Selkirk Transit / Morden and Winkler Transit

[vid]

They'll need a connection to Winnipeg as well. A lot of growth will probably happen between them in the future, though they're pretty far apart.

[Andy6]

Originally Posted by vid

They'll need a connection to Winnipeg as well. A lot of growth will probably happen between them in the future, though they're pretty far apart.

I haven't been to Winkler in a long time, but Morden is a really pretty town with a great old-fashioned main street. It's one of the nicer places to go for a day trip from Winnipeg. Hopefully they get a new building for the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, which has some excellent specimens.

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by vid

They'll need a connection to Winnipeg as well. A lot of growth will probably happen between them in the future, though they're pretty far apart.

Greyhound yes! Intercity rush hour commuter service, highly doubt it

Originally Posted by Andy6

I haven't been to Winkler in a long time, but Morden is a really pretty town with a great old-fashioned main street. It's one of the nicer places to go for a day trip from Winnipeg. Hopefully they get a new building for the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre, which has some excellent specimens.

Winkler also has medium-density housing as well! I heard that Mordens nice as well

I'll create another Google Transit map for this one, will re-edit post in 60 minutes

[Biff]

Originally Posted by armorand93

Winkler also has medium-density housing as well! I heard that Mordens nice as well

Winkler will be getting another 10 to 12 storey seniors apartment building possibly next year.

[vid]

Originally Posted by armorand93

Greyhound yes! Intercity rush hour commuter service, highly doubt it

Not necessarily rush-hour service, but something that connects people to important services in Winnipeg like medical institutions and shopping centres, so that people in outlying communities without cars can access them.

[armorand93]

Originally Posted by Biff

Winkler will be getting another 10 to 12 storey seniors apartment building possibly next year.

Might as well start a Morden-Winkler construction thread with that piece of news!

[rrskylar]

Unlike other parts of Manitoba the Winkler-Morden area is friendly to the free enterprise system hence the growth and prosperity. If a bus system is deemed viable for the area it would be implemented.

[scryer]

Originally Posted by LilZebra

Bigger than Selkirk and East St. Paul combined.

Time for some transit there if there isn't already.

When I hear the town name of Winkler, of course I think of this chap. The town name predates his acting career.

I'm quoting from a different thread but I thought my response is better suited here...

So first thing's first, I'm not too familiar with the area. So if there is someone out there who is, kindly let me know if there are public transit options. Now for my response...

Firstly the only thing that I could see happening is a bus service between downtown Morden and downtown Winkler. Secondly, would there be enough demand for a bus line between the two? And how frequent should the service be? I have visited the Morden/Winkler area enough to know that everyone uses cars anyways because everything is very spread out like all of Manitoba's cities. So would people even use buses at this point?

Brandon has a population of ~48k; do they have bus services? And what's their ridership like? Again, I'm not familiar with the city of Brandon so I really don't know if Brandon's layout lends itself to warrant bus services.

However my point is that I'm not sure if Morden/Winkler actually needs bus services.

[balletomane]

^There is no transit service between Morden and Winkler, they have talked about it in the past, but nothing has come of it.

Its primarily just seniors from Morden who might make a trip out to Winkler for shopping and back, but that's about it.

[cllew]

Originally Posted by scryer

I'm quoting from a different thread but I thought my response is better suited here...

Snip....

Brandon has a population of ~48k; do they have bus services? And what's their ridership like? Again, I'm not familiar with the city of Brandon so I really don't know if Brandon's layout lends itself to warrant bus services.

Brandon Transit web page for its service schedules

http://brandontransit.ca/routes-schedules

[Jets4Life]

Originally Posted by scryer

I'm quoting from a different thread but I thought my response is better suited here...

So first thing's first, I'm not too familiar with the area. So if there is someone out there who is, kindly let me know if there are public transit options. Now for my response...

Firstly the only thing that I could see happening is a bus service between downtown Morden and downtown Winkler. Secondly, would there be enough demand for a bus line between the two? And how frequent should the service be? I have visited the Morden/Winkler area enough to know that everyone uses cars anyways because everything is very spread out like all of Manitoba's cities. So would people even use buses at this point?

Brandon has a population of ~48k; do they have bus services? And what's their ridership like? Again, I'm not familiar with the city of Brandon so I really don't know if Brandon's layout lends itself to warrant bus services.

However my point is that I'm not sure if Morden/Winkler actually needs bus services.

http://www.brandontransit.ca/

http://brandontransit.ca/images/FINA...All-Routes.pdf