A new busing company is rolling through Dauphin.
Beginning on November 1st, Maple Bus Lines is starting their day runs from Thompson to Winnipeg via The Pas with a stop in Dauphin.
General Manager Maisie Hicks shares what the company is offering.
“We’re making it a day run, so it’s a little bit different then what everyone expected in the past. That’s huge. So they can still go to the old depot in Dauphin, and we’ve been able to secure that location.”
Buses will run Monday to Friday.
She explains when the buses will stop in Dauphin.
“If they are coming in from Winnipeg the bus will leave at 7:15 in the morning and it will get you to Dauphin around 11 in the morning. If you’re leaving from Thompson you would leave at 8:15 in the morning and you would get to Dauphin around 5:25 and then it would go on to Winnipeg and get into Winnipeg 9:50 in the evening.”
She talks about the impact that Greyhound had on their decision to expand bus routes to Dauphin and further north.
“We knew that there were talks about Greyhound leaving the province a while ago. So, it was always in the back of our minds that this might be something that we would be able to do. But, we had to wait until Greyhound pulled out.”
“They’re a major corporation. Even to this day going up against them they still have customers riding right to the bitter end. So, we knew that we can’t compete with them. So we definitely knew that we would have to wait until they pulled out of the province.”
Maple Bus Lines are also doing freight. If you’ll need to ship anything you can take it to the Dauphin depot.
