Société de Transport de l'Outaouais

The Société de Transport de l'Outaouais provides service to the city of Gatineau, as well as the municipalities of Chelsea and Cantley in the MRC-des-Collines. Many routes travel to downtown Ottawa, where transfers can be made to OC Transpo.

Fares

2011 Fare Structure

Ticket Type	Validity Period	Route Type
		Regular	Express	Interzone
Monthly	1 calendar month	79.00 $	94.50 $	105.50 $
		54.00 $	66.50 $	80.00 $
		35.50 $
FIDELITÉ program monthly pass	1 calendar month	12 payments of 71.10 $	12 payments of 85.05 $	12 payments of 94.95 $
		12 payments of 31.95 $
CAM-PUCE semester pass	4 calendar months (1 semester)	237.00 $	283.50 $	316.50 $
UQO CAM-PUCE semester pass	4 calendar months (1 semester)	120.00 $	170.00 $	230.00 $
CEGEP CAM-PUCE semester pass	4 calendar months (1 semester)	118.00 $	168.00 $	228.00 $
Summer pass	July and August	80.00 $	99.75 $	120.00 $
ZAP	1 calendar month	15.00 $
Passe-temps	1 day	6.50 $	+ 0.50 $	+ 2.95 $
Visitor pass	1 day	2.95 $	N/A	N/A
Booklet (6 tickets)	1 trip	17.70 $	+ 0.50 $	+ 1 ticket
		13.20 $
		13.20 $
Single	1 trip	2.95 $
		2.20 $
		2.20 $
Payment on board (cash only)	1 trip	5.90 $	3.90 $	3.40 $

Legend

Adult Fare

Student Fare

Senior Fare

Reduced Fare

• The ZAP pass is only available to those 16 and under. It allows riders to ride the network after 6PM, or anytime on weekends and holidays and during the Christmas and March.
• Although often ignored by STO drivers and ticket sellers, a student smart card is required to take advantage of reduced ticket fares.
• Transfers and passes can be used on the OC Transpo system, and vice-versa.
• Transferring to an STO express bus requires a supplement of $0.50, and transferring to an interzone bus requires a supplement of a ticket, or the equivalent cash amount.
• Transfers are good for two hours from the time the bus leaves the terminal. Route 33 is an exception.

Accessibility

• STO never purchased any low floor buses up until 2002. While many other transit systems in Quebec were purchasing Nova's LFS, STO did not believe that they were reliable. Because of this, they continued to order Classics until their production ceased in 1997, and bought RTSs in 2000.

• Even though all LFSs in STO's fleet are equipped with a wheelchair ramp, any units equipped with a telescopic ramp at the rear door (i.e. 0910 and under) have had their ramps disabled because of unreliability.

• It wasn't until 2008 when STO began guaranteeing low-floor buses on the network, and even then, it was only on certain routes at certain times. During the week, low-floor buses were assigned to all runs that did route 36, 37, 38, and 300 between 9:00AM and 3:00PM. However, all service is provided by low-floor buses on the weekends and holidays. Although high floor buses are now rarely used outside of rush hour, there are some rush-hour runs that start or finish around noon, and the same applies to the late evening. Because of this, STO does not consider most mid-weekday service to be low-floor accessible.

• With the arrival of the third-generation LFSs, STO is now able to provide wheelchair accessible service, but only on certain routes. With the first fifteen units arriving in 2009, STO guaranteed wheelchair-accessible service on routes 36, 37, and 300, but only between 9AM-3PM on weekdays. With the arrival of 27 units in 2010, STO extended wheelchair-accessible service all day on the same routes, as well as adding service to route 38. Wheelchair accessible trips are shown with a glyph on the destination signs.

Current Routes

• Route Type: *indicates that some exceptions apply. See Remarks section.

Route Number	Route Name	Route Type	http://imgur.com/hKCP7.jpg	http://imgur.com/Z0RNe.jpg	Remarks
1	Chelsea	Rush Hour	Riverside / HWY-105 Eglise St-Clément du Farm Point	Ottawa	Also serves some areas in Hull Travels to Ottawa via Portage bridge.
5	Cantley	Rush Hour	des Érables / Dupéré	Ottawa	Also serves some areas in Hull Passes STO garage.
6	Cantley	Rush Hour	HWY-307 / Hogan	Ottawa	Also serves some areas in Hull Passes STO garage
11	Express Parc de la Montagne	Express	CEGEP Gabrielle-Roy	Ottawa	Travels to Ottawa via the Macdonald-Cartier bridge
17	Express St-Joseph	Express	CEGEP Gabrielle-Roy	Ottawa	Travels to Ottawa via the Macdonald-Cartier bridge
20	St-Joseph / Freeman	Rush Hour	Ottawa	Freeman	Contrary to all other Ottawa-bound rush-hour routes, this route travels to Hull in the morning, and to Ottawa in the evening. Serves the industrial park on Jean-Proulx. Passes STO Garage.
21	Casino du Lac-Leamy	Regular	Freeman Casino Lac-Leamy	Ottawa	Only route that travels outside of the Rideau/Wellington corridor in the downtown core. It is instead routed to serve the hotels in the area. Weekday evening service is reduced on Mondays. Travels to Ottawa via Alexandra bridge.
22	Le Plateau	Rush Hour	Pink / de la Sapiniere	Ottawa	Was originally created to restore some of the service that was lost with the re-routing of routes 25 and 26, and was later extended to Pink/de la Sapiniere. Travels to Ottawa via Portage bridge.
25	Le Plateau	Rush Hour	du Conservatoire / Pink	Ottawa	Travels to the Le Plateau area via Boul. des Allumetierres. Travels to Ottawa via Portage bridge.
26	Le Plateau	Rush Hour	Pink / de la Sapiniere	Ottawa	Travels to the Le Plateau area via Boul. des Allumetierres. Travels to Ottawa via Portage bridge.
31	Parc de la Montagne	Regular	Gabrielle-Roy	Ottawa	Travels to Ottawa via Alexandra bridge
33	Cité-des-Jeunes/Freeman/Promenades	Regular	Les Promenades Freeman CEGEP Gabrielle-Roy Terrasses Chaudiere Ottawa		This route has many different termini in both directions during rush hour. Due to the length of the route, transfers are good for three hours instead of the usual two, but only on a full trip (Promenades > Ottawa or vice-versa) Travels to Ottawa via Alexandra bridge
35	Lac-Des-Fées de la Galene	Regular	CEGEP Gabrielle-Roy Marie-Burger / de la Galene	Ottawa	Travels to Ottawa via Alexandra bridge Some rush & evening trips extended to Marie-Burger/de la Galene. No Sunday service.
36	Hopital de Hull / Gabrielle-Roy	Regular*	CEGEP Gabrielle-Roy	Ottawa	Weekday off-peak service only Mostly follows route 37, except for a slight detour to the Hull hospital on Lionel-Emond. Only gets third-generation LFSs because of wheelchair accessibility
37	St-Joseph	Regular	CEGEP Gabrielle-Roy	Terrasses-Chaudiere Ottawa	Travels mostly down St-Joseph, also serving nearby neighborhoods near Mont-Bleu Travels to Ottawa via Alexandra on weekdays after 9AM, otherwise travels on Portage bridge. Only gets third-generation LFSs because of wheelchair accessibility.
38	Freeman	Regular	Freeman	Ottawa	Mostly travels down St-Joseph, but only from Boul. Montcalm. Travels to Ottawa via Alexandra after 9AM. Otherwise travels on Portage bridge. Only gets third-generation LFSs because of wheelchair accesssibility/ No weekend service.
57	Wilfrid-Lavigne	Rush Hour*	Rivermead Wilfrid-Lavigne	Les Promenades	Provides a link between Gatineau and the UQO campus. Follows route 77 to Portage, then 59 to Rivermead, and then some trips follow 52 to Wilfrid-Lavigne. Noon and late-night trips are also provided.
58	Pré Tunney Rivermead	Rush Hour	Rivermead	Tunney's Pasture (Transitway)	One of two routes that travel into Ottawa outside of the downtown core. Travels into Ottawa via Champlain bridge. Trips in both directions during rush hour.
59	Ottawa	Regular	Rivermead	Ottawa	Link from local Aylmer routes to downtown Hull/Ottawa
63	Pointe-Gatineau	Regular	Les Promenades		One-way loop route.
65	Ottawa Carrefour	Rush Hour	de la Cité / Carrefour	Ottawa	In 2009, shortened trips on route 77 were renumbered to 65 due to customer confusion.
66	Touraine	Regular	Beaudry Arena	Les Promenades
67	Ottawa	Regular	Les Promenades	Ottawa	Goes directly to Ottawa via the Gréber/Fournier/Maissoneuve corridor. Was formerly part of the Ligne Verte.
68	Gabrielle-Roy	Seasonal	CEGEP Gabrielle-Roy	Les Promenades	One trip in the morning, two in the evening. Generally runs on school days only Takes Mont-Bleu/HWY-50 straight to Promenades with no stops in between.
		Shuttle
71	Ravins-Boisée/Davidson	Regular	Jean-Réné-Monette	Les Promenades
72	Labrosse/St-Réné	Regular	Jean-Réné-Monette		This is a short loop-route.
74	Maloney	Regular	Boul. d'Aeroport Masson Flea-Market	Les Promenades	Most weekday service was recently replaced by route 96.
76	Boul. de la Verendrye	Regular	Jean-Réné-Monette	Les Promenades
77	Ottawa Magnus	Regular	Jean-Réné-Monette	Ottawa	Stops at the Promenades terminal. Provides additional service to Ottawa from the Gatineau sector. Was formerly part of the Ligne Verte.
78	Main / Cheval-Blanc	Regular	Jean-Réné-Monette	Les Promenades
79	Lorrain / St-Thomas	Rush Hour*	AM: St-Thomas / Lorrain PM: Chambord / Lorrain	Jean-Réné-Monette	Rush hour route that serves the Lac la Blanche area in northern Gatineau near Val-Des-Monts. Some service also provided around noon.
88	Express La Sablonnierre	Express	Atmec / Cheval-Blanc	Ottawa	Takes HWY-50 to Boul. Lorrain.
89	Express Touraine	Express	Alonzo-Wright Bridge	Ottawa	Takes HWY-50 to St-Louis
90	Express Davidson	Express	Davidson / Paiement	Ottawa	Takes Greber/Fournier to Boul. Maloney
94	Interzone Masson-Angers	Interzone	Robert-Rochon Arena	Ottawa	When necessary, trips will divert from HWY-50 to Gréber/Fournier to take advantage of bus lanes.
96	Masson-Angers / Buckingham	Regular	Robert-Rochon Arena	Encan de Masson Les Promenades	Also serves Boul. Maloney in Gatineau. A couple of trips (one AM and one PM) do not leave the Buckingham/Masson-Angers area.
98	Interzone Buckingham	Interzone	Lépine / Carpentier	Ottawa	When necessary, trips will divert from HWY-50 to Gréber/Fournier to take advantage of bus lanes.
300	Frontenac	Shuttle	Résidence de l'Île	Galeries de Hull	Serves as a shopping route to various old-age homes in Hull. One round-trip on Tuesdays/Thursdays only. Only gets third-generation Nova LFS buses because of wheelchair accessibility.

Fleet Rosters

Thumbnail	Fleet number range	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Remarks
	7901-7907	1979	GMDD	T6H-5307N	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison V730
	8536, 39, 44	1985	GMDD	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison V731	Purchased from RTC in 2008.
	8614, 20, 24	1986	GMDD	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison V731	Purchased from RTC in 2008.
	8901-8915	1989	MCI	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V731	Mostly retired Remaining units have been rebuilt and/or received new paint jobs.
	9001-9005	1990	MCI	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V731	Days are likely numbered. These buses have been ignored compared to the '89, '91, and '92 models.
	9008-9015	1990	MCI	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison VR731	First STO buses purchased with air condiitoning. Days are likely numbered. These buses have been ignored compared to the '89, '91, and '92 models.
http://i.imgur.com/2H1SM.jpg	9101-9130	1991	MCI	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison VR731	Have mostly been repainted and/or rebuilt throughout 2009 and 2010.
	9201-9223	1992	MCI	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison VR731	Have mostly been repainted and/or rebuilt throughout 2009 and 2010.
	9401-9426	1994	Novabus	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison VR731	Some units are receiving new paint jobs. Equipped with roof-top Sutrak A/C.
	9501-9520	1995	Novabus	Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison VR731	Some units are recieving new paint jobs.
	9601-9603	1996	Novabus	Classic	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Allison B400R5	These units are technically suburbans. However, they have a single-stream rear door, and are equipped with the same seats that were standard on urban STO Classics since 1985.
http://i.imgur.com/FVCYd.jpg	9701-9705	1997	Novabus	Classic	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Allison B400R5	Last Classics ever built with air conditioning.
	0001-0006	2000	Novabus	RTS	Detroit Diesel Series 50	ZF 5HP590	Are usually used on express routes, particularly the 94/98 because of more comfortable seating. These buses were purchased mainly because the STO did not believe that Nova's only alternative, the LFS, was proven to be reliable.
	0007-0012	2000	Novabus	RTS	Detroit Diesel Series 50	ZF 5HP590	Same as above, but have raised high-back seats.
	0201-0209	2002	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISC	Allison B400R5	Originally intended for 2001. On all LFSs up to 0910, the wheelchair ramp is disabled because of reliability issues.
	0301-0313	2003	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISC	Allison B400R5	Same as '02s, except for a different A/C unit.
	0314-0328	2003	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISC	ZF 6HP552C	Changes include different transmission, the wider rear tail-lights, and other minor changes.
	0401-0417	2004	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISC	ZF 6HP552C
	0501-0517	2005	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISL	ZF 6HP552C
	0601-0617	2006	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISL	ZF 6HP552C
	0701-0702	2007	Novabus	LFS HEV	Cummins ISL	Allison EP40	Only hybrid buses in the fleet Originally in a wrap, but now in a special livery.
	0703-0716	2007	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5
	0801-0819	2008	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5
	0901-0910	2009	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5	Only buses in the fleet with a beeper for a stop alarm
	0911-0925	2009	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5	New third-generation LFSs. Since these have a more reliable ramp, these (and newer) buses are assigned to routes 36, 37, 38, and 300. The Faraday bell is used as the stop alarm again.
	1001-1027	2010	Novabus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5	Before being used in standard service, these buses were specifically used to transport athletes for the 2010 Jeux du Québec, which were hosted in Gatineau. Now have an electronic bell as a stop alarm.