GOVA
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 41 routes operating between the hours of 5:00am to 10:00pm for regular service and from 10:00pm to 2:00am for night service. 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.
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 | 23 |
| Stops | 1,081 |
| Hubs | New Sudbury Hub (at New Sudbury Centre) Downtown Transit Hub South End Transit Hub (at Wal-Mart) |
| Depots | City of Greater Sudbury Transit and Fleet Centre, 1160 Lorne St, Sudbury, ON |
| Fleet | 59 Buses |
| Annual ridership | 5,200,000 (2023) |
| Operator | Growth & Development Dept. |
| Website | www.greatersudbury.ca/gova |
The service rebranded as GOVA in August 2019. The new name was selected to work bilingually, by pairing the English verb "go" with its French equivalent "va".