Transcollines

Transcollines is a public transit agency serving the Regional County Municipalities of Pontiac and Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais in Quebec, Canada.

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History

In 2011, the Regional Municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais looked into the possibility of replacing bus service contracted by the Société de transport de l'Outaouais with a distinct transit network and combining it with the existing regional paratransit system.
A transit agency was formed in 2013 to replace all the existing agencies. A contract was granted to Autobus Campeau, and after some delays, service began on June 15, 2015.
In its first year of service, Transcollines made 180,000 trips and had 270 regular users with monthly passes. In 2018, there were 261,768 trips and 494 regular monthly users. In 2023, there were 203,210 trips made.

Service

Transcollines has four types of bus service:

Fixed-route scheduled bus and minibus service
Intercity coach service between L'Isle-aux-Alumettes and Ottawa
On-demand service
Paratransit

Routes

Routes are numbered according to their location:

Route 910 is in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality
Routes 920 to 929 are in La Pêche and Chelsea
Routes 930 to 939 are in Cantley
Routes 940 to 949 are in Val-des-Monts
Routes 990 to 999 operate on-demand only

All routes except route 924 run on weekdays only.

Fleet

Originally, the fleet had 11 vehicles, 7 of which were for the paratransit service; since then, that number has grown to 14 vehicles, most of which have bike racks and Wi-Fi.

Park-and-rides

The system has 12 park-and-rides, five of which have bus shelters.