Halifax Transit
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Halifax Transit is a Canadian public transport service operating buses and ferries in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Founded as Metro Transit in March 1981, the agency runs two ferry routes, 66 conventional bus routes, three regional express routes, and three rural routes. Halifax Transit also operates Access-a-Bus, a door-to-door paratransit service for senior and disabled citizens.
Clockwise from top-left: Halifax Transit bus, view of Halifax from the deck of the Stannix, Access-a-Bus vehicle, warning on Halifax III railing, new entrance to Dartmouth Alderney terminal
Two open (summer) horse cars of the Halifax Street Railway Co, 1894
Tram with plow attachment, 1930s
Metro Transit bus on Barrington Street, 1990
Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Halifax is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of 2022, it is estimated that the population of the Halifax CMA was 480,582, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The regional municipality consists of four former municipalities that were amalgamated in 1996: Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford, and Halifax County.
From top, left to right: Downtown Halifax skyline, Macdonald Bridge, Crystal Crescent Beach, Peggy's Cove, Central Library, Sullivan's Pond
Halifax, Nova Scotia c. 1762, by Dominic Serres
View of Purdy's Wharf, an office complex in Downtown Halifax
The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the largest art gallery in Atlantic Canada