Highway 115 to Lindsay and Peterborough (exit 436) lies 500 metres east of Bennett Road. Bowmanville is bisected by the Canadian Pacific Railway, while the Canadian National Railway runs to the south of the town. Bowmanville had its own transit system, Clarington Transit from 2002–05, and is now served by Durham Region Transit, which offers connections to GO Transit and Via Rail. GO Transit plans to extend the Lakeshore East line train service to Bowmanville by 2024. Education Public elementary and secondary education in Bowmanville is operated by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. There are eight public elementary schools in Bowmanville: Central Public School, Charles Bowman Public School, Dr. Ross Tilley Public School, Duke of Cambridge Public School (French Immersion), Harold Longworth Public School, John M. James Public School, Vincent Massey Public School, and Waverley Public School. There are two public secondary schools, Bowmanville High School and Clarington Central Secondary School. Catholic elementary and secondary education in Bowmanville is served by the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board. There are three Catholic elementary schools in Bowmanville: Holy Family Catholic Elementary School, St. Elizabeth Catholic Elementary School, and St. Joseph's Catholic Elementary School (French Immersion). There is one Catholic secondary school in Bowmanville, St. Stephen Catholic Secondary School. The Clarington Centre for Individual Studies (CCIS) is an alternative secondary school in Bowmanville, operated by the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board. CCIS offers flexible programming for students looking to graduate high school, and is geared towards students who are young parents, have personal commitments that make attending regular school difficult, have been unsuccessful at completing their education at a traditional school, and/or prefer to work at an individualized pace. Blaisdale Montessori School has a campus located in Bowmanville, which looks after children from when they are toddlers until Grade 3. Knox Christian School and Durham Christian High School are religious private schools located in Bowmanville. Notable people Josh Bailey, NHL player for the New York Islanders Declan Chisholm, NHL player for the Winnipeg Jets Eleven Past One, band The Great Farini, famed acrobatic performer of the 19th century. Sir Sam Hughes, Minister of War William Humber, Baseball Historian, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee G.B. Jones, film-maker/musician/artist Mike Keenan, Former NHL coach, won Stanley Cup in Chris Kelly, NHL player for the Ottawa Senators Lee Mellor, author and musician Erin O'Toole, Canadian Member of Parliament, former