Sunshine Coast Regional Transit System

Sunshine Coast Regional Transit System serves the regional district of Sunshine Coast, British Columbia. Funding is provided by the Sunshine Coast Regional District. Planning and administrative support is provided by BC Transit. Service is operated by the Sunshine Coast Regional District.

History

• January 1 1982 System begins opereration as Sunshine Coast Paratransit system, offering limited fixed route and on demand accessible service. Contracted operator was Sunshine Coast Community Services Society. Eventually Sunshine Coast Regional District assumed the contract for this service.
• August 1 1989 Conventional system begins operations as Sunshine Coast Transit system. Paratransit system continues, now exclusively focused on accessible on demand service, by late 2000s paratransit systems across the province allowed by BC Transit to brand their door to door accessible services as handyDART service.

Routes

Current

• 1 Langdale Ferry / Sechelt
• 2 West Sechelt
• 3 Sechelt Arena
• 4 Halfmoon Bay
• 90 Sechelt / Gibsons-Langdale Ferry Express

Active Roster

Conventional

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
4028-4033		2017	Grande West	Vicinity 30'	Cummins B6.7	Voith D864.6
9224-9231		2006	Nova Bus	LFS	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.5	9225-9228 transferred from Nanaimo in Summer 2014. 9224, 9229-9231 transferred from Chilliwack in March 2015.

HandyDART

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
2680-2682		2018	Chevrolet Arboc	4500 SOM 28	GMC Vortec 6.0L

Transferred/Retired Roster

Conventional

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
786		1972	GMDD	T6H-4521 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VS2-6	Transferred from Vancouver (Oakridge) in 1996. Transferred to Whistler in 1999.
4024		2017	Grande West	Vicinity 30'	Cummins B6.7	Voith D864.6
5881		1981	GMDD	T6H-5307N New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison V730	Transferred from Kamloops in February 2006. Transferred to Comox Valley in 2006.
6151		1969	GMDD	T6H-4521 New Look	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VH9	Transferred from Victoria 773 in 1996.
6707-6708		1981	OBI	Orion I 01.501	Detroit Diesel 6V53N	Allison MT-643
8035		1994	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	Transferred from Victoria Transferred back in March 2012.
8078-8079 8083, 8085, 8091 8093-8094		1995	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3
9058		2000	TransBus	Dart SPD (35')/Pointer 2	Cummins ISB	Voith D823.3E	Transferred from Vernon in March 2015. Returned to storage in 2015.
9749		1996	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Voith D863.3	Transferred from Campbell River in January 2012. Transferred to Kelowna in 2013.
9752, 9755		1996	New Flyer	D40LF	Detroit Diesel Series 50	Allison B400R	9752 transferred from Nanaimo in June 2017. 9755 transferred from storage in Whistler in 2017.

HandyDART

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
C411		1997	Ford Corbeil	E-450 Corbeil
C555		1996	Ford CBB	E-450 Polar II			Transferred to Cowichan Valley Paratransit.
C580-C581		1997	Ford CBB	E-450 Polar II
C603		1989	Ford Champion	E-350 Champion
C953		2001	Ford CBB	E-450 Polar III
C974		2003	Ford CBB	E-450 Polar III
2007		2005	Ford CBB	E-450 Polar V
22113		2007	Ford CBB	E-450 Polar V
2173		2009	Ford CBB	E-450 Polar V
2403, 2411 2423		2013	Chevrolet Arboc	4500 SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L
2579		2015	Chevrolet Arboc	4500 SOM28D	GMC Duramax 6.6L		Transferred to Vernon October 2018.
6957		1986	Ford Weco	E-350 Weco
6997		1987	Ford Champion	E-350 Champion