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 A GOVA bus in its previous livery. | |
| Founded | 1972 (as Sudbury Transit) 2000 (as Greater Sudbury Transit) 2019 (relaunched as GOVA) |
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| Headquarters | 200 Brady Street |
| Locale | City of Greater Sudbury |
| Service area | Azilda, Blezard Valley, Capreol, Chelmsford, Coniston, Copper Cliff, Downtown Sudbury, Elmview, Falconbridge, Garson, Hanmer, Laurentian University, Lively, Minnow Lake, New Sudbury, Val Caron, Val Thérèse. |
| Service type | Bus service, Paratransit |
| Routes | 25 |
| Stops | 1,098 |
| Hubs | New Sudbury Hub (at New Sudbury Centre)[1] Downtown Transit Hub [2] South End Transit Hub (at Wal-Mart)[3] |
| Depots | City of Greater Sudbury Transit and Fleet Centre, 1160 Lorne St, Sudbury, ON |
| Fleet | 59 Buses |
| Annual ridership | 5,200,000 (2023)[4] |
| Operator | Growth & Development Dept.[5] |
| Website | www.greatersudbury.ca/gova [1] |
GOVA, formerly known as Greater Sudbury Transit, is a public transport authority that is responsible for serving bus routes in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and area. The network is the largest in Northern Ontario, comprising 25 routes operating between the hours of 5:30am to 1:00am. Due to the increase in ridership the service has been approved for articulating buses primarily used for the largest routes and during rush-hour times. The annual ridership for the year of 2014 was recorded at 5 million passengers at an estimate of 16,000 daily.[6]
The service rebranded as GOVA in August 2019.[7] The new name was selected to work bilingually, by pairing the English verb "go" with its French equivalent "va".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
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- ^ Growth & Development Department, Business Plans 2007-2008
- ^ City of Greater Sudbury, ridership note
- ^ "GOVA is set to go (or va...)". Sudbury Star, August 20, 2019.