Ten bus routes will be getting later hours and five will see more frequent service when Winnipeg Transit switches to its spring schedule on April 12, the city says.

The following bus routes will see extended late-night hours in just under two weeks, a Tuesday news release from the City of Winnipeg says.

• D10: Panet-Adsum.
• D14: Dugald-Broadway.
• D16: Academy-Notre Dame.
• D17: Talbot-Selkirk.
• 28: Arlington-Stafford.
• 38: Mountain-Munroe.
• 43: Watt-Logan.
• 70: Roblin.
• 74: Kenaston-Keewatin.
• 680: River Heights-Cambridge.

The city’s communications manager, Alissa Clark, said the newly-extended routes will run past midnight until around 12:30 a.m. 

Council approved the later hours in a recent budget update.

The city says it is also sending more buses along five of the transit service’s busiest routes, which have seen more riders than expected.  

• The F5 line.
• The F8 line.
• Route 74 between CF Polo Park and Old Commonwealth Path. 
• Route 557.
• Route 676 from St. Vital Centre to Bridgwater Centre and from St. Vital Centre to Creek Bend Road.

Some transit users will see fewer buses along two routes because of lower-than-expected ridership, the city said. There will be fewer buses along the FX3 route east of Kildonan Place and the FX4 north of McLeod Avenue. 

The city says staff noted feedback from transit users when making the changes.