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Old Feb 11, 2013 | 6:01 pm
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B1
 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The shuttle replacement is a bus that needs help

Originally Posted by Tangoer
Last week I was there and heard of the shuttle bus's cancellation? Used to be a little bus making the hotel rounds, to the airport, around $12 pp.
The Metro Halifax transit system has taken over with hourly service (#320)at regular transit fares. The departure point at the airport is vaguely indicated by "Metro Express" signs directing you to a lower level - ask at the information desk. On the way in it, tours an industrial area near the airport and stops at a parking lot off the highway and at a terminal in Dartmouth before crossing to Halifax and stopping behind the mall by the Delta Barrington on a recently renamed street that no one is aware of. The trip back is also from behind the mall by a tiny bus shelter. Most of the connecting lines go from the other side of the mall, about three blocks down a big hill. The engine is loud and the ride is rough but they give you a transfer if you have an idea of where to go - plan ahead because the drivers can't tell you. When the bus run first started, they banned luggage. Now, after much noise, it's tolerated. And if you are bringing your bike - they're ready for you "The MetroX features 40’ buses, accommodating 36 seated passengers, with allowance for standing passengers. Each MetroX bus features limited-capacity luggage racks, air-conditioning, and a front-mounted bike rack, which carry two bikes." http://www.halifax.ca/metrotransit/metroexpress.html
Trip report. The bus goes on an expressway but is really meant for local street use. It is noisy and bumpy. Whoever bought these should not proclaim their genius too loudly. The proclamation on their website might be considered ironic.
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