The following links are just a few of the enthusiast pages devoted to public transportation. It is hardly a comprehensive list, but the links included are ones that I find interesting and useful. Any additions or corrections would be welcomed.
Last updated November yth, 2005
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Transit| All Time List of Canadian Transit Systems home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/ |
David A. Wyatt’s authoratative and definitive compilation of historical information on the urban and suburban public transit systems of Canada. |
| Andrew’s Markham Transit Page |
A small site showing some nice pictures of Markham Transit buses. Unfortunately, I have no idea if it still exists since xoom.com pulled the plug... |
| British Columbia Rock ’n’ Bus Page mypage.direct.ca/w/wrmr/ |
Contains information covering (mostly) the bus and (a little of the) music industries, centered on Vancouver, but covering all of BC. |
| Bus Depot on the Net www.geocities.com/Vienna/8800/bus.html |
A “page devoted to all of you who want to know more about buses.” Covers four continents! |
| Bus Explorer busexplorer.com |
Features pictures of modern and historical buses around the world. The site is usually updated monthly. |
| Bus Rosters On The Web www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/9036/ |
Nothing but bus rosters at this site. If you’re a roster junkie and liked the info about Canadian properties, you’ll love this site. Maintained by Al J. Reinschmidt. |
| The Bus Spot members.aol.com/busspot/main.html |
Plenty of pictures and links to other interesting pages. |
| The Bus Station www.busstation.net |
“One of the biggest resources for bus-related links on the Web.” Created by Steve Annells for the fun of it, in his spare time. |
| Busfan Place www.busfanplace.com |
A look at Jacques Matte’s bus collection–including photographs and models. |
| Canadian Transit Terminal ctt.t35.com |
Michael Li’s site, containing mostly pictures from the Greater Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver areas. |
| Greater Toronto Bus Page gtabus.natransit.com |
An excellent site devoted to transit in the Greater Toronto Area. |
| Hamilton Transit History ca.geocities.com/hamiltontransithistory@rogers.com/ |
Tom Luton’s description of public transit in the Hamilton, Ontario region: past, present and future. |
| Light Rail Central www.lightrail.com |
A “site [that] is maintained for the exclusive purpose of providing information on the North American light rail industry and to assist in the development, growth, expansion and advancement of the industry and its employees.” Maintained by Jim Middleton. |
| Lytton’s Transit Site lyttonstransit.homestead.com/index.html |
Another Toronto-oriented site, whose owner is dedicated to restoring Toronto’s last trolley bus. |
| Marshall’s Bus Page www.geocities.com/MotorCity/9320/ |
Featuring the buses of Toronto. |
| Martin’s Bus Pictures mtp.topcities.com |
Concentrating on systems operating in Alberta, Canada. |
| Mike’s Transit Stop members.rogers.com/transitstop/ |
Mike Vainchtein’s interesting, but somewhat different look at the Toronto Transit Commission. |
| Rollsign Gallery www.geocities.com/rollsigngallery/ |
The largest collection of rollsigns that I’ve found on the web (so far). “Showing the history of transit through their destination signs.” By Joseph Chemerys. |
| Trams Stop Here members.tripod.com/~riid/ |
Roger T. Dupuis III’s look at street railways in North America and beyond, with a special section devoted to Pittsburgh Railways. |
| Tramway Resources: Canada Resources www.tramwayresources.com/trams/canadaindex.html |
Part of Tim Figures’ excellent site. Especially good is Geoffrey Skelsey’s essay on Toronto, originally published in Tramways and Urban Transit, October 2000 to January 2001. |
| Trans'Bus www.transbus.org |
«Le site des transports urbains ... consacré aux autobus et aux réseaux de transports en commun qui les exploitent pour vous transporter quotidiennement. Une création Olivier Meyer.» “The site of urban transport ... devoted to the buses and the networks which use them to transport you daily. A creation of Olivier Meyer.” Unfortunately only in French. |
| Transit Toronto transit.toronto.on.ca |
The site about the Toronto Transit Commission. I’m jealous. Managed by James Bow. |
| TransitGallery.com www.transitgallery.com |
An online photo sharing community featuring photos of transit vehicles (naturally enough). Founded by Joseph Brzezowski. |
| Willkommen in Wuppertal [Welcome to Wuppertal] home.wtal.de/bosbach/ |
A bilingual (German and English) site about public transit in Wuppertal, Germany. |
| Coach Talk UK coachdrivers.homestead.com/indexwenstan.html |
An site dedicated to all bus and coach drivers, and operators of all types of public transport the world over. |
| Cyber Buses www.cyberbuses.galeon.com |
This site features everything related to interurban passenger bus transportation in Mexico. (En español.) |
| History of Railway Companies in Nova Scotia www.littletechshoppe.com/ns1625/railways.html |
Maintained by Ivan C. Smith. |
| Jerry’s Railroad Photo Album www.geocities.com/Athens/1050/rr_album.html |
Jerry Appleman’s Railroad Photo Album contains wonderful pictures of North American railroading and streetcars from the 1960s and early 1970s. |
| New Brunswick Railways www.jerryapp.com/rr_album.html |
Maintained by Steve Boyko. |
| Ontario Railway History Page www.globalserve.net/~robkath/index.htm |
A detailed history of railways constructed within Ontario, plus a complete listing of remaining railway stations in the Province. |
| British Rail and London Underground WebRing m.webring.com/hub?ring=railways |
”A Webring for British Railways and London Underground.” |
| Clive’s UndergrounD Line Guides www.davros.org/rail/culg/ |
“A series of pages describing the London Underground system and the independent railways of the London area, including the Docklands Light Railway and the Croydon Tramlink.” |
| Ian’s Bus Stop freespace.virgin.net/ian.smith/buses/ |
“An outsider’s view of London Transport buses, mainly in the 1930-1980 era.” Most pages contain drawings and photos, class histories and a bibliography. |
| London Bus Page www.londonbuspage.com |
Matthew Wharmby’s thorough examination of Transport for London’s buses. |
 London Transport “E” Plateswww.angelfire.com/ult/eplates/ |
My other web site, devoted solely to the “E” plates that used to be found on London Transport’s bus stops. |
| London Transport Web Ring x.webring.com/hub?ring=londontransport |
“The web ring for sites about London Transport.” Including London’s buses, Underground (the ’tube’), trolleybuses and trams. |
| Northern Heights pages.britishlibrary.net/overground/heights/ |
An excellent series of annotated photographs of the Norther Line’s uncompleted Finsbury Park–Alexandra Palace branch, taken in April 1970 by Peter Wright. |
| Underground History – Disused Stations on London’s Underground www.starfury.demon.co.uk/uground/ |
Hywel Williams has created an excellent “series of web pages on some of the history of the London Underground that’s still visible today if you know where to look.” |
