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Revision as of 01:30, 29 January 2011
This article is a list of all of the Réseau de transport de la Capitale's routes, along with a brief explanation on each type of route.
Note: all destination names are listed in their original French name, as given by the RTC's website.
Metrobus routes
Metrobus routes are the RTC's rapid transit service. They are the core of Quebec city's public transit system. They are designed to provide service to commercial areas, government buildings, and large population centres, and circulate on bus lanes throughout the majority of their course.
Routes 800 and 801 circulate on the same roads for approximately 40% of their course, from downtown Quebec all the way through the Marly terminus at Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy.
# | Area of service | Destination 1 | Destination 2 |
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800 | Beauport | Terminus La Cimenterie | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy |
801 | Charlesbourg | Terminus du Zoo | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy |
802 | Limoilou & Vanier | Station Belvédère | Terminus Beauport |
Regular routes
Regular routes (marketed as leBus by the RTC) are routes designed to provide service to population centres by circulating through residential areas and local boulevards. While the majority of them are offered 7 days a week, a handful were created specifically for industrial workers and such, and are not offered during weekends (those routes are indicated by a light gray row in the table below). In addition, routes in the 100 series are accelerated versions of their regular counterparts (e.g. 111 is an accelerated 11) and do not operate on weekends. Those are indicated by a light blue background in the table.
# | Destination 1 | Destination 2 |
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1 | Gare Maritime | Station Belvédère |
1X | Gare Fluviale | Colline Parlementaire |
3 | Sainte-Odile | Colline Parlementaire |
4 | Maizerets | Place Jacques-Cartier |
7 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Place d'Youville / Place Jacques-Cartier / Vieux Québec |
9 | Parc Colbert Est | Place Jacques-Cartier |
10 | Collège F.-X.-Garneau | Charest O./Marie-de-l'Incarnation |
11 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Place d'Youville / Vieux Québec |
13 | Sainte-Foy Centre > Chemin St-Louis > Du Versant-Nord | Sainte-Foy Centre > Du Versant-Nord > Chemin St-Louis |
14 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Cap-Rouge |
15 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Cap-Rouge |
16 | Sainte-Foy Centre via Sillery | Université Laval via Sillery |
18 | Université Laval | Gare du Palais |
22 | Parc Industriel Carillon | Sainte-Foy Centre |
25 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Place d'Youville / Gare du Palais |
28 | 48e rue Est | Colline Parlementaire |
29 | Parc Colbert Ouest | Place Jacques-Cartier |
31 | Lac Saint-Charles | Terminus du Zoo |
32 | Lac Clément | Terminus du Zoo |
33 | Parc Industriel Charlesbourg | Terminus du Zoo |
34 | Des Laurentides | Terminus du Zoo |
36 | Station des Roses | Place Jacques-Cartier |
37 | 41e rue Est / Colline Parlementaire | Terminus Charlesbourg / Jean-Talon Ouest |
39 | 41e rue Est | Terminus du Zoo |
44 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | Terminus Beauport |
50 | Courville / Boischatel | Terminus la Cimenterie |
52 | Bourg-Royal | Terminus Charlesbourg |
53 | Montmorency / Courville | Place Jacques-Cartier |
54 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | Terminus Beauport |
55 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | Terminus Beauport |
57 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | Terminus Beauport |
58 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | Terminus Beauport |
59 | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux | Terminus Charlesbourg |
60 | Terminus Les Saules | Terminus Beauport |
64 | Lebourgneuf | Place Jacques-Cartier |
65 | Lebourgneuf | Colline Parlementaire |
70 | Loretteville | |
72 | Loretteville | Terminus Charlesbourg |
74 | Val-Bélair | Place Jacques-Cartier |
75 | Lebourgneuf | Loretteville |
77 | Val-Bélair & Base Militaire | Terminus Les Saules |
78 | Aéroport Intl. Jean-Lesage | Terminus Les Saules |
79 | L'ancienne-Lorette / Belvédère | Terminus Les Saules |
80 | L'ancienne-Lorette | Place Jacques-Cartier |
81 | Terminus du Zoo | Terminus Les Saules |
82 | Lac St-Charles | Place Jacques-Cartier |
84 | Neufchâtel | Place Jacques-Cartier |
85 | Lebourgneuf | Place Jacques-Cartier |
86 | Terminus Les Saules | Place Jacques-Cartier / Colline Parlementaire |
87 | Loretteville / Wilfrid-Caron/Racine | Sainte-Foy Centre |
88 | Parc Technologique | Terminus Les Saules |
89 | Loretteville | Terminus du Zoo |
92 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Saint-Augustin |
93 | Sainte-Foy Centre / Cégep Sainte-Foy | Champigny |
94 | Collège F.X.-Garneau | Saint-Augustin |
95 | Collège F.X.-Garneau | Saint-Augustin |
107 | Gare du Palais | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy |
111 | Place d'Youville | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy |
125 | Gare du Palais | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy |
133 | Colline Parlementaire | Montagne-des-Roches |
136 | Colline Parlementaire | Station des Roses |
185 | Station Belvédère / Sainte-Foy Centre | Neufchâtel |
Destinations in italics only receive service on weekdays during rush hours.
Sometimes, the RTC will truncate certain routes. Usually the truncated version of a route immediately precedes the departure of a regular version of the route (between 2 and 5 minutes before). Those departures are rarely announced in bus schedules.
In practice, when a bus operates on a truncated route, its indicator panel only indicates the route number with an X next to it and the route name is Parcours raccourci ("truncated route"); the route number cardboard in the windscreen is flipped over to show the 'X' side, and next to it is another piece cardboard with the bus' destination written on it.
Express routes
Express routes (marketed as eXpress by the RTC) are routes designed to connect students and workers from the suburbs of Quebec City to their workplace or school establishment either in downtown Quebec (200 series) or the Sainte-Foy area (300 series). As a general rule, express routes have the majority of their morning departures towards Quebec/Sainte-Foy, and most of their afternoon departures towards the suburbs, though there are exceptions. Some express routes in the 300 series even offer a single departure around 9 PM, to accomodate students with evening classes.
Generally, express route numerotation tends to follow the regular route numerotation (i.e. routes 277 and 377 loosely correspond regular route 77).
# | Destination | Suburb |
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214 | Gare du Palais | Cap-Rouge |
215 | Gare du Palais | Cap-Rouge |
230 | Colline Parlementaire | Terminus du Zoo |
236 | Colline Parlementaire | Station des Roses |
238 | Colline Parlementaire | Guillaume-Mathieu |
239 | Colline Parlementaire | Terminus du Zoo |
250 | Colline Parlementaire | Courville / Boischatel |
251 | Colline Parlementaire | Courville |
254 | Colline Parlementaire | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux |
255 | Colline Parlementaire | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux |
272 | Colline Parlementaire | Loretteville |
273 | Colline Parlementaire | Loretteville Sud |
274 | Colline Parlementaire | Neufchâtel |
277 | Colline Parlementaire | Val-Bélair |
279 | Colline Parlementaire | L'ancienne-Lorette |
280 | Colline Parlementaire | L'ancienne-Lorette |
281 | Colline Parlementaire | Neufchâtel |
282 | Colline Parlementaire | Lac St-Charles |
283 | Gare du Palais | Champigny |
284 | Colline Parlementaire | Loretteville |
289 | Colline Parlementaire | Saint-Émile |
290 | Vieux Québec | Loretteville |
294 | Place Jacques-Cartier | Saint-Augustin |
295 | Place Jacques-Cartier | Saint-Augustin |
# | Destination | Suburb |
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315 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Cap-Rouge |
330 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Terminus Charlesbourg |
331 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Terminus du Zoo |
332 | Saint-Émile | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy |
336 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Station des Roses |
337 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Terminus du Zoo |
338 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Guillaume-Mathieu |
350 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Courville / Boischatel |
354 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux |
355 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux |
358 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Sainte-Thérèse-de-Lisieux |
372 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Lac St-Charles |
374 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Neufchâtel |
377 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Val-Bélair |
380 | Sainte-Foy Centre | L'ancienne-Lorette |
381 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Neufchâtel |
382 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Saint-Émile |
384 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Loretteville |
390 | Sainte-Foy Centre | Terminus Les Saules |
391 | Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy | Terminus Les Saules |