West Kootenay Transit System (formerly known as Kootenay Boundary Transit System) is the public transit system in Trail, Castlegar, Nelson, British Columbia and surrounding area. The transit services are operated from Trail, Castlegar, Nelson and serve Rossland, Warfield, Genelle, Montrose, Fruitvale, Salmo, Kaslo, Creston, Nakusp. Funding is provided under a partnership between the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, Regional District of Central Kootenay and BC Transit. handyDART provides door-to-door transportation for people whose disability prevents them from using conventional bus service.
West Kootenay Transit System introduced a transit run between the Cities of Trail, Castlegar and Nelson, mainly to serve those travelling to Selkirk College's Castlegar Campus. This run is operational between the months of September and June and can be used for general transportation between the communities of Trail, Castlegar and Nelson.
Routes The transit system has three zones (Columbia, Kootenay and Slocan) and over 30 routes serving the region of Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, including a connecting bus service to Castlegar, Nelson, Nakusp and Kaslo, in the adjoining Regional District of Central Kootenay.
Regional Connectors
Kootenay Zone 1 Uphill 2 Fairview 3 Rosemont 4 Nelson Airport 10 North Shore 14 Blewett 99 Kootenay Connector
Slocan Zone 20 Slocan Valley
Columbia Zone (Castlegar and Area) 31 North Castlegar 32 Columbia 33 Selkirk 34 Kinnaird 36 Ootischenia 38 Playmor
Columbia Zone (Trail and Area) 41 Binns 42 Columbia Heights 43 Glenmerry/Fruitvale 44 Sunningdale 45 Teck 46 Rossland 48 Red Mountain Ski Bus
Nakusp and Kaslo Local Paratransit 51 Nakusp – Hot Springs 52 Nakusp – New Denver – Silverton 53 Nakusp – Edgewood 57 Kaslo Local 58 Kaslo – Argenta
Health Connections 72 Salmo – Nelson 74 Nakusp – Nelson 76 Kaslo – Nelson
See also
Public transport in Canada
References