ManitobaWinnipeggers will soon have extra time to catch their next bus, the city says.90-minute transfers introduced after rider feedback on recent transit overhaulCBC News · Posted: Oct 02, 2025 2:23 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoStarting Monday, Winnipeg Transit transfers will be valid for 90 minutes — a 15-minute boost. (Tyson Koschik/CBC)Winnipeggers will soon have extra time to catch their next bus, the city says.Starting Monday, Winnipeg Transit transfers will be valid for 90 minutes — an increase of 15 minutes, the city said in a Thursday news release.The change is being made after the city heard feedback from passengers who said they needed a longer transfer window since Winnipeg Transit launched its major route overhaul in late June.The new system replaced Winnipeg Transit’s decades-old “hub-and-spoke” model, where buses meandered through outlying neighbourhoods before heading downtown, with a new “spine-and-feeder” system, under which buses follow a more grid-like pattern, with feeder buses taking passengers from neighbourhoods to major routes.Since the changes, the city has had a wave of feedback from riders, most of it negative. That’s included complaints about longer trips, packed buses and stops that are too far apart.The extended transfer window will help make transit “more convenient and reliable,” Mayor Scott Gillingham said in the news release.
15-minute extension to Winnipeg Transit transfer window begins Monday
