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Halifax Transit's new Bridge Terminal opened in 2012 and links urban and rural transit routes. Public transportation within the urban area of Halifax is more connected. Along with buses, Halifax Transit provides a ferry service alternative for transit users who wish to travel from Dartmouth-to-Halifax, and vice versa. [20]
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 (including corridor, local, and express services), three regional express routes (called MetroX), and three rural routes.
An airfield in the West End, known as Chebucto Field, was built as the Halifax Civic Airport by the City of Halifax in 1931 on the former site of Blueball Farm. It served as the city's main airport until 1941, when it was closed and leased to the federal government to serve as an army camp in World War II. [4]
JA Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport Stanley Airport CFB Shearwater Sable Island Aerodrome Allan J. MacEachen Port Hawkesbury Airport Halifax Stanfield International Airport CFB Greenwood Debert Airport. The list is sorted by the name of the community served; click the sort buttons in the table header to switch listing order.
These coastal ferry services had been initiated by the Newfoundland Railway and were assumed by Canadian National Railways, following the province's entry into Confederation in 1949, although they were not constitutionally mandated. Also in 1997 Marine Atlantic sold off its Newfoundland Dockyard, located in St. John's, Newfoundland to a private ...
Halifax Waterfront between Prince and Sackville Streets showing the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, CSS Acadia and HMCS Sackville Pier 21, now home to Canada's national immigration museum. Ordered from north to south: Casino Nova Scotia; Purdy's Wharf; Marriott Harbourfront Hotel; Historic Properties (Halifax) Water Street Ferry Terminal
On March 4, 2024 it was announced that a ferry service between Bedford and Halifax would happen. 5 High speed catamaran ferries are set to operate the route and a new terminal will be built in Mill Cove and the current Halifax ferry terminal would be renovated. Service is to start some time in 2027 or 2028. [12] Halifax Transit ferry routes.
Getting to the island can be done either via Ambassatours ferry from the Halifax Waterfront, CAD 26.75 per adult (includes historic site access), or private vessel, must purchase historic site access upon landing on the island, CAD 8.50 per adult. The Canadian Coast Guard operates an unstaffed radar station commissioned in 1977.