he placed third in Canada. Timeline October 2, 1959 - PUC agrees to operate bus service December 4, 1959 - Reginald Smith hired as first Superintendent January 2, 1960 - PUC takes over Oshawa Transit March 25, 1968 - Oshawa bus fleets expands to 32 October 4, 1968 - Bus service expands to Oshawa Centre and Civic Auditorium April 15, 1972 - 5 buses equipped with 2-way radio system March 27, 1974 - Cal Cathmoir is named new Superintendent of Oshawa Transit January 15, 1976 - Transit extension to Whitby being studied January 26, 1979 - Western Flyer awarded Oshawa tender September 25, 1988 - Oshawa hires first female bus driver December 11, 1991 - Doors open in Oshawa for regional transit bid June 1992 - Oshawa Centre Bus Terminal opens. It is the first major route change in 20 years (buses no longer 'meet' downtown Oshawa with it being their 'central point'-- it is now the Oshawa Centre.) June 1996 - City of Oshawa takes control of transit service from PUC, forming the Oshawa Transit Commission September 2000 - Taunton route begins operations, serving Durham College and the city's growing northeast end November 2004 - Major service expansion includes new Taunton/Rossland route, operated jointly with Whitby Transit February 2005 - Durham Region council votes to merge all transit systems into new Durham Region Transit effective January 2006 Fleet, routes and fares Oshawa Transit bus numbers started with bus number 51, the General Motors TGH-3102 in 1960, and ended with two 2005 Nova Bus "Low Floor" model LFS 40102 buses assigned numbers 169 and 170 before Oshawa Transit became a part of Durham Region Transit. Fleet PUC bus 56, a 1960 GMC TGH3102, was the first Oshawa Transit bus to have a full body advertisement. The advertisement was painted on as part of the bus paint scheme, predating the vinyl body wraps of later years. It was for Certified Heating Co. Later buses would include painted advertisements for Crush, 7 Up, and Pepsi and were known as the "Pop" buses. In 1996 Oshawa Transit purchased five used 1981 General Motors T8H-5308A buses from Denver Regional Transit and assigned them bus numbers 146 thru 150. The Denver Regional Transit buses were distinct, aside from their higher bus numbers on older GMC buses within Oshawa Transit's fleet, in that they had the retrofitted air conditioning unit on the roof when they were