When looking at Sunday service for Grand River Transit (GRT) it is not the best service, it is very very limited. There are only certain routes that operate on a Sunday all day and there are routes that only operate during day (9:45am to 7pm) and there are routes that do not operate at all. To give an idea of what Sunday service is like here is the lists of what operates on Sundays
GRT Routes that Operate All day Sunday
1 Queen-River
6 Bridge
7 Mainline - 7A to Fairview via Connaught, 7B, 7C to downtown via Wilson and 7D branches only
8 University-Fairview Park
9 Lakeshore
10 Conestoga College
11 Country Hills
12 Fairview Park-Conestoga Mall
13 Laurelwood
20 Victoria-Frederick
27 Chicopee
51 Hespeler Road - B Branch Only
52 Fairview Park/Ainslie St - Presten Pkwy Brance ONLY
55 St. Andrews
56 Dunbar
59 Christopher
60 Northview Acres
200 iXpress
201 iXpress
202 iXpress
203 iXpress
204 iXpress
GRT Routes that Operate During the Day (9:45am to 7pm)
3 Ottawa South
5 Erb
22 Laurentian West
29 Keats Way
51 Hespeler Road - 51A Branch
54 Lisbon Pines
58 Elmwood
GRT Routes that Do Not Operate on Sunday
2 Forest Heights
4 Glasgow
7 Mainline - 7E & 7F branches
14 Waterloo Industrial
16 Forest Glen
21 Elmira
22 Laurentian West - 22 Downtown portion does not operate
23 Idlewood
31 Columbia
33 Huron
34 Bingemans
53 Franklin
57 Blair Road
61 Conestoga College/Cambridge Centre
62 Woodside
63 Champlain
64 Langs
67 Lovell Industrial
As a person that enjoys going out on a Sunday to visit friends and to do other activities around the Region, providing all day Sunday service on the routes that operate on Sundays instead of the midday service which could range from 30 minutes to 45 minutes to 60 minutes. As for the routes that do not operate on a Sunday, Sunday service would benefit having service in areas that currently do not have service, now to the list and the reason why Sunday service would benefit the neighbourhoods
2 Forest Heights
Providing Sunday service on Route 2 Forest Heights would provide a direct link between Downtown and the Forest Heights community. It would also provide more customer traffic along the route where businesses would benefit having customers coming off this route to buy their products, specifically the Giant Tiger on Greenbrook.
4 Glasgow
Since Weber Street is heavily under serviced, providing route 4 Sunday service would benefit the businesses and the neighbourhoods along the route 4 can now have service to The Boardwalk and to Downtown, and businesses would also benefit
7 Mainline - 7E & 7F branches
Since the 7F is one of the busiest branches of route 7, two-way service along Wilson would benefit the community because it would provide a direct link to Fairview Park and passengers can make connections at Fairview to go to various places throughout the Region.
14 Waterloo Industrial
Since this an Industrial bus route, extending service beyond the Waterloo Industrial park would help provide a direct link between the community of Northlake, thus replacing route 73 Northlake BusPlus. Providing service into this neighbourhood would be linking Conestoga Mall and an Industrial Park so people can get to work and go to the mall and passengers can make connections at Parkside, Conestoga Mall or to travel places throughout the Region.
16 Forest Glen
With looking at the 2017 service changes are coming up, this is one route that will be looked at, Providing evening and weekend service on route 16 would help reduce the crush load that affects the scheduling for route 10. Route 16 would help move the Conestoga College students who have weekend classes or just want to go out and go to the mall or see a film or travel throughout the Region.
21 Elmira
The townships are heavily under serviced, but because the township needs to make the request for more bus service, but providing service between Conestoga Mall, St. Jacobs Market, St. Jacobs
and Downtown Elmira would increase ridership in Elmira and St. Jacobs.
22 Laurentian West
In September 2015, route 22 got Sunday service between Highland Hills and Forest Glen plaza. Since that implementation, route 22 has come into Forest Glen a full bus, standing room only. Providing Sunday service along Strasburg, Ottawa Street and Courtland would provide a more direct link to Downtown.
23 Idlewood
Providing Sunday service on route 23 would benefit both Stanley Park Mall, Lackner Plaza, and Fairview Park, because at Fairview people can make connections to downtown, The Boardwalk, Sportsworld/Ainslie Street, Conestoga Mall and Conestoga College. 30 Minute Sunday service would benefit the Idlewood neighbourhood and the Lackner Woods Neighbourhood. When I am at Fairview Park terminal, I see route 27 pull in and wait for passengers, but route 27 leaves Fairview empty as for route 23, it leaves heading back to Stanley Park Mall a full bus, which indicates that route 27 needs to be combined with route 23 and be extended into Sims Estate neighbourhood and the Lackner boulevard corridor to Stanley Park Mall would increase ridership on route 27 or as I call the 27, route 23B Chicopee.
31 Columbia
Providing weekend service on route 31 would help reduce the crush load on routes 7, and 201 iXpress.
33 Huron
This route needs to have 7 day service because of the Industrial Park and the Huron Village is heavily under serviced. There is no other route that service the Huron Village or the Huron Industrial Park. Providing 7 day service, peak and non peak, but remove the service off Strasburg. the 16 provides service along the Strasburg Corridor.
34 Bingemans
A bus that services Bingemans park, but only during the rush-hours is an insult. But I do understand that this new route is to look at new ridership in the area, so far, the 34 is successful in getting new ridership, providing all day and possibly weekend service to Bingemans would benefit route 34's ridership and the business for Bingemans.
53 Franklin
Providing evening and weekend service on this route would provide a link between Cambridge Centre and Ainslie Street along the Franklin Boulevard corridor. Since ridership on the 53 is low, providing evening and weekend service on this route might increase ridership.
57 Blair Road
This route needs to be combined with route 53 Franklin and 62 Woodside. Ridership is dangerously low, which resulted in route 57 operating during the AM and PM rush-hours and hourly on Saturdays. With being combined with routes 53 Franklin and 62 Woodside, this would increase ridership and also provide a direct link between Cambridge Centre, Ainslie Street and Blair Road.
61 Conestoga College/Cambridge Centre
This route is the only link that connects Conestoga College and Cambridge, besides route 203 iXpress, which the extension to Conestoga College is peak only during the Fall and Winter terms, providing evening and weekend service on route 61 would increase ridership between Conestoga College and Cambridge. It would also help reduce the crush load on route 10.
Route 62 Woodside
Giving route 62 Sunday would help ridership in the Kent/Cedar area.
63 Champlain
Providing Sunday service on route 63, which services the Champlain-Christopher area of Cambridge, this route could help reduce the overcrowding on route 59 Christopher.
64 Langs
Providing Sunday service on this route would help the overcrowding on route 56, which also services Langs Drive and Eagle Street.
67 Lovell Industrial
Knowing that this is an industrial route, but it also services the SmartCentres Cambridge and the two ION Pinebush stops which would provide connections to the 200 iXpress and 51 Hespeler Road. This route services the entire L.G. Lovell Industrial park in Cambridge, but since the 203 services two Industrial parks, and it usually goes to Cambridge Centre and Sportsworld a full bus, providing service on route 67 may increase ridership between Cambridge Centre and the L.G. Lovell Industrial Park.
