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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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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 6 Aberdeen 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 6 Aberdeen and 8 York.
Due to construction on York Boulevard traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction.
Route 8 York Westbound:
Bus stops out of service:
- York Blvd at Ray St
- York Blvd at Inchbury St
Please proceed to the stops at:
- York Blvd & Hess St
- York Blvd & Locke St
- York Blvd & Dundurn St
Route 8 York Eastbound:
No change
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 6 Aberdeen and 7 Locke.
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 6 Aberdeen and 7 Locke.
Operates from James and Main to Rock Gardens, Woodland Cemetery and Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Along most of the Rock Gardens route, buses will stop only at designated bus stops. In Woodland and Holy Sepulchre Cemeteries, however, the bus will stop anywhere on request. Simply flag the bus driver so he/she knows to stop. The "flag zones" are indicated on the map.
Service resumes Sundays and Holidays schedule effective Sunday, May 12, 2024.