Fort Erie’s only bus route will soon run seven days a week
August 25, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Starting September 6, Route 751 will run on Sundays and holidays for the first time, part of a Niagara Transit expansion across the region.
The route launched in April as Fort Erie’s only fixed bus route, with service 16 hours a day, Monday through Saturday.
Sunday service was one of the most common requests Niagara Transit heard from riders, the commission says.
Carla Stout, general manager of Niagara Transit, called the expansion a milestone for the region.
“Our customers can now rely on all our local and regional routes and our Niagara Transit Plus services seven days a week,” Stout said, adding the commission is “delivering on a commitment made when the Niagara Transit Commission was amalgamated in 2023.”
The expansion covers regional bus routes, Route 751 and Niagara Transit Plus, the on-demand van service that remains the main option in Ridgeway, Crystal Beach and Stevensville. The vans will run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays and holidays.
Buses will operate on all statutory holidays except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Sunday and holiday schedules may differ from weekday and Saturday service, and full schedules will be posted online in September.
Dignitaries cut the ribbon in front of a Niagara Transit bus at the Central Avenue fire station prior to Route 751 launching last April. Credit: Andrew Hawlitzky | Fort Erie RadioRoute 751 restored fixed bus service in Fort Erie five years after the town switched to on-demand vans in 2021. Riders logged about 100,000 van trips in the town last year, and Niagara Transit projects the bus will shift up to 65,000 trips a year off the van network.
Two buses make hourly loops through the Bridgeburg, Old Fort Erie, Garrison, Lakeshore and Crescent Park neighbourhoods, with stops at town hall, the Smart Centre on Garrison Road and the Fort Erie Public Library’s Centennial branch.
At town hall, the bus becomes Route 22 and continues to the Costco in Niagara Falls, so riders can make the trip without transferring. The route also stops at the Douglas Memorial urgent care centre.
Niagara Transit is watching the route as a pilot for similar community buses in other small Niagara municipalities, Stout has said, with any expansion depending on municipal and regional funding.
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