DRT reroutes 502 and 902 around Bowmanville Applefest Oct 16-17

Durham Region Transit will detour Routes 502 and 902 around downtown Bowmanville during the Applefest Festival on King Street, from 6 p.m. Friday, October 16 to 7 p.m. Saturday, October 17, 2026.

By Daily Durham News

Oct 8, 2026, 12:10 p.m. ET1 min read

A white and green Durham Region Transit bus, fleet number 8567, stopped on a street in Bowmanville, Ontario; no people visible. — A DRT bus in Bowmanville. (Illustrative image; destination sign shows route 902, one of the two detoured routes.) · Credit: Dillan Payne, Wikimedia Commons

Durham Region Transit has announced detours for Routes 502 and 902 in downtown Bowmanville during the Applefest Festival on King Street, in effect from 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16 to 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2026.

Route 902 eastbound will operate via Scugog, Church and Liberty streets, and westbound via Ontario, Queen and Scugog streets; Route 502 westbound and 502C will detour in both directions via Church, Liberty, King, Ontario, Queen and Scugog streets, according to DRT.

Temporary stops will be located at Scugog northbound at King, King westbound at Liberty and King westbound at Scugog during the detour, the transit agency says.

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