PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

Metro Transit Service on Remembrance Day

(Wednesday, November 10, 2010) Halifax, NS - Metro Transit conventional buses, Access-A-Buses and the Alderney Ferry will operate on holiday schedules on Remembrance Day, November 11, 2010.

The Alderney Ferry will provide 30-minute service with the first boat departing Dartmouth at 7:30 am, an hour later than usual. The last vessel will depart Halifax at 11:45 pm.

There will be no Woodside Ferry service, MetroLink, MetroX, or Community Transit bus service in operation on Remembrance Day.

Metro Transit buses will pause on Remembrance Day at 11:00 am to observe a moment of silence in honour of Canada’s war veterans and fallen peace officers.

Metro Transit bus operators will pull any in-service buses to the side of the road where possible and pay tribute to our war veterans with our passengers, “Lest we forget”.

For further details on holiday bus schedules, contact the HRM Call Centre at 490-4000 or visit www.halifax.ca/metrotransit .

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Tiffany Chase
Metro Transit
902.490.5057