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==Fares==
==Fares==
[[Image:RTC_DEPLIANTS_TARIFS.jpg|thumb|170px|right|Front cover of fares pamphlet.]]
[[Image:RTC_DEPLIANTS_TARIFS.jpg|thumb|170px|right|Front cover of fares pamphlet.]]
The following is a comprehensive table of the RTC's fares as of 2010:
The following is a comprehensive table of the RTC's fares as of March 2011:


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| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''General''' || align="center" | 73.10$ || align="center" | 108.90$ || align="center" | 2.50$ || rowspan="4" align="center" | 6.45$* || rowspan="4" align="center" | 2.60$ || rowspan="4" align="center" | 1.00$
| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''General''' || align="center" | 74.75$ || align="center" | 111.25$ || align="center" | 2.55$ || rowspan="4" align="center" | 6.70$* || rowspan="4" align="center" | 2.75$ || rowspan="4" align="center" | 1.00$
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| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''Elderly''' || align="center" | 33.65$ || align="center" | 69.15$ || align="center" | 1.75$
| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''Elderly''' || align="center" | 34.50$ || align="center" | 70.65$ || align="center" | 1.80$
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| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''Students (18 and over)''' || rowspan="2" align="center" | 49.05$ || rowspan="2" align="center" | 87.85$ || align="center" | 2.50$
| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''Students (18 and over)''' || rowspan="2" align="center" | 50.25$ || rowspan="2" align="center" | 89.70$ || align="center" | 2.55$
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| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''18 years and younger''' || align="center" | 1.75$
| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''18 years and younger''' || align="center" | 1.80$
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| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''5 years and younger''' || colspan="6" align="center" | Free
| style="background-color:#EDEDED;" | '''5 years and younger''' || colspan="6" align="center" | Free

Revision as of 22:39, 14 March 2011

Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC)
RTC logo
Réseau de transport de la capitale logo
Slogan Des solutions qui nous transportent - Solutions to ride with
Official Name Société de transport de Québec (STQ)
Head office and main depot 720 des Rocailles,Quebec
Transit information center 884 Saint-Joachim,Quebec
Metrobus Depot 7555 Armand-Viau,Quebec
Employees 1,478
Bus drivers 891
Routes 109
Stops 4,700
Customers per day (approx.) 64,600
Buses 593
Statistics accurate as of December 31, 2009
(some updated in November 2010.)

The Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC) is the public transport network operating in Quebec City. The RTC was established on June 1, 2002. The company has undergone three name changes throughout the years:

The RTC offers a variety of services to all the Quebec City area and, via contract, to the towns of Boischatel and Shannon/Valcartier military base.

Timeline

1969-70
Creation of the CTCUQ by acquiring and merging the following bus operators:
  • Quebec Autobus
  • Fournier Autobus
  • Charlesbourg Autobus
  • Vanier Autobus
  • Boischatel
1972
CTCUQ acquires Autobus Dupont.
1976
CTCUQ acquires Autobus Laval Ltée.
A typical RTC bus flag
1979
Current depot is opened, replacing the depot located at the Charest/Marie de l'Incarnation intersection.
1986
Des rocailles depot is expanded.
1992
Major reorganisation of public transit
  • Creation of Metrobus Routes
  • Express routes are doubled
  • Basic network restructuring
  • Creation of late night services
2001
Creation of STCUQ web page.
2002
To reflect municipal merging, STCUQ becomes RTC on June 19th.
2007
Ecolobus pilot project is launched.
2008
Ecolobus project is officially launched. OPUS smart card introduced.
Native itinerary generator Trajecto is launched, after the RTC declined Google's offer for Google Transit because the Trajecto project was too far into development to be abandoned.
2009
The RTC finally finishes building its Metrobus garage, and begins acquiring articulated buses.
Independent programmer and Aragosoft founder Martin Demers publishes an iPhone/iPod Touch application dedicated to consulting RTC bus schedules offline, with no support or endorsement from the transit company.
2010
1$ Fare introduced on Ecolobus service.
Paper tickets removed from circulation and offered exclusively on OPUS smart card. Paper tickets still accepted.
Tests on newly acquired hybrid bus are successful; the RTC announces that it will order 100 more hybrid vehicles during the next few years.
2011
The RTC's position on Google Transit changed mid-January, and by February 4th, the RTC becomes available on Google Transit, meaning transit users with mobile phones are now able to plan itineraries on the go using Google Maps technology.

Routes

See also: List of RTC routes


In August 2008, the RTC introduced four new logos, one for each type of service the company offers. These logos can be found on printed schedules, bus-stop timetables, in advertisments, on the bus routes map and on certain bus stop signs (Metrobus only). The services are as follows:


Metrobus: routes 800-802

Métrobus service logo.

The word "Métrobus" is a portmanteau of "métro" (the French word for subway) and "bus"; the word métro itself is short for métropolitain (metropolitan), meaning that metrobuses are intended to offer a city-wide service (akin to one offered by a subway system), by providing convenient access to the very edges of the urban community - from Courville (800) or Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides (801) all the way to Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy - without the need for numerous, tedious connections. Metrobus routes therefore provide service to some of the major RTC terminals, many commercial areas (such as shopping malls) as well as government buildings, and travel along the most populated areas of the city. They do so 7 days a week, and offer late-night service on Friday and Saturday nights.

Routes 800 and 801 follow the same trajectory for approximately 40% of their length. On the shared portion of the route, the service is able to provide a frequency of 3 to 5 minutes at rush hour, and 6 to 10 minutes during regular hours. In their separate part, the frequency is noticeably lower; a Metrobus will pass every 10 minutes at rush hour, and every 15 minutes at any other time (and during the weekends). The Metrobuses carry about 40% of RTC customers.

Route 802 is a shorter, denser Metrobus route which replaces former route 12. It follows roughly the same path as route 1 for the first part of the course, with its departure being at Station Belvédère (a major connection point in the network, allowing for a connection with, amongst others, routes 800 and 801), but branches off in the Vanier area where it provides service to Place Fleur-de-Lys, ExpoCité and the Institut de Réadaptation en Déficience Physique du Québec (Quebec institute for the readaptation of the physically deficient). It then goes by the Limoilou area, and finishes at Terminus Beauport, connecting once more with route 800 as well as a handful of regular routes (including route 60).

History

The original 800 and 801 routes were created in 1992 by replacing and expanding route 8. The 802 route was created in 2008, replacing route 12 and making slight modifications to it to make it more time-efficient.

In the near future, a Metrobus 803 will replace current route 60, with some significant changes to the route itself, a largely improved frequency and reduced number of stops. The RTC intends to launch route 803 in August 2011.

A Metrobus 804 is also planned (albeit much later), which will replace route 87. Again, a few changes will be made to the route as a whole, the main modifications mostly regarding the frequency and number of stops. As of January 2011, no fixed date for the launching of route 804 has been officially announced, though some speculate that it could be as late as 2015.

Since late 2009, routes 800 and 801 are mostly (but not exclusively) operated by NovaBUS Artic articulated buses. According to a RTC official, no plans currently exist to assign articulated buses to route 802, although the idea has not been rejected.

leBus: routes 1-185

leBus service logo.

leBus ("the Bus") routes provide service to all of Quebec City, mostly serving as a link between residential and commercial areas, through local streets and boulevards.

As a general rule of thumb:

  • Routes 10-29 operate in the Sainte-Foy/La Cité/Limoilou axis of operation;
  • Routes 30-39 operate in the Charlesbourg area;
  • Routes 44, 50-59 operate in the Beauport area;
  • Routes 60, 64 and 65 operate in the Lebourgneuf area;
  • Routes 70-89 generally tend to operate in the Les Saules area, though there are a few exceptions (such as route 72 or route 89, for example).
  • Routes 92, 94 and 95 operate in Saint-Augustin.

Routes 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9 have no genuine common area of service, but all five pass through the Jacques-Cartier terminus in downtown Quebec.

This service is offered on an everyday, all-day basis with a few exceptions:

  • Routes 9, 22, 29, 33, 57, 70, 78, 85 and 88 are routes that were created specifically for people who work in industrial areas, and are offered exclusively on weekdays during rush hour, with the exception of route 85 which offers limited service during weekends.
Route 70 is an extension of route 87, and becomes a #87 upon finishing its one and only run of the day.
  • Routes 65, 94 and 95 are only offered during weekdays, and only during rush hours.
Route 65 is a modified, more direct version of route 64, and completely replaces it during rush hours (towards Quebec during the morning, and towards Lebourgneuf during the afternoon).
Routes 94 and 95 are modified versions of route 92. Whereas route 92 comes to an end at the intercity coach terminal in Sainte-Foy, routes 94 and 95 continue on until they reach François-Xavier-Garneau College. Route 92 remains active during 94/95 service.
  • Route 59 does not operate during weekends

Routes 107, 111, 125, 133, 136 and 185, despite being part of the leBus series, are in fact accelerated routes which loosely correspond their regular-service counterparts, but do not service every stop they encounter. They are offered exclusively during weekdays at rush hours.

Route 185 provides two departures outside rush hour (one in the morning and one during late afternoon).

eXpress: routes 215-391

eXpress service logo.

Express routes are a weekday-only, rush hour service intended to accommodate office workers and students who live in the suburbs of Quebec city, but work either in downtown Quebec or in Sainte-Foy.

For this reason, express routes are divided into two categories, namely the 200's and the 300's. Express routes in 200 series (214-295) connect residential suburbs to downtown Quebec and the parliament hill in the morning (and the other way around in the afternoon). Routes in the 300 (315-391) series connect those suburbs to the sector of Sainte-Foy in the morning (once more, with a trip back to the suburbs in the afternoon). The only notable exception is route 332, which brings its passengers to its suburb (Saint-Rodrigue) in the morning, and back to Sainte-Foy in the afternoon.

A few of the Sainte-Foy (300) express routes offer an extra departure towards the suburbs in the evening; this is mostly to accommodate university students who have evening classes. A handful of major express routes (e.g. 330, 350) offer regular morning service in one direction, and regular afternoon/evening service in the other.

In general, express routes tend to reflect the number of their leBus counterpart (e.g. routes 277 and 377 follow the general path of route 77, then take the expressway to Quebec and Sainte-Foy respectively), though it is not always the case (e.g. route 332 is completely unrelated to route 32).

As of 2008, express routes carry an estimated 10% of RTC customers.

écolobus: route 21

écolobus service logo.

During the spring of 2007, the RTC initiated a pilot project experimenting with the use of fully electric vehicles in the historic parts of town. The project was a success, and the company purchased eight Technobus Gulliver minibuses from the Italian company in 2008 (in addition to the test vehicle purchased in 2007, which was never put in revenue service).

The project started out as a free service. Since July 5th 2010 however, a fare of 1$ was established in order to offer fair competition to taxi drivers who actively complained about the service being free of charge. Users with a monthly pass or a single-day pass may use those to board the ecolobus (tickets are also valid but wasteful since they are worth more than the standard one-dollar fare).

These buses often make the headlines, especially during the winter, due to their poor mechanical performance and battery issues.

Fares

Front cover of fares pamphlet.

The following is a comprehensive table of the RTC's fares as of March 2011:

User category Monthly pass Monthly pass + STLevis pass Ticket Single-day pass Cash écolobus
General 74.75$ 111.25$ 2.55$ 6.70$* 2.75$ 1.00$
Elderly 34.50$ 70.65$ 1.80$
Students (18 and over) 50.25$ 89.70$ 2.55$
18 years and younger 1.80$
5 years and younger Free
*Note: on days during which Saturday/Sunday service is offered, this method of payment is valid for two people, regardless of age.


Paying in cash allows users to ask for a special ticket, enabling a connection with an unlimited number of buses (provided the route is different from the one the connection was issued on), for a period of 90 minutes. Paying with an electronic (OPUS card) ticket allows for the same connection to be made, albeit for a period of 120 minutes.

It should be noted that as of October 1st 2010, tickets are sold exclusively in electronic format, and in lots of four only. Paper tickets purchased prior to October 1st are still being accepted; however, while paper tickets are also eligible for the same physical paper connection ticket as cash payment, it will only be valid for 90 minutes rather than 120.

When the RTC discontinued paper tickets, it also introduced a new, special smart card called the "Occasional" smart card. Unlike the regular OPUS card, which has a one-time cost upon purchase, this card is completely free. However, it can only hold 12 tickets at any given time (the regular OPUS can hold 20), and it cannot be refilled. Once all tickets are exhausted, the card becomes unusable and must be thrown away.

Fleet number info

All vehicles in the RTC's fleet bear a unique four-digit identification number. More often than not, the first two digits indicate the year of purchase, and the last two are an arbitrary sequential number assigned at the garage upon reception of the vehicles.

For instance: vehicle 0821 was the 21st vehicle received in 2008.

There are, however, some misleading fleet numbers. For example, buses numbered 02xx were purchased in 2003.


In addition, some vehicles may bear a letter in front of the four-digit number.


A (obsolete)
Formerly assigned to Articulated buses. Only two buses were ever assigned this letter, namely A9225 and A9226.
B (semi-obsolete)
Formerly assigned to vehicles with Baultar driver seats. As of fall 2010, used on a bus with a Banque Laurentienne wrapper.
C (obsolete)
Formerly used to indicate vehicles equipped with passenger counters.
Used in January/February 2011 on buses wrapped for the Carnaval de Québec.
D
Used in 2009 for buses with a Desjardins wrapper (for the Desjardins shuttle #400)
d
Used in 2010 for buses with a Desjardins wrapper. The lowercase D's used were actually the now-obsolete letter P (see below), rotated to resemble a d.
H
Formerly used on all-day (fr Habituel) buses (as opposed to Limited buses - see below). Currently used on Hybrid vehicle H1001.
L
Indicates that bus is on Limited use (only gets out of the garage to perform minimal rush-hour service). Usually, buses older than six years receive the limited status.
M
This letter has served different purposes throughout the years. Initially, it stood for Maquillé, which is the French word for "wrapped". It indicated that the vehicle boasted a special wrapping (usually an advert, but not always so) instead of the usual livery.
Now however, M stands for Metrobus, and means that a non-articulated vehicle is stored in the Metrobus garage. For quite some time, it was the case for most of the 3rd-gen NovaBUS LFS from the 09xx series. As of February 2011, however, most (if not all) of them were transferred to the regular depot and therefore lost this letter.
P (obsolete)
Formerly used on buses with prototype electronic Perception (for the then-pilot OPUS cards).
R (obsolete)
Formerly assigned to vehicles with Recaro driver seats.
S (semi-obsolete)
Formerly assigned to buses with Ski racks. Recently, buses have been sighted bearing this letter; it is currently presumed that it is either a reference to the advert on the side-wrap, or to the fact that it has, quite simply, a Side-wrap.
T (obsolete)
Formerly indicated a Tripper, a bus that would run for very short periods of time on select routes.

Current roster

Fleet number range Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
9401-9461 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9403 2.JPG 1994 Nova Bus TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison VR731
  • Formerly STCUQ 9401-9461.
  • Rebuilt units in newer RTC livery
  • Some units have been retired
  • First year of Balios "Red" displays (1 line / 14 characters )
9501-9519 1995 Nova Bus TC40-102N Cummins C8.3 Allison B400R5
  • Formerly STCUQ 9501-9519.
  • Rebuilt units in newer RTC livery
  • Some units have been retired
  • L9509 has been retired after it caught fire
  • L9516 caught fire but was mended; still in service
9520-9551 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9535.JPG 1996 Nova Bus TC40-102N Cummins C8.3 Allison B400R5
  • Formerly STCUQ 9520-9551.
  • Rebuilt units in newer RTC livery
  • L9531 and L9548 caught fire but were mended; L9531 still in service
9601-9635 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9608.JPG 1996 Nova Bus LFS Cummins C8.3 Allison B400R5
  • Formerly STCUQ 9601-9635.
  • All in newer RTC livery
  • L9610 caught fire and was retired
9801-9810 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9806.JPG 1998 Nova Bus LFS Cummins C8.3 ZF HP500
  • Formerly STCUQ 9801-9810.
  • All in newer RTC livery
  • 9807 was wrapped for "L'escouade RTC" during the summer of 2008
9901-9925 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9909.jpg 1999 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF HP500
  • Formerly STCUQ 9901-9925.
  • First year of Balios orange single line display
  • All in newer RTC livery
0001-0025 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0007.JPG 2000 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
  • Formerly STCUQ 0001-0025.
  • All in newer RTC livery
0101-0125 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0112.JPG 2001 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC Allison B400R5
  • Formerly STCUQ 0101-0125.
  • All in newer RTC livery
0201-0245 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0202.JPG 2003 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
  • All in newer RTC livery
0301-0335 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0328.JPG 2003 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
  • All in newer RTC livery
  • L0301 equipped with test Balios two-line display (rear display identical to 04xx)
0401-0416 File:Reseau de transport de la capitale 0416-a.jpg 2004 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL ZF 6HP552C
  • First year of Balios two-line display; rear display smaller than later LFS's
  • All in newer RTC livery
0417-0431 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0420.JPG 2004 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISC ZF 5HP552C
  • All in newer RTC livery
0501-0531 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0530 8.jpg 2005 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL ZF 6HP552C
  • All in newer RTC livery
0601-0631 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0608.jpg 2006 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL ZF 6HP552C
  • 0603 to 0605 were used as test buses for new Baultar driver seats.
  • 0610 featured an experimental AESYS multicolor sign, removed in December 2008.
  • All in newer RTC livery
0701-0750 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0701.jpg 2007 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
  • All in newer RTC livery
  • Frontal RTC logo unusually high on certain units
  • 0731 to 0750 feature Baultar driver seats
  • First year of Cummins ISL "red engine"
0801-0852 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0822.jpg 2008 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
  • All in newer RTC livery
  • 0801 to 0830 originaly featured Baultar driver seating, now all 08xx feature Baultar seating
0890-0897 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 0890.JPG 2008 Technobus Gulliver ZF
  • In special RTC Ecolobus livery
0901-0921 File:Reseau de transport de la capitale 0905.jpg 2009 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
  • All in newer RTC livery
  • Feature a new electronic "stop requested" sound
  • Mark the return of Baultar seats
  • Last series of bus equipped with American Seating 6468 passenger seats
0922-0936 File:Réseau de Transport de la Capitale 0928.jpg 2009 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
  • First 3rd generation LFS at RTC
  • First buses to features InSight seats with RTC logo inserts
  • Feature a single, wider front door
  • Only 31 seats rather than 34 on previous models (post-2004).
0951-0975 File:Réseau de Transport de la Capitale 0968.jpg 2009 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL ZF 6HP604C
  • All in special RTC Metrobus livery
  • Features Insight seats with Metrobus inserts
  • Are equipped with bike racks (summer season only)
  • Running on Metrobus 800 and 801
1001 File:Réseau de Transport de la Capitale 1001.jpg 2010 Nova Bus LFS HEV Cummins ISB Allison EP40
hybrid system
  • First (and only) HEV in the fleet
  • Delivered in standard RTC livery, later re-wrapped in special "Hybrid" livery
1002-1016 File:Réseau de Transport de la Capitale 1003.jpg 2010 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL9 Voith D864.5
  • In RTC newer livery
  • Front passenger-side seating arrangement slightly different from previous batch (1 seat lost)
1051-1070 File:Réseau de Transport de la Capitale 1057.jpg 2010 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL9 ZF 6AP1700B
  • All in special RTC Metrobus livery
  • Are equipped with bike racks (summer season only)
1151-1172 2010 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL9 ZF 6AP1700B
  • All in special RTC Metrobus livery
  • Delivered Dec. 2010

Future orders

Fleet number range Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
1101-1111 2010 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL9 Voith D864.5

Retired roster

Fleet number range Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
5101-5105, 5107, 5109-5110, 5113-5116, 5119-5121, 5126, 5134-5135, 5137, 5149 1982 GMDD T8H-5307A Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
7701-7737 1977 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 7701-7737.
7766, 7774, 7776 1977 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 7766, 7774 & 7776.
  • Ex. STRSM 7-709, 7-706 & 7-763.
7801-7856 1978 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 7801-7856.
  • These units were never rebuilt.
7863 1978 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 7863.
  • Ex. STCUM 21-040. Bought in 1997.
7901-7945 1979 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 7901-7945.
  • Most of these units were never rebuilt.
8001-8049 1980 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8001-8049.
  • * Most of these units were never rebuilt.
8101-8116 1981 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8101-8116.
8117-8121, 8180-8181, 8183 1981 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8117-8121, 8180-8181, 8183.
  • Ex. UTA 81xx.
  • Some were still painted in UTA with STCUQ logo.
8122-8130, 8142-8163 1981 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8122-8130, 8142-8163.
  • Ex. TTC 1xxx.
  • Some were still painted in UTA with STCUQ logo.
8131-8141 1981 GMDD T8H-5307A Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8164-8179, 8182, 8184-8188 1981 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8201-8226 1982 GMDD T6H-5307N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8201-8226.
8301-8310 1983 GMDD TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8301-8310.
8311-8346 1984 GMDD TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8311-8346.
  • 8345 is equipped with a 6V92TA engine.
8401-8424 1984 GMDD TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8401-8424.
8501-8549 File:Réseau de transport de la Capitale 8546-a.jpg 1985 GMDD TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
  • Formerly STCUQ 8501-8549.
  • 8528 equipped with a 6V92TA turbo engine
  • All painted in older blue STCUQ livery
  • 8536, 8539, 8544 to STO
8601-8625 File:Réseau de transport de la Capitale 8609-a.jpg 1986 GMDD TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V731
  • Formerly STCUQ 8601-8625.
  • 8615 equipped with a 6V92TA turbo engine
  • All painted in the older blue STCUQ livery
  • 8614, 8620, 8624 to STO
8550-8563 1986 GMDD T8H-5307A Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V730
8801-8804 1988 MCI TC40-102A Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V731
  • Formerly STCUQ 8801-8804.
  • Ex Grey Line buses which featured rear A/C units
  • These units were never rebuilt
8901-8912 1989 MCI TC40-102A Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V731
  • Formerly STCUQ 8901-8912.
  • Ex Grey Line buses which feature rear A/C units
  • These units were never rebuilt
9001-9012 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9008.JPG 1990 MCI TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison V731
  • Formerly STCUQ 9001-9012.
  • 9001 to 9004 sold to STLevis
  • 9006 to 9011 were last survivors
  • All still painted in older blue STCUQ livery
  • These units were never rebuilt.
9101-9127 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9113 4.JPG 1991 MCI TC40-102A Detroit Diesel 6V71N Allison V731
  • Formerly STCUQ 9101-9127.
  • L9124 was the last survivor; retired in July 2010.
  • L9104,9117,9119,9123,9125 and 9127 sold to Société de transport de Lévis
  • First year of Luminator displays
  • Some painted into RTC newer livery
  • Most unity were rebuilt
9225-9226 1992 MCI TC60-102N Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison VR731
  • Formerly STCUQ 9225-9226.
  • Only 2 articulated buses in the fleet up until their retirement in 2009
  • All still painted in older blue STCUQ livery
9201-9224 File:Réseau de transport de la capitale 9208.JPG 1992 MCI TC40-102N Detroit Diesel 6V92TA Allison VR731
  • Final three buses retired end august 2010
  • Formerly STCUQ 9201-9224.
  • 9205,9210,9212,9215,9217,9220,9223 and 9224 sold to STLevis
  • Last year of Luminator displays
  • Some painted into newer RTC livery
  • Most units were rebuilt.
9481-9484 1994 Orion 02.501 Cummins B5.9 Allison AT-545
  • Formerly STCUQ 9481-9484.
  • Saw minimal service between 1994 & 1997 due to mechanical problems.
  • All retired in 1997 and finally scrapped in spring 2009.
  • Painted in older blue STCUQ livery.

Demo roster

Fleet number range Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
2001 OBI Orion 07.501 HEV Cummins ISB Uses BAE Systems' HybriDrive system
  • Demo from Jul, 15 to Jul 18, 2003.
0350 2001 NFI DE40LF Cummins ISB GM-Allison EP40 Used the GM-Allison EP40 system.
  • Demo from Sept 5 to Sept 14, 2003.
  • Was never put in service
0650 2005 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL ZF 6HP602C
  • Prototype/Demo in service Feb 14 to Mar 3, 2006.
  • Nova Bus number for it was 190-01.
2006 Van Hool A300K Cummins ISB Voith D864.5
  • AC Transit 5102
  • One day demo - December 17th 2008
0780 2007 Technobus Gulliver ZF
  • Scrapped and used for parts.
0881 2008 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL Voith D864.5
  • Prototype/Demo in service Jan 21 to Mar 7, 2008.
  • Nova Bus number for it was 40881.
0882 2008 Nova Bus LFS Artic Cummins ISL ZF 6HP604C
  • Prototype/Demo in service Apr 14 to May 2, 2008 & Jul 31 to Aug 13, 2008.
  • Nova Bus number for it was 40882.
2009 Nova Bus LFS Cummins ISL
  • Demo from Nov. 18 to Nov. 25, 2008.
  • Nova Bus number for it was 358-1.

Leased bus roster

Fleet number range Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
2005 Ford/Girardin E-450/Futura Ford Power stroke 6.0L engine
  • Was leased on Sept. 22, 2005.

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