Réseau de Transport de la Capitale: Difference between revisions
Line 143: | Line 143: | ||
! Services !! Description | ! Services !! Description | ||
|- | |- | ||
| http://i.imgur.com/ | | http://i.imgur.com/0yNil.png || '''Metrobus'''(Routes 800-802) : The word "Metrobus" is a combinaison of the word "métro" (French word for subway) and "bus". In French, "Métro" is a shorten word for "Métropolitain", so that means that Metrobuses are providing the service in the most important parts of the city with a high frequency, just like a subway system would do. They provide access to all to every poles of the urban city. | ||
Routes #800 & #801 serve the major RTC terminals, the commercial areas, the government offices as well as all the other important boulevards and of Beauport and Charlesbourg. They share the same trajectory for about 40% of their total lenght. On the common part of the routes, the service will reach a frequency of 3-5 minutes during rush hours and 6-10 at the other times. Though, in the other part of the routes (Respectively Beauport and Charlesbourg) the service will have a 8-10 minutes frequency during rush hours and 15 minutes in the other times. The Metrobus #800 and #801 would carry 40% of the clients from the RTC. | Routes #800 & #801 serve the major RTC terminals, the commercial areas, the government offices as well as all the other important boulevards and of Beauport and Charlesbourg. They share the same trajectory for about 40% of their total lenght. On the common part of the routes, the service will reach a frequency of 3-5 minutes during rush hours and 6-10 at the other times. Though, in the other part of the routes (Respectively Beauport and Charlesbourg) the service will have a 8-10 minutes frequency during rush hours and 15 minutes in the other times. The Metrobus #800 and #801 would carry 40% of the clients from the RTC. | ||
Line 151: | Line 151: | ||
Other "Metrobus" routes are going to be implant soon, such as Route #803 in August 2011, and Route #804 in 2014. | Other "Metrobus" routes are going to be implant soon, such as Route #803 in August 2011, and Route #804 in 2014. | ||
|- | |- | ||
| http://i.imgur.com/uljFn.png || | |||
|- | |||
| http://i.imgur.com/4XOxC.png || | |||
|- | |||
| http://i.imgur.com/z8LYe.png || | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 15:46, 5 July 2011
http://i.imgur.com/o0yJG.png | |
Info | |
---|---|
Managed by | Québec City, Québec, Canada |
Locale | Québec, Québec |
Transit type | Bus |
Chief executive | Normand Carrier, Raymond Dion |
Headquarters | 720, Rue Des Rocailles, Québec, Québec |
Operation | |
Began operation | June 1st, 2002 |
Operator(s) | Réseau de Transport de la Capitale |
The Réseau de Transport de la Capitale (RTC) provides transit service to the people of the city of Québec, Quebec. It took over public transit in Quebec City from Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Québec on June 1, 2002. The RTC operates bus routes with a fleet of buses.
History
The Réseau de Transport de la Capitale took over the Société de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Québec (STCUQ) in June, 2002. The change came into effect to reflect the city merger of 2001-2002. The STCUQ was in operation since January, 1994 and had replaced the Commission de Transport de la Communauté Urbaine de Québec, which was in operation since 1969. The official name of the actual RTC is actually the Société de Transport de Québec (STQ), but that name is only used on offical documents or registrations.
Fare Structure
2011 Fare Structure
Fare Media | Ticket Type | Validity Period | Regular Fare | Reduced Fare | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6-18 years | Étudiant Plus (18+ years) | 65+ years | ||||
Regular Cash | 1 ticket | 90 minutes | 2.75 $ | N/A | N/A | N/A |
L'Occasionnelle Card | 1 ticket1 | 120 minutes | 2.55 $ | 1.80 $ | 2.55 $ | 1.80 $ |
Day Pass | 1 Day3 | 6.85 $ | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
2 Days Pass | 2 Days | 11.25 $ | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
7 Days Pass | 7 Days | 25.50 $ | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
OPUS Card | 1 ticket2 | 120 minutes | 2.55 $ | 1.80 $ | 2.55 $ | 1.80 $ |
7 Days Pass | 7 Days | 25.50 $ | 18.00 $ | 18.00 $ | 18.00 $ | |
Été Bus Pass | 2 months | N/A | 70.25 $ | N/A | N/A | |
Monthly Card | 1 calendar month | 74.75 $ | 50.25 $ | 50.25 $ | 34.25 $ | |
Abonnement Métropolitain | 1 calendar month | 111.25 $ | 89.70 $ | 89.70 $ | 70.65 $ | |
Privilège Métropolitain (RTC Pass + STLévis Pass) | 1 calendar month | N/A | 89.70 $ | N/A | N/A |
1:The tickets are sold in multiples of 4. On l'Occasionnelle card, a maximum of 3 multiples of 4 tickets can be bought, for a total of 12 tickets.
2:The tickets are sold in multiples of 4. A maximum of 5 multiples of 4 tickets can be bought, for a total of 20 tickets.
3:Valid from 5am to 4am.
Routes and services
In August 2008, the RTC introduced four new logos in order to represent the various services offered. These logos can be found on printed schedules, timetables, advertisement, map and on a few bus stops.
Service description
Services | Description |
---|---|
http://i.imgur.com/0yNil.png | Metrobus(Routes 800-802) : The word "Metrobus" is a combinaison of the word "métro" (French word for subway) and "bus". In French, "Métro" is a shorten word for "Métropolitain", so that means that Metrobuses are providing the service in the most important parts of the city with a high frequency, just like a subway system would do. They provide access to all to every poles of the urban city.
Routes #800 & #801 serve the major RTC terminals, the commercial areas, the government offices as well as all the other important boulevards and of Beauport and Charlesbourg. They share the same trajectory for about 40% of their total lenght. On the common part of the routes, the service will reach a frequency of 3-5 minutes during rush hours and 6-10 at the other times. Though, in the other part of the routes (Respectively Beauport and Charlesbourg) the service will have a 8-10 minutes frequency during rush hours and 15 minutes in the other times. The Metrobus #800 and #801 would carry 40% of the clients from the RTC. Route #802 is replacing former route #12. The goal of converting this route in a Metrobus was to make the route more efficient. Both routes have the same routing except a few differences. Routes #802 links Station Belvédère to Terminus Beauport. Other "Metrobus" routes are going to be implant soon, such as Route #803 in August 2011, and Route #804 in 2014. |
http://i.imgur.com/uljFn.png | |
http://i.imgur.com/4XOxC.png | |
http://i.imgur.com/z8LYe.png |
Fleet Roster
Fleet numbering system
The RTC is using a standard four-digit identification number for all of its buses, just like in most of the transit agencies. In most of the cases, the first two digits indicate the year of purchase (example: 0522 = 2005 or 9619 = 1996) while the last two digits represent the order of when they were manufactured (example: 9619 = 19th bus made in this serie).
However, there are some misleading fleet numbers such as the buses numbered 02xx that were built in 2003.
The particularity about the RTC, is that they use in some cases a letter in front of the four-digit identification number. The most common letter being used is "L", but other letters can randomly be applied.
A(obsolete): This letter was attributed to Articulated buses. Only 2 buses ever received this letter, they were A9225 and A9226, because they were the only articulated buses in the RTC fleet, and that they were at the main depot with the regular buses. The new articulated buses that the RTC received since 2009, did not received the letter "A" because they are now based at a new garage specially built for these buses.
B(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the buses that had a Baultar driver seat on trial, back in 2006. The letter "B" was also used in the fall of 2010, to identify a bus that had a wrap for Banque Laurentienne, as the letter "M" was not available, because it was identifying the regular 40ft buses that were based at the Metrobus garage.
C(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the buses that had a Passenger Counter. Nowadays, the buses are still equiped of passenger counters, but they aren't identify by any letter. The letter "C" was also used in January/February 2011 to identify the buses that had a wrap for the Carnaval de Québec, as the letter "M" was not available, because it was identifying the regular 40ft buses that were based at the Metrobus garage.
D(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the buses that had a wrap for Desjardins, back in 2009. These buses were running on Route #400, which is actually the Desjardins shuttle.
d(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the buses that had a wrap for Desjardins, back in 2010. These buses were running on Route #400, which is actually the Desjardins shuttle. In fact, the lowercase D's that were used, were actually the obsolete letter "P", that was rotated to look like a "d".
H: This letter stood for Habituel (in french). This letter was attributed to "all-day" buses. The letter "H" is now identifying Hybrid bus #H1001, as the only Hybrid bus in the RTC fleet.
L: This letter is attributed to Limited buses. Limited buses are mostly going out only for rush hours and special events. Though, a few Limited buses can be find during weekdays from 6am to 8pm, on random routes. A bus usually receive the letter "L" after 6 years of service. Though, sometimes some buses will be shortly running without this letter after a rebuilt, for example.
M: This letter originally stood and still stands for Maquillé (in french). That means that a bus is "wrapped". The wrap is usually an advert. Though, as of 2009 the letter "M" started to be used for Metrobus. That happened when regular 40ft buses started to be based at the Metrobus garage. As of 2011, every 40ft buses are back at the regular garage (except #M0934), so the letter "M" is being used for Maquillé, just like before.
P(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the buses that had a prototype of the electronic Perception. That was back in late 2007 and beginning of 2008, when some people had to test the OPUS cards.
R(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the buses that had a Recaro driver seat. That letter was mostly used with New-Look buses.
S(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the buses that had Ski racks. That was when they used to provide the Gray-Line services, back in the 1980's. Random buses were also seen recently with the letter "S", to identify a Side-wrap.
T(obsolete): This letter was attributed to the Tripper buses. That meant a bus that would run on specific runs for a short period of time. This was often happening with leased buses.