502 Züm Main is a bus rapid transit route in Brampton, Ontario which leads south into Mississauga, Ontario. The second corridor, which began service on September 6, 2011, runs from Sandalwood Parkway in the city's north end to MiWay's City Centre Transit Terminal near the Square One Shopping Centre in the south. It travels via the Downtown Brampton and Brampton Gateway terminals along Main and Hurontario Streets through Brampton and Mississauga. It covers the route of current route 2, which has frequent rush-hour service. Route 502 extends and replace MiWay's route 102 InterCity Express. It runs every 10 minutes during rush hours and 20 minutes off-peak hours, including weekends. Route 2's rush hour frequency was reduced to 20 minutes to optimize ridership.

502
Overview
SystemZüm
VehicleNew Flyer Xcelsior
Route
Locale2 Main
Communities servedMississauga, Brampton
StartSandalwood Loop
ViaMain Street / Hurontario Street
EndMississauga City Centre Transit Terminal (Square One)
Length12.6 miles (20.3 km)
Service
Frequency15 minutes or better
Journey time40–50 Minutes
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A large portion of this route overlaps Mississauga's Hurontario Street corridor. Miway provides frequent local and express services on this corridor south of Steeles Avenue, with the section between Eglinton and Britannia being served with 3-minute frequencies.

Hurontario/Main Street from Lakeshore Road to Queen Street will eventually be converted to a LRT system.[1] The leftover of the eventual Route 502 (north of Brampton GO Station) will remain and possibly extended to Highway 410 in the north. As a preparation, both MiWay Route 103 and Züm Main overlap express service between Shoppers World Brampton and Eglinton Avenue.

The southern portion of this route below Steeles Avenue will eventually be replaced by the planned Hurontario LRT.

Stops edit

Stations [2]
Name Opening Date City Local/Other Parallel

Routes

Connections
Sandalwood Loop September 6, 2011 Brampton
Sandalwood 2 Main, 3/3A McLaughlin, 7 Kennedy GO Transit
Bovaird 2 Main 505 Züm Bovaird, GO Transit
Williams Parkway 2 Main GO Transit
Vodden 2 Main, 24 Van Kirk, 25 Edenbrook
Nelson/Theatre Lane Downtown Terminal for GO Transit, Via Rail, 501 Züm Queen and 561 Züm Queen West
Wellington 2 Main GO Transit
Nanwood
Brampton Gateway Terminal November 26, 2012 2 Main, 56 Kingknoll, 103 Hurontario Express (Miway) MiWay, 511 Züm Steeles, GO Transit
Sir Lou/County Court North September 6, 2011 MiWay, GO Transit
Ray Lawson/County Court South
Derry September 6, 2011 Mississauga 2 Main, 7/7A Kennedy; 17 Hurontario, 103 Hurontario Express (Miway) MiWay
Courtneypark
Britannia 17 Hurontario, 103 Hurontario Express (Miway)
Matheson
Bristol
Eglinton
Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal 17 Hurontario (Miway) MiWay, GO Transit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hurontario/Main Street Study Public Information Centre #3 (PDF) (Report). Brampton and Mississauga. March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-04-13.
  2. ^ "Legend - BRT Network" (PDF). Brampton. Brampton Transit. 2014.