OC Transpo

OC Transpo is the public transport operator of the state capital of Canada, Ottawa. The company uses buses, a bus rapid transit network ( Transitway ), as well as rail vehicles. The Company connects Ottawa with Gatineau. Every day, an average of about 370,000 vehicles by OC Transpo.

History

Ottawa 's first public transport began in 1886 with horse-drawn carriages. The horse-drawn lines plying between New Edinburgh and the Chaudière Bridge. The horse-drawn carriage business was operated until 1981, after Thomas Ahearn founded the Ottawa Electric Railway Company. The private company offered to electric tram connections that were heated and perverted in the inner city.

Compounds

Bus

Currently, almost all of the public transport of the National Capital Region is served by buses. OC Transpo has 1,048 buses that offer multiple line connections. This is to solo buses and double-decker and articulated buses from different manufacturers. All buses are low floor and equipped with automatic wheelchair ramps. The drive systems are diesel engines and diesel hybrid systems for use.

Transitway

Transitway is a so-called Bus Rapid Transit system. The buses are out on their own line, which are closed to general traffic. The Transitway has partially vertically separated junctions, but in many places associated with public roads, because there is no bus service operates exclusively on the Transitway. The stops on the Transitway same city stations and usually offer pedestrian crossings or underpasses to reach the platforms No..

The Transitway network consists of a main branch of the city center in west-east direction crossing. The main branch runs in downtown on one-way streets, which are also released each for public transport ( Slater St Albert St to the west or east).

Just east of downtown, behind the station Mackenzie King Bridge bends the main branch to the south and branches at the Hurdman station into two branches, one of which is to the southeast to Trim Station and South Keys south to the station.

To the west runs the runs the Transitway partially together with the Macdonald Parkway before he also addressed to the station Lincoln Fields to the south and divides into two branches. An arm extends partially over the Queensway and ends at the Terry Fox Station in Kanata. The other arm extends substantially along the Woodroffe Avenue south and ends at the Fallowfield station Barrhaven.

Rail transport

In 2001, a diesel-powered rail transport, known as the O -Train was introduced as a pilot project. The government of Ottawa gave expansion plans known that compounds which also provided in other city areas, such as, inter alia, to the Ottawa Macdonald- Cartier International Airport. Another compound seemed to Gatineau, possible about the Prince of Wales railway bridge. On 14 December 2006, the plans of former Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien were discarded. Instead, new plans were announced, the construction of which was completed in 2007. A new connection leads from the baseline station in the west of the city to Blair Station in the east of the city. The route also partly underground including under the Queen and Rideau Street and three stations in the newly built subway tunnel. Furthermore, the route to the Ottawa Macdonald- Cartier International Airport, with which a connection has been established to downtown. The suburbs of Ottawa are served by 65 km long railway network. The first phase of the project, known as the Confederation Line includes a 12.5 km railway line between Tunney 's Pasture and Blair, including downtown Ottawa.

Currently, the O- Train runs on a test track between the stations Bayview and Greenboro. The route is mostly on verhandenen freight tracks. The only double-track section is located on the campus of Carleton University, where held on the same station trains passing. The O- Train is connected at both termini with the Transitway. The rolling comes from Bombardier Transportation and is a slightly modified version of the DB Class 644

Tariff

OC Transpo is located in a collective communion with the Société de transport de l' Outaouais ( STO) from neighboring Gatineau. Tickets are mutually recognized. There is a flat fare regardless of destination or route. In addition to individual tickets are on multiple tickets and season tickets in the form of a Presto card offered.

Depots

The company operates four depots spread in the city. The largest depot with the seat of administration is located at 1500 St. Laurent Boulevard. In addition, other depots are located on the 168 Colonnade Road ( Merivale Garage ) and the other depot on the Queen View Drive ( Pinecrest Garage). A new maintenance / workshop center was opened in 2010 and is located at the Industrial Ave.