Starting Tuesday, passengers using rural Prince Edward Island’s public transit service are travelling in the comfort of motorcoach buses on some routes.
The new 56-seat buses on both the Charlottetown-Summerside and Charlottetown-Souris service are more comfortable for passengers, including washrooms and better heating and air-conditioning systems.
T3 Transit, which partners with the provincial government to provide the rural service, previously operated buses built on a school bus-type chassis.
“We were told when we bought them that they would be the right bus for our application. We made a mistake. It did not turn out to be the right piece of equipment,” said T3 Transit owner Mike Cassidy.
“The older buses… they’re not …