Réseau de transport de la Capitale
The Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC), brand name for Société de transport de Québec, provides urban public transit services in the Québec City area. It was founded in 2001, continuing the operations of the former Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Québec, as the latter was merged into the new city of Québec.
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| Founded | 2002 |
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| Headquarters | 720, rue des Rocailles Quebec City, Quebec G2J 1A5 |
| Service type | bus service, bus rapid transit, paratransit |
| Routes | 109[1] |
| Stops | 4,614[1] |
| Hubs | 10[1] |
| Stations | 11[1] |
| Fleet | 613 buses, 109 articulated buses, 90 hybrid buses[1] |
| Daily ridership | 70,000[1] |
| Annual ridership | 44,300,000[1] |
| Website | English language site |
Operations
Among its services, the RTC operates six Express bus lines: lines 800 through 804, and 807[2]—branded Métrobus. Lines 800 and 801 run together from De Marly to Dorchester/de la Couronne. Line 801 continues on to Terminus du Zoo, while line 800 diverges to the Montmorency falls. Line 802, runs from Terminus Beauport to Station Belvédère. Then, line 803 runs from Terminus les Saules to Terminus Beauport, through Le Mesnil, Lebourgneuf and Charlesbourg. Line 804, links Sainte-Foy with Loretteville going through the Terminus les Saules and the Université Laval campus and then finally the 807 goes between the Pointe-Sainte-Foy and Place D'Youville by riding along the Chemin Sainte-Foy until it merges to Rue Saint-Jean. Service is every 5 minutes during peak times, every 10 minutes before and after then, and every 15 minutes during less-travelled times.
In addition to regular routes, the RTC also provides:
- Parc-o-bus: select parking lots to encourage use of public transit
- STAC - Service de transport adapté de la Capitale: adapted Transport for the Physically Challenged
Future projects
A study concluded in March 2003, stated the introduction of light rail transit services would be feasible for the entire area. In March 2018, a $3 billion proposal for a combination of tramways (the Quebec City Tramway), an electric trambus and reserved bus lanes was announced.[3]
In November 2019, the Réseau de transport de la Capitale announced that it is planning to open the city's first BRT line along Boulevard Charest by 2026, utilizing a fleet of bi-articulated electric buses. Quebec City is the first and only in North American city to make such an announcement.[4]
Fleet
- NovaBus LFS
(2003-2013) - NovaBus LFS Artic (2009-2012) (Métrobus service)
- NovaBus LFS HEV (2015-2016)
- NovaBus LFS Artic HEV (2016) (Métrobus service)
- Van Hool A330K Hybrid (2018-2019)
LFS 2003-2013 series
Inside of a regular LFS (regular service)
Inside of an articulated LFS HEV (Métrobus service)
denotes wheelchair access
Routes
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Former Routes
- 1X Gare fluviale - Colline Parlementaire (discontinued in 2017 and replaced by increased service on route 11)
- 2 Notre-Dame-de-Pitié - Place d'Youville / Gare du Palais (Gare du Palais portion split off to form new route 18 in 1980; rest discontinued by August 2001)
- 3X Sainte-Odile - 41e Rue Est (discontinued in 2017 and replaced by increased service on route 3)
- 5 Sainte-Odile - Place d'Youville / Gare Fluviale (discontinued in 1992)
- 6 Terminus Beauport - Place Jacques-Cartier (merged into route 53 in 1992)
- 7 Place Jacques-Cartier / Vieux Quebec / Place D'Youville - Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy (replaced by route 807 in 2016)
- 8 41e Rue Est - Université Laval (replaced by route 801 in 1992)
- 8X Place Jacques-Cartier - Cégep Garneau (renumbered route 28 in 1981)
- 10 Place Jacques-Cartier / Gare fluviale / Charest / Marie-de-L'Incarnation - Cégep Garneau / Baie de Beauport (replaced by new routes 19 and 807 in 2016)
- 12 Terminus Beauport - Station Belvédère (replaced by route 802 in 2008)
- 17 Parcs industriels Colbert et Champigny - Sainte-Foy Centre (discontinued by August 2001)
- 19 Quartier Laurentien - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 79 in 1980)
- 19 Parc industriel Champigny - ? (former portion of route 9; discontinued by August 2001)
- 20 L'Ancienne-Lorette - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 80 in 1980)
- 20 Place d'Youville - Vieux-Quebec (merged into route 21 in 2008)
- 21 Château-d'Eau - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 81 in 1980)
- 21 Manège militaire - Gare fluviale (merged into route 11 in 2017)
- 22 Lac-Saint-Charles - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 82 in 1980)
- 23 Jouvence - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 83 in 1980)
- 24 Neufchâtel - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 84 in 1980)
- 24 Secteur Saint-Louis-de-France - Université Laval (discontinued by August 2001)
- 25 Vanier - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 85 in 1980)
- 26 Centre administratif Hydro-Québec - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 86 in 1980)
- 27 Loretteville - Sainte-Foy Centre (renumbered route 87 in 1980)
- 28 L'Ancienne-Lorette - Les Saules (renumbered route 88 in 1980)
- 28 Terminus Belvédère - Cégep Garneau (merged into route 10 by August 2001)
- 29 Centre opérationnel CTCUQ - Centre-ville de Québec (renumbered route 89 in 1980)
- 30 Centre de détention de Québec / Lac Clément / Lac-Saint-Charles - Colline Parlementaire (replaced by route 801 in 1992)
- 31 Château-d'Eau / Loretteville Nord - ? (renumbered route 71 in 1980)
- 33 Loretteville Sud - ? (renumbered route 73 in 1980)
- 35 Gros-Pins - Colline Parlementaire (discontinued)
- 37 Colline Parlementaire / 41e Rue Est - Jean-Talon/Périgord (combined with route 3 in 2017; before that, route 3's north end was via the east split and turning on Des Lilas Ouest and continuing on via a loop along De La Concorde, Des Chênes Ouest, and Duval; while route 37 continued to downtown via 41e Rue, Duval, and continued south of Des Chênes Ouest what is now covered by route 3 (west split))
- 38 Terminus Charlesbourg - 41e Rue Est (merged into Route 39 in 2011)
- 40 Place d'Youville loop (renumbered route 20 in 1980)
- 51 Terminus Beauport/Place Jacques-Cartier - Villeneuve (discontinued by August 2001)
- 56 Terminus Beauport- Coubertin/Seigneuriale (discontinued August 21, 2010)
- 60 Beauport/Les Saules (replaced by Route 803 and new route 61 in 2011)
- 71 Château-d'Eau / Loretteville Nord - ? (merged into route 87)
- 73 Loretteville Sud - ? (replaced by route 72)
- 75 Parc industriel Vanier - Place Jacques-Cartier (merged into route 85)
- 78 Aéroport - Terminus Les Saules (merged into route 80)
- 83 Champigny - Place Jacques-Cartier (replaced by route 93)
- 87 Loretteville / Terminus Irving/du Petit-Vallon / Sainte-Foy Centre (replaced by Route 804 in 2016)
- 88 L'Ancienne Lorette - Les Saules (merged into routes 79 and 80 by August 2001)
- 89 Centre opérationnel CTCUQ - Centre-ville de Québec (discontinued by August 2001)
- 89 Terminus du Zoo - Loretteville (discontinued in 2013)
- 90 Les Saules - Parc industriel Colbert (discontinued by 1988)
- 90 Sainte-Foy Centre - Galeries de la Capitale (discontinued by August 2001)
- 95 Saint-Augustin - Cégep Garneau (replaced by route 94 in 2019)
- 100 Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy - Place d'Youville (replaced by routes 107, 800, and 801 in 1992)
- 111 Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy - Gare du Palais (discontinued in 2017 and replaced by increased service on route 11)
- 125 Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy - Gare du Palais (discontinued in 2019)
- 130 Orsainville - Colline Parlementaire (renumbered route 230)
- 138 Charlesbourg - Colline Parlementaire (renumbered route 238 in 1992)
- 160 Terminus Les Saules - 41e Rue Est (discontinued in 1991)
- 220 L'Ancienne-Lorette - Colline Parlementaire (renumbered route 280 in 1980)
- 231 Terminus Beauport - Sainte-Foy Centre (renumbered route 331 in 1992)
- 233 Loretteville - Colline Parlementaire (renumbered route 273 in 1980)
- 260 Terminus Beauport - Sainte-Foy Centre (renumbered route 360 in 1992)
- 271 Loretteville - Colline Parlementaire (discontinued in fall 2009)
- 287 Loretteville - Colline Parlementaire (discontinued)
- 294 Saint-Augustin - Place Jacques-Cartier (renumbered route 292 in 2019 due to route 94 restructuring)
- 295 Saint-Augustin - Place Jacques-Cartier (replaced by route 94 in 2019)
- 300 Terminus Les Saules - 41e Rue Est (renumbered route 160)
- 360 Terminus Beauport - Sainte-Foy Centre (merged into route 350 by August 2001)
- 387 Loretteville - Sainte-Foy Centre (merged into route 381 in fall 2009)
- 390 Terminus Les Saules - Sainte-Foy Centre (replaced by route 580 in 2013)
- 400 Baie de Beauport / Terminus Beauport - Aquarium de Québec / Station de l'Église (discontinued)
- 401/406 Centre des congrès de Québec (only operated during the 2005 World Police and Fire Games)
- 500 Parc-O-Bus Place Lebourgneuf - Colline Parlementaire (discontinued)
- 502 Terminus Belvédère - Saint-Rodrigue (discontinued)
- 601 Val-Bélair - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 602 Lac-Saint-Charles - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 603 L'Ancienne-Lorette - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 604 Loretteville - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 605 Neufchâtel - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 606 Saint-Émile - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 607 Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 608 Sainte-Foy Sud - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 609 Sainte-Foy Centre - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 610 Sainte-Foy Ouest - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 611 Sillery - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 612 Université Laval - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 613 Cap-Rouge (Chaudière) - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 614 Cap-Rouge (Promenade-des-Sœurs) - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 615 Boischatel - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 616 Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux - Colisée Pepsi (discontinued when the Quebec Nordiques moved to Denver in 1995)
- 701 Cap-Rouge - Stoneham (discontinued in 1994)
- 702 Sainte-Foy Centre - Mont Saint-Castin (discontinued in 1993)
- 703 Cap-Rouge - Mont Sainte-Anne (discontinued in 1994)
- Aéroport Aéroport Jean-Lesage - Hôtel Le Concorde (Discontinued as a result of an 1974 court order)
References
- About RTC
- Sympatico. "RTC : deux nouveaux parcours Métrobus à Québec". Sympatico (in French). Retrieved 2017-03-22.
- Page, Julia (March 16, 2018). "Quebec City unveils plans for $3-billion tramway network, wants feds and province to pay". CBC News. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- "Réseau". reseaustructurant.info (in French). Retrieved 2020-01-10.
External links
Media related to Réseau de transport de la Capitale at Wikimedia Commons
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