If all goes well, you’ll be able to hop a bus to Winnipeg later this month.
Brandon will be a stop on a route Rider Express wants to start March 19th – they’ll also stop in Portage and Virden.
A ticket from Brandon to Winnipeg will cost about $76.00 – from Winnipeg all the way to Regina about $100.
(Image – Rider Express)
The Saskatchewan-based bus company aims to fill the void left behind when Greyhound stopped service in Western Canada. They had previously operated the route to Winnipeg, but dropped it before the pandemic because of low ridership.
The Brandon Sun reports the new route would leave Regina for Winnipeg at 11 p.m. on Friday, stopping at the Esso station at 501 Park Ave. in Moosomin, Sask., at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, continues on to the Petro-Canada station at 340 Frontage Rd. in Virden at 3 a.m., drops by the Petro-Canada station at 100 Highland Ave. in Brandon at 4 a.m., visits the Flying J Travel Centre in Portage la Prairie at 5:30 a.m. and arrives at Maple Bus Lines at 926 Sherbrook St. at 6:30 a.m.
The reverse trip leaves Winnipeg at 11 p.m. on Saturday, then stops in Portage la Prairie at 12:05 a.m. on Sunday, Brandon at 1:30 a.m., in Virden at 2:30 a.m. and Moosomin at 2:35 a.m. before arriving at the company’s Regina offices at 1517 11th Ave. at 5 a.m.
Rider Express already runs buses between Vancouver and Calgary, Calgary and Edmonton and Edmonton and Regina and hopes to continue expanding across the country.
There’s more information at the link below.
