITY a week early.
Operating on a Saturday schedule, the 51 University Special will now see service from approximately 11:20am through 2:30am starting Monday, August 27th through Saturday, September 1st inclusive. Buses will operate approximately every 20 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes after 8:00pm.
More information from the City of Hamilton about the McMaster University U-Pass including changes and restrictions.
Fall 2018 HSR schedules feature route changes, added service
The fall HSR schedules take effect on Sunday September 2, 2018, and there are a few nota
Transit adds crowdsourced real-time @HSR bus locations
Nineteen months ago the developers of the Transit app started generating crowdsourced real-time transit data. That crowdsourced data is a byproduct of the app’s GO feature, Transit’s step-by-step navigator. While GO guides you throughout your journey it also broadcasts your vehicle’s location. That vehicle location data can help other transit riders with up to the second vehicle location.
Typically, transit apps (and riders) get real time bus location information from the City of Hamilton’s transit location data. With a good data feed, real-time locations take 10–30 seconds to update. With a bad data feed, it can take several minutes. It’s why sometimes your phone says a bus is one place, but your eyes say different. This can leave you feeling frustrated and potentially missing your bus.