Réseau de transport de la Capitale
| Réseau de transport de la Capitale | |
|---|---|
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters |
Quebec , Canada
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| Web presence | RTC website |
| owner | City of Quebec |
| Board | Remy Normand (President) |
| Operations management | Alain Mercier (General Manager) |
| Employee | 1,615 (2013) |
| Lines | |
| bus | 135 (including 13 night bus) |
| number of vehicles | |
| other vehicles | 620 buses |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 46.8 million (2013) |
| Stops | 4,591 |
| Catchment area | Québec , Boischatel , L'Ancienne-Lorette , Shannon , Wendake , Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures |
| Residents in the catchment area |
0.572 million |
| Length of line network | |
| Bus routes | 870 km |
The Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC, German: "Transport Network of the Capital") is a company responsible for public transport in the Canadian city of Québec and the surrounding area. It was founded in 1970 and has been operating under its current name since 2002. The RTC operates an 870 km long bus network with 135 lines . In 2013 a total of 46.8 million passengers were transported with 620 buses.
history
The history of local public transport began in 1845 with the introduction of a horse-drawn bus service between Québec and Cap-Rouge. Twenty years later, the Quebec Street Railway Company opened the first horse-drawn tram in the Lower City , which ran until 1897. Also in 1897, the Quebec District Railway Company (QDRC) put the first electric tram into operation. The QDRC was taken over by the Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company (QRL & P) in 1899 . After the first bus routes were set up in 1938, ten years later the tram network was converted to bus operation. Until 1957 an Interurban operated between Québec and the pilgrimage site of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré . From 1957 to 1970, local public transport, which now only consists of bus lines, was in the hands of the Québec-Autobus company .
In 1969, the National Assembly of Québec decided to set up a public transport company for the Québec region. A year later, the Commission de transport de la communauté urbaine de Québec (CTCUQ) was founded, which until 1976 took over several small bus companies in the suburbs that were still independent at the time. The first bus lanes were created in 1975, followed two years later by the first express line, and in 1979 the opening of the main operations center that still exists today. The implementation of an action plan in 1992 resulted in a significant expansion of the bus network and various operational improvements. In 1994, the CTCUQ was renamed Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Québec (STCUQ). With the incorporation of several suburbs, the company got its current name in 2002.
offer
The basic offer of the RTC consists of five different types of bus routes.
- Métrobus: 4 lines (numbers 800 to 803) with high frequency on the most important main traffic axes, exclusively with articulated buses and mostly on separate bus lanes.
- Bus: 60 ordinary lines (numbers 1 to 199) that connect individual parts of the city and industrial areas. Several lines do not operate on weekends.
- Express: 57 express bus routes (numbers 214 to 584) during rush hour.
- Écolobus: 1 line (number 21) with all-electric buses that connect various attractions in Old Québec.
- Couche-tard: 13 night lines (numbers 907 to 992)
In addition, the RTC operates several park-and-ride spaces, a taxi bus service for remote parts of the city and a transport service for people with reduced mobility.
For connections via the Quebec Bridge in the neighboring town of Lévis is Société de transport de Lévis responsible.
vehicles
The vehicle fleet in 2013 comprised 620 buses, mostly low-floor vehicles from the Canadian manufacturer Nova Bus . Of these, 524 were standard buses, 87 articulated buses, 8 electric buses and 1 hybrid bus.
Standard bus
Articulated bus on one of the Métrobus lines
Heated bus stop at the university
Écolobus in the old town
Card reader for the OPUS chip card
Tariff system
Contactless chip cards have been used on the entire RTC network and for all types of tickets since 2008 . The OPUS card is rechargeable and can also be used on most other transport companies in the province of Québec. Four different types of tickets can be stored on one card. Single tickets can also be purchased without an OPUS card, but the exact fare has to be paid as the bus drivers do not give change.
Web links
- Réseau de transport de la Capitale (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Rapport d'activité. (PDF, 1.4 MB) Réseau de transport de Québec, 2014, accessed on September 15, 2014 (French).
- ^ A b David A. Wyatt: Transit History of Quebec, Quebec. University of Manitoba, April 13, 2011, accessed October 1, 2014 .
- ↑ a b L'entreprise. Réseau de transport de Québec, 2014, accessed October 1, 2014 (French).