Réseau de Transport de la Capitale

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Info
Managed by Québec City, Québec, Canada
Locale Québec, Québec
Transit type Bus
Number of lines 109
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
Number of vehicles 588


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 109 bus routes with a fleet of 588 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/obb2h.png Metrobus(Routes 800-803) : 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 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.

Routes 800 to 803

http://i.imgur.com/gcCb8.png leBus(Routes 1-185) : leBus routes serve every sectors of Quebec City. They are linking the residential and the commercial areas, through the local streets and boulevards. Most of these routes are All-Day, running 7 days a week, but there is a few exceptions (Routes 9, 22, 29, 33, 57, 59, 65, 70, 78, 85, 88, 94 & 95).

The RTC tend to number the routes by the area that they serve:

  • Routes 1-29 operate in the Sainte-Foy - Sillery/La Cité/Limoilou area;
  • Routes 30-39 operate in the Charlesbourg area;
  • Routes 40-59 operate in the Beauport area;
  • Routes 60, 64 & 65 operate in the Lebourgneuf area;
  • Routes 70-89 operate in the Les Saules area (except routes #72 & #89)
  • Routes 92, 93, 94 & 95 operate in the area of Champigny/Saint-Augustin.

Finally, Routes #107, 111, 125, 133, 136 & 185 are "accelerated" routes that do not stop at every stops that they encounter. The routing is generally similar to their regular-service counterpart.

Routes 1 to 185

http://i.imgur.com/9oC3j.png eXpress(Routes 214-391) : eXpress routes are a rush hour service, that was created specially for the office workers or students who live in the different areas of Quebec City, but either work or study in the Downtown or in Sainte-Foy.

That's why the Express routes are divided in the two categories, the 200's and the 300's. Express routes part of the 200 series connect the residential areas to the Downtown as well as the Parliament Hill in the morning, and it's the opposite in the afternoon. It's the samething with Express routes part of the 300 series, except that they link the residential areas to Sainte-Foy, instead of the Downtown. The only exception in this categorie is Route #332 which does completely the opposite. It brings the passengers to Saint-Rodrigue in the morning and brings them back to Sainte-Foy in the afternoon.

A lot of the Express Routes in the 300 series are offering extra departures, especially at lunch time and in the evening to accomodate the university students.

Generally, the express routes reflect the number of their leBus counterpart (e.g. Routes #280 and #380 will basically follow almost the same routing than Route #80 in the local streets, but after it will take the highway toward the Downtown or Sainte-Foy). Once again, there is some exceptions, like Route #332 that has no link with Route #32.

As of 2008, the eXpress routes of the RTC would carry more than 10% of the clients.

Routes 214 to 391

http://i.imgur.com/KZDR0.png Ecolobus(Route 21) : The Ecolobus is a service operating in the historical part of Quebec City. It is operated with fully electrical minibuses.

This service used to be free, but since July, 5th 2010, it costs 1$ because the Taxi drivers were complaining. Monthly and Day pass, as well as tickets, are also accepted.

Finally, these buses often make the headlines because of the reliability and poor mechanical performance during the winter season.

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.

Letter Description
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.
W This letter was attributed to the Wifi buses. This is a pilot project. Only 2 buses have been attributed this letter.

Current Fleet Roster

Thumbnail Fleet number range Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Remarks
File:RTC 9438.jpg 9401 to 9461 1994 Nova Bus TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison VR731
9501 to 9519 1995 Nova Bus TC40-102N Classic Cummins C8.3 Allison B400R
File:RTC-9546.jpg 9520 to 9551 1996 Nova Bus TC40-102N Classic Cummins C8.3 Allison B400R
File:RTC-9613.jpg 9601 to 9635 1996 Nova Bus LFS Cummins C8.3 Allison B400R
File:RTC-9810.jpg 9801 to 9810 1998 Nova Bus LFS Cummins C8.3 ZF 5HP500
File:RTC-9925.JPG 9901 to 9925 1999 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP500
File:RTC-0023.jpg 0001 to 0025 2000 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
File:RTC-0103.jpg 0101 to 0125 2001 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC Allison B400R
File:RTC-0229.jpg 0201 to 0245 2003 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
File:RTC-0329.jpg 0301 to 0335 2003 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
0401 to 0416 2004 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL ZF 6HP552C
File:RTC-0428.jpg 0417 to 0431 2004 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
File:RTC-0527.jpg 0501 to 0531 2005 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL ZF 6HP552C
File:RTC-M0610.jpg 0601 to 0631 2006 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL ZF 6HP552C
File:RTC-0709.jpg 0701 to 0750 2007 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
File:RTC-0843.jpg 0801 to 0852 2008 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
0890 to 0897 2008 Tecnobus Gulliver ZF
File:RTC-0912.jpg 0901 to 0921 2009 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
File:RTC-0932.JPG 0922 to 0936 2009 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
0951 to 0975 2009 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL ZF 6HP604C
1001 2010 Nova Bus LFS HEV Cummins ISB Allison EP40
Hybrid System
1002 to 1016 2010 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL9 Voith D864.5
1051 to 1070 2010 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL9 ZF 6AP1700B
1151 to 1172 2010 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL9 ZF 6AP1700B
1101 to 1111 2011 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL9 Voith D864.5
1201 to 1221 2012 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL9 Voith D864.5
1251 to 1270 2012 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL9 ZF 6AP1700B

Retired Fleet Roster

Thumbnail Fleet number range Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Remarks
7701 to 7737 1977 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
7766, 7774, 7776 1977 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
7801 to 7856 1978 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
7863 1978 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
7901 to 7945 1979 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8001 to 8049 1980 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8101 to 8116 1981 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8122 to 8130, 8142 to 8163 1981 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V730
8131 to 8141 1981 GMDD T6H-5307A Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V730
8164 to 8179, 8182, 8184 to 8188 1981 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
5101 to 5105, 5107, 5109 and 5110, 5113 to 5116, 5119 to 5121 1982 GMDD T8H-5307A Detroit Diesel 8V71N Allison V730
8201 to 8226 1982 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8301 to 8310 1983 GMDD TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8311 to 8346 1984 GMDD TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8401 to 8424 1984 GMDD TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
5126, 5134 and 5135, 5137 and 5149 1985 GMDD T8H-5307A Detroit Diesel 8V71N Allison V730
8501 to 8549 1985 GMDD TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V731
8601 to 8625 1986 GMDD TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V731
8801 to 8804 1988 MCI TC40-102A Classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V731
8901 to 8912 1989 MCI TC40-102A Classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V731
9001 to 9012 1990 MCI TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V731
9101 to 9127 1991 MCI TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison VR731
9201 to 9224 1992 MCI TC40-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison VR731
9225 and 9226 1992 MCI TC60-102N Classic Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison VR731
9481 to 9484 1994 OBI Orion II Cummins B5.9 Allison AT-545

Paratransit Service

The RTC is also offering a paratransit service for people with mobility problems. The service is known as the Service de Transport Adapté de la Capitale (S.T.A.C.). This service is operated under contract by Autobus Auger, a local company.



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