City considers extension of on-request bus service

By: Free Press staff Posted: 7:22 PM CDT Monday, Oct. 6, 2025

More late night bus service is set to become a reality later this fall.

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More late night bus service is set to become a reality later this fall.

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More late night bus service is set to become a reality later this fall.

Winnipeg Transit is proposing a plan to extend evening on-request service in 10 zones, a Monday news release stated. If approved, later hours would be implemented when the winter 2025 schedule goes into effect on Dec. 14.

The standing policy committee on public works will consider Transit’s proposal on Tuesday. If approved, it would go to the executive policy committee and council for consideration.

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Winnipeg Transit‘s proposed a plan to extend evening on-request service includes extending service until 2 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays in all zones that currently operate after 7 p.m.

The proposed changes include extending service until 2 a.m. on weekdays and Saturdays in all zones that currently operate after 7 p.m. On Sundays and holidays, those zones would operate until around 12:45 a.m.

Boundaries for Zone 103 Northwest would expand so passengers can take Transit’s on-request bus service to Garden City Shopping Centre.

The total cost for the extended service is $562,238, according to the proposal, which was prepared by Bjorn Radstrom, the manager of service development with Winnipeg Transit.

The proposal follows feedback Transit has received since it revamped the bus system, indicating the need for more evening service in some areas. In response, city council directed Transit to come up with options for improvement.

Transit still intends to create a full plan to extend evening service on select fixed routes starting in April, the city said in the release. Meantime, extending schedules for on-request service is less complicated and could be done faster, so Transit is sharing that aspect of its plan as soon as possible.

Mayor Scott Gillingham told the Free Press last month that the city was working “as quickly as possible” to increase late night bus service.

Transit is proposing extensions in the following on-request zones: 101 South St. Vital; 102 Sage Creek–Windsor Park; 103 Northwest; 105 Meadows North; 106 Northeast; 107 Riverview–Fort Garry; 108 Westwood–Murray Park; 109 Charleswood; 111 Waverley West; 112 Whyte Ridge–West Fort Garry.

The on-request bus service allows riders to request a pickup from where they are to a stop on the primary bus network by using the Winnipeg Transit website, app or by calling 311.

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