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Fare Assist offers Hamilton residents who are recipients of Ontario Works, the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) or have household incomes below the Low Income Measure, a 30% discount on current single-ride PRESTO fares for themselves and their family.
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For further inquiries please call HSR Information at 905-527-4441.
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How to Ride the Bus Workshops
Join HSR’s FREE How to Ride a Bus workshops located across the city starting Monday, June 24, 2024, and throughout July! Perfect for all ages and abilities, these workshops will make you a bus-riding pro in no time!
Bus Stop Changes
Effective September 1, 2024, these bus stop changes will be in effect.
Route 11 Parkdale
- Stop “Paramount opposite Pembroke” will now be known as “Valley Park Loop”
- Bus Route 11 Parkdale will not be stopping at “Paramount at Valley Park Loop”
Route 18 Waterdown Mountaineer
Route 18 (Northbound and Southbound) will be moved from HOLLYBUSH to CLAPPISON
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Route 43 Stone Church
All destination signs for Bus Stops between Saltfleet High School and Valley Park Loop (listed below) will now say “eastbound”
Route 44 Rymal
New stop (westbound)
- Upper Centennial At Desi's Corner Plaza
Route 56 Centennial
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From AUGUST 16 at 12 noon to AUGUST 18 at 6 am, Route 5 - DELAWARE will be on detour due to Boots in The Creek on King Street from Lake Avenue to Jones Street.
Temporary Stops:
Eastbound:
- LAKE at COLLEGIATE
- OLLEGIATE at DONN
- COLLEGIATE at EVERGREEN
- COLLEGIATE at GRAY
- GRAY at KING
Westbound:
- COLLEGIATE at GRAY
- COLLEGIATE opposite EVERGREEN
- COLLEGIATE at DONN
- LAKE at COLLEGIATE
Serves east - west lower Hamilton including Dundas, Ancaster and Stoney Creek.
Serves east - west lower Hamilton including Dundas, Ancaster and Stoney Creek.
Both an east-west and a north-south route servicing the south-west end of the city from then downtown. This route is interlined with 7 Locke and 8 York.
Both an east-west and a north-south route servicing the south-west end of the city from then downtown. This route is interlined with 7 LOCKE and 8 YORK.
Westbound – from Hunter St. at Queen St.; left on Queen St., right on Aberdeen Ave., left on Dundurn St., and resume regular routing on Dundurn St. south of Aberdeen Ave.
Eastbound – from Dundurn St. at Chatham St.; continue north on Dundurn St., right on Main St., and resume regular routing on Main St. east of Locke St.
Temporary stops: Regular stops along Queen St., Aberdeen Ave. (Westbound) and Main St. (Eastbound)
Out of Service Stops
Westbound
- Hunter at Pearl
- Hunter at Locke
- Locke at Melbourne
- Locke at Charlton
- At 370 Charlton
- Charlton at Dundurn
- Dundurn at Herkimer
- Dundurn at Aberdeen
Eastbound
- At 47 Chatham
- Chatham at Locke
- Locke at Hunter
- Locke at Main
Note: This detour will also be in effect on Sunday September 22, 2024