18 Northwest-Explorer was a former bus route between the City Centre Transit Terminal at Square One and Westwood Mall.
Service
The service ran during weekday rush hours only. Morning peak: every 24 minutes Afternoon peak: every 29 minutes
Description
The route served only local purposes, supplementing routes 20 - Rathburn at its south end and 107 - Malton Express at its north end. It travelled between its endpoints in one of the most convoluted ways possible, often on completely deserted industrial streets. Staying on for the whole trip, which could take over 70 minutes, was depressing to say the least.
Cancellation
As part of staging measures for the opening of the BRT, the route was cancelled and replaced with the 21 - Explorer and 24 - Northwest in October 2012.