Regional District of Nanaimo Transit System

Regional District of Nanaimo Transit System, officially named RDN Transit System, serves the regional district of Nanaimo, British Columbia. The service is operated by the region's transportation division. Planning and administrative services are provided by BC Transit.

This the first transit system in Canada to be fully operated by buses powered by CNG.

During April to mid-May of 2018, three D40LF were in service while regular fleet of 50 XN40 had smart bus technology installed on them. This is the first system for BC Transit to start installing smart bus technology.

Routes

City of Nanaimo

• 1 Downtown/Country Club
• 5 Fairview
• 6 Harewood
• 7 Cinnabar/Downtown
• 8 Cedar/VIU
• 11 Lantzville
• 15 VIU Connector
• 20 Hammond Bay
• 25 Ferry Shuttle
• 30 NRGH
• 40 VIU Express
• 50 Downtown/Woodgrove
• 78 Cassidy/Downtown
• 92 Hammond Bay

Parksville

• 88 Parksville

Quilicum Beach

• 97 Eaglecrest
• 98 Qualicum Beach

Regional

• 91 Intercity
• 99 Deep Bay (Tuesday-Saturday)

Interregional

• 70 NCX Nanaimo – Cowichan Express

Active roster

Conventional

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
1020-1044		2013	New Flyer	XN40	Cummins Westport ISL G	ZF 6AP1400B
1048-1051, 1056, 1069		2015	New Flyer	XN40	Cummins Westport ISL G	ZF 6AP1400B	1048-1049 transferred from Kamloops in December 2018. 1050-1051 transferred from Kamloops in August 2019. 1056 transferred from Kamloops in December 2021. 1069 transferred from Kamloops in August 2017.
1070-1093		2016	New Flyer	XN40	Cummins Westport ISL G	ZF 6AP1400B

Community Bus

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
2726-2729		2020	Chevrolet/ARBOC	4500/SOF 26	GMC Vortec 6.0L

HandyDART

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
2701-2715		2020	Chevrolet Girardin	4500 Micro Bird/G5	GMC Vortec 6.0L

Transferred/Retired Roster

Conventional

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
0112		2000	TransBus	Dart SLF (35')/Pointer 2	Cummins ISBe-215	Voith D823.3E
517-518		1950	Twin Coach	38-S	Fageol FTC180	Torque Converter	Ex Nanaimo Transit Ltd.
533, 540		1950	Twin Coach	44-S	Fageol FTC180	Torque Converter	Transferred from BC Hydro (Kensington) 5992, 5999 in 1974.
571		1958	GMC	TGH-3102 Old Look	Gas Engine	Automatic	Ex-Nanaimo Transit Service 259.
581		1963	GMC	TGH-3102 Old Look	Gas Engine	Automatic	Ex-Nanaimo Transit Service 252.
5202		1963	GMC	TDH-5303 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH9	Ex-South Suburban Safeway Lines 577; purchased by BC Bureau of Transit Services in 1974.
5206, 5209, 5211		1964	GMC	TDH-5303 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH9	Ex-South Suburban Safeway Lines 587, 590, 592; purchased by BC Bureau of Transit Services in 1974. 5211 converted to CNG in 1982; transferred to Vancouver (Oakridge) as 3001 in 1984.
5457-5459		1967	GMDD	TDH-5304 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH9	Transferred from West Vancouver 94, 96-97 in 1996.
5479-5480		1968	GMDD	TDH-5304 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH9	Transferred from West Vancouver 98-99 in 1996.
5522-5524		1992	ElDorado	Escort RE			Transferred from Port Coquitlam.
5543-5544		1970	GMDD	T6H-5306 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH9	Transferred from West Vancouver 78-79 in 1996.
5599, 5601-5602, 5606-5607		1974	GMDD	T6H-5308N New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VS2-6	5599 transferred from Vancouver 8828 in 1996. 5601-5602 transferred from Vancouver Island Transit Lines in 1977. 5606-5607 transferred from Victoria 835-836 in 1981. 5599 transferred to Kelowna in 1997. 5601 transferred to Victoria in 1997. 5602 transferred to Kamloops in 1997. 5603 transferred to Kelowna in 1996.
5884		1981	GMDD	T6H-5307N New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison V730	Transferred from Kamloops in 1985. Transferred to Kelowna in 1998.
5900-5901, 5904, 5914-5915		1982	GMDD	T6H-5307N New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison V730	5900-5901, 5904 transferred from Victoria 866-867, 870. 5914 transferred from Victoria 880 in 1982. 5900 sold to Metro Transit as 515.
6052		1963	GMDD	TDH-4519 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH	No Rear door. Transferred from West Vancouver 65. Transferred to Maple Ridge.
6053-6055, 6059-6060		1963	GMDD	TDH-4519 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH	6053-6054 transferred from Victoria 746-747 in 1982. 6055 transferred from Vancouver (Kensington) 5501 in 1988. 6059-6060 transferred from Victoria 752-753 in 1985. 6054-6055, 6059 transferred to Victoria in 1989-1990.
6062		1964	GMDD	TDH-4519 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH	Transferred from West Vancouver 67 in 1987. Front end used to rebuild West Vancouver 84 after an accident.
6081-6083		1965	GMDD	TDH-4519 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH	Transferred from Victoria 754, 761, 760. 6081 transferred to Powell River. 6082 transferred to Abbotsford in 1986. 6083 transferred to Kamloops in 1996.
6089-6090		1965	GMDD	TDH-4519 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH	Transferred from Vancouver (North Vancouver) 4617-4618 in 1975. 6089 transferred to Kelowna in 1996. 6090 used as storage shed at Nanaimo Transit Garage; scrapped 1995.
6179-6180		1970	GMDD	T6H-4521 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH9	Ex-Nanaimo Transit Service 254, 257. No rear door.
6202		1972	GMDD	T6H-4521 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VS2-6
6229-6231, 6251		1976	GMDD	T6H-4523N New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71	Allison VH9 or VS2-6	6251 transferred from Prince George in 1990; returned in 1994. 6229-6231 transferred to Powell River in 1996.
6380		1970	GMDD	T6H-4521 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VS2-6	Originally Victoria 780, transferred in 1990. Transferred to Campbell River by 1992.
6724-6725, 6727		1991	OBI	Orion I 01.507	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Voith D863.3 3 speed	Transferred in 1992.
6777		1981	OBI	Orion I 01.504	Detroit Diesel 6V53N	Allison MT-643	Transferred from Port Alberni in February 2001. Transferred to Cowichan Valley in 2002.
6787-6789		1989	OBI	Orion I 01.507	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison HTB-748	Transferred to Comox Valley in 1991.
8002, 8006		1991	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Voith D863.3	8002 transferred from Central Fraser Valley in January 2012. 8006 transferred from storage same time.
8012, 8026-8027		1992	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Voith D863.3
8034-8035, 8041, 8043, 8047		1994	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3
8070, 8077, 8085-8092		1995	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3
8105, 8107, 8112, 8116-8117		1996	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	8105, 8107, 8112, 8117 transferred from Victoria during NextRide installation in 2017.
8600-8601		1990	OBI	Orion V 05.501	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison HTB-748
8907		1987	GMDD	TC40-102N Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V731	Equipped with Telma 4 Stage retarder. Ex-CMBC 4132.
8914		1989	MCI	TC40-102N Classic	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison V731	Equipped with Telma 4 Stage retarder. Ex-CMBC 4186.
9083, 9085		2001	TransBus	Dart SLF (35')/Pointer 2	Cummins ISBe-215	Voith D823.3E	9083 transferred to Comox Valley. 9085 transferred to Victoria.
9222, 9224-9228		2006	Nova Bus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5
9260, 9262-9264		2007	Nova Bus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5
9286-9289		2008	Nova Bus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5
9718-9737		1996	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3
9752		1996	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Allison B400R	Ex-CMBC 7161. Transferred from Victoria in April 2015.
9815-9816		1998	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	Transferred from Victoria in 2013. Transferred to Victoria in 2017.
9831-9833, 9845-9846		1998	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	9831-9833 transferred from Kamloops in July 2015. 9832-9833 transferred to Victoria in mid/late 2016. 9845-9846 transferred to Victoria in 2017.
9864		1998	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	Transferred from storage in January 2020.
9891		1998	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	Transferred from Victoria in February 2011. Transferred to Victoria in January 2017.

Community Shuttle

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
2375		2012	Chevrolet/Arboc	4500/SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L
2388-2389		2013	Chevrolet/ARBOC	4500/SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L
2589		2015	Chevrolet/ARBOC	4500/SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L

HandyDART

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
C917		1999	Ford/CBB	E-450/Polar III			Sold to School District 64.
C987-C990		2005	Ford/CBB	E-450/Polar III
2118-2119		2007	Ford/CBB	E-450/Polar III
2141, 2158-2159		2008	Ford/CBB	E-450/Polar III
2209-2210, 2212		2009	Ford/CBB	E-450/Polar III
2331		2012	Chevrolet/ARBOC	4500/SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L		2331 transferred from 100 Mile House in 2017.
2443-2444		2013	Chevrolet/ARBOC	4500/SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L
2453-2454, 2482, 2510-2511, 2513-2515		2014	Chevrolet/Arboc	4500/SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L
2592, 2601, 2604		2015	Chevrolet/ARBOC	4500/SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L