Rollsigns from Medicine Hat, AB |
Early public transit service in Medicine Hat began with Blair's Bus Lines, locally owned by L. R. Blair. Called "City Bus Lines", the company ceased operations in 1952. Medicine Hat Transit took over providing service in the city, by the same person who was the last general manager of the Moose Jaw Electric Railway Company, and later, the owner of the Moose Jaw Transportation Company (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan). Shortly after, on November 2, 1953, the system became the Medicine Hat Transportation Company. It provided service until June of 1970, when the Medicine Hat Transit (System) came to be, and still provides service to this date. |
Medicine Hat Transit Orion II #769, the bus that displayed the rollsign seen here, is seen at the downtown terminal on August 23, 2005. (Photo by Peter McLaughlin from his website www.busdrawings.com. Used with permission.) |