Summer Wraps

Summertime = tourism time in Kingston, and what better way to advertise just about anything than on the side of a Kingston Transit bus? A few new wraps were unwrapped for July, 2026:

KT 1369, 1370, 1477 - Cantabile Choirs first observed June 30. Here is KT 1369 on Route 15 as of July 7, Raise your voice over the sound of the bus exhaust!

KT 1359, 1360 - Fort Henry first observed July 5. Here is KT 1359 as of July 10 (below) wore the same wrap in the summer of 2025.

Kingston Express KT 1685 - Thai House Cuisine restaurant first observed July 4. Observed very little throughout July. Finally, on Route 15 on July 29, 2026. Driver's side only. 

BONUS: unedited photos of July KT activity seen outside the newly-reopened Isabel Turner KFPL branch:

By Bus or Boat - KPTS' Marina Terminal, 1962

The year 1962 was one of flux for Kingston's transit system. Not only was the system in transition from private operator Kingston City Coach Lines to the public Kingston Public Transit System, it was also looking for a home. There was no permanent bus terminal. The ad hoc plan was to maintain the buses at...a marina! The White Rose Marina, at the location of the former Canada Steamship Lines) terminal at the foot of Queen Street was the temporary home for service in mid-1962, with a projected move to the CLC property by October, where maintenance would take place until May, 1963. 

The location was quite unsatisfactory - too small, ill-equipped due to small access doors and inadequate jacks, fuel had to be pumped from a tank truck, and limited drain and sewage connections. Bus washing became high-tide. The Whig profiled the operation graphically on July 30, 1962:

Various locations had been surveyed:

The new buses were advertised in the Whig in October, 1962: