LEDUC TRANSIT

Leduc Transit serves the City of Leduc and Nisku, located just South of Edmonton next to the International Airport. An earlier attempt at starting up a transit service in the area involved a private operation run by Pacific Western Transportation. This service ran from the University of Alberta to Leduc, only lasting a few months (September 1999 to early 2000) before being discontinued. Just over ten years later, in August 2010, A new service branded "C-Line" (ETS route 590) began operating commuter buses between Century Park in South Edmonton and Leduc / Edmonton International Airport. The service was contracted out to ETS, with ETS providing drivers and setting aside four buses specifically for use with the service (2009 D40LFRs #4866-4869; see here). The peak-hours-only route was altered slightly upon the creation of ETS' own airport bus service (route 747) in mid-2012, with commuter service running directly to and from Leduc without stopping at the airport. Following a couple years' worth of discussions, the decision was made to bring the entire service in-house as of September 2014.

The current incarnation of Leduc Transit features five local routes and one commuter route. All routes are peak-hours-only, with the exception of the route 10 that runs between Leduc, the Edmonton International Airport, and the airport outlet mall. The local routes are operated by a fleet of five Arboc Spirit of Mobility cutaways (#s 11-200 to 11-204), while the commuter service is operated by a fleet of four New Flyer XD40s in a single-door suburban configuration (#s 11-100 to 11-103). Further service expansion is under consideration for the upcoming years.

UPDATE: as of September 2021, routes 2-5 have been replaced with an on-demand transit service. Routes 1 & 10 continue to operate as fixed routes.

Thumbnail	Bus #	Date	Description
	716	October 1999	Red Arrow (PWT) 716 at University running on the short-lived Leduc Transit service of 1999/2000.
	Bus Stop	September 17th, 2014	An example of a current Leduc Transit bus stop.
	11-100	September 10th, 2014	11-100 running as a route 1, approaching Century Park during the first week of regular service.
	11-100	September 10th, 2014	11-100 at Century Park as a route 1.
	11-100	June 9th, 2015	11-100 WB on 12th Avenue at 7th Street in Nisku as a route 1.
	11-101	December 29th, 2014	11-101 at Century Park as a route 1.
	11-101	December 29th, 2014	The rear of 11-101 at Century Park as a route 1.
	11-102	September 17th, 2014	The interior of 11-102 looking toward the front.
	11-102	August 2018	11-102 running SB on Highway 2 approaching central Leduc as a route 1.
	11-103	June 9th, 2015	11-103 turning onto 12th Avenue WB from 7th Street NB in Nisku as a route 1.
	11-103	June 9th, 2015	The rear of 11-103.
	11-103	August 2017	11-103 shortly after departing Leduc County Centre as a route 1.
	11-103	August 2021	11-103 departing the Leduc City Centre terminus as a route 1.
	11-200	June 9th, 2015	11-200 turning onto 12th Avenue WB from 7th Street NB in Nisku as a route 2.
	11-201	August 2017	11-201 shortly after departing Leduc County Centre as a route 5.
	11-201	August 2018	11-201 running SB toward the outlet mall after completing the airport loop as a route 10.
	11-202	September 17th, 2014	11-202 running in Leduc.
	11-202	June 9th, 2015	11-202 pulling into the Leduc Recreation Centre terminus as a route 4.
	11-203	September 17th, 2014	11-203 running in Leduc as a route 3.
	11-203	June 9th, 2015	11-203 at Leduc County Centre as a route 2.
	11-204	August 2021	11-204 departing the Edmonton International Airport as a route 3.
	11-204	August 2021	The rear of 11-204.

This page last updated on September 24, 2021.