***IMPORTANT UPDATE*** Tunnel Bus Service Tigers Home Opener and Special Events
Changes to Special Event and Tunnel Bus Service for Postponed Detroit Tigers Home Opener
Due to the postponement of the Detroit Tigers game from Thursday to Friday this week, Transit Windsor is alerting passengers that Special Event Bus Service to Detroit is cancelled for today and will run on a limited basis only Friday.
Friday is a statutory holiday in Canada, so staffing is reduced, but Transit Windsor is working hard to ensure some special event busses are available to complement the regular tunnel bus service.
“Our regular tunnel bus service runs every 30 minutes,” said Executive Director Pat Delmore. “That will continue on Friday, and we will have some limited extra special event service, but we want to caution users that delays could be a factor.”
The most significant delays are expected to occur following the game.
“On a normal special event days, we would have one bus lining up after another following a game, but due to the holiday we won’t be able to have that same volume of busses available,” said Delmore.
The cost remains the same, $5.00 each way.
Special Event Bus Details
Buses will leave from Windsor International Transit Terminal (WITT), 300 Chatham Street West, starting at 10:30 a.m. and based on passenger demand. Tigers face the Pittsburgh Pirates at 1:10 p.m. on opening day. Additionally, Transit Windsor will service all Tiger home games with buses leaving from WITT, 75 and 45 minutes prior to game time. The bus will drop you off at the Gratiot bus stop, just east of Ford Field. Buses begin returning to Windsor immediately after, and up to a maximum of 30 minutes past the end of the game.
Due to Detroit-Windsor Tunnel renovations there are nightly closures as follows:
Sunday to Thursday – 8pm -5:30am . Passengers returning from Comerica Park are advised to return to the dedicated pickup immediately to avoid having to find an alternate ride home to Canada. Passengers will return via the Ambassador Bridge when tunnel is closed.
Tunnel Bus Service
Fans wishing to go over earlier may do so by using the regular Tunnel Bus service. Once in Detroit, you can walk to Comerica Park. Or, you can hop on the Detroit People Mover or QLine and disembark at the Grand Circus station. For your convenience, you can board the People Mover at the GM Renaissance Centre and the Q -Line on Woodward at Congress.
Customers may purchase their bus tickets at WITT on event day or they may choose to pay cash directly on the bus. Transit Windsor is an exact fare system. Our drivers do not carry cash and cannot make change, and overpayments are not reimbursed. The tunnel bus is $5 each way and may be paid in either Canadian or American funds; however, no currency exchange is given.
Persons may contact Transit Windsor’s customer service at 519-944-4111 or visit www.transitwindsor.ca for further details.