P.E.I.'s $2 North Shore transit route now a permanent summer service

Thinh Nguyen · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 12:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

A seasonal transit way to P.E.I.'s North Shore and the Cavendish tourism portion volition present tally each summer.

The province's Department of Transportation and Infrastructure said successful a quality merchandise that the agrarian transit aviator project, launched successful 2022, has go a imperishable portion of the summertime schedule.

The way volition supply proscription for workers, residents and visitors during the engaged tourer season, the merchandise said.

From June done the summer, buses volition tally 7 days a week from Summerside and Charlottetown, with stops successful Kensington, Stanley Bridge, Cavendish, North Rustico, Oyster Bed Bridge and Winsloe.

"By making this work permanent, we're supporting our Island system and ensuring that radical tin get wherever they request to spell safely and affordably," Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Ernie Hudson was quoted arsenic saying successful the release.

"Transit ridership is growing, which is large quality due to the fact that it means radical are choosing sustainable travel."

The nonstop docket volition beryllium released successful the coming weeks, the quality merchandise said.

Fares volition stay the aforesaid arsenic connected different agrarian transit routes successful the province, $2 per ride. Riders tin reserve a spot done the Transit P.E.I. website.

The North Shore summertime transit way saw a ridership summation of much than 12 per cent successful 2024, with much than 10,000 one-way trips, the merchandise said. The state invests astir $100,000 annually successful the service.