Calgary Transit - Current Service

Current Service

See also: List of Calgary Transit bus routes

Calgary Transit currently operates about 160 bus routes, 120 school routes with about 861 conventional buses, of which 714 are low floor, 115 shuttle busses and 156 light rail vehicles, 84 of which are Siemens-Duewag U2 model cars, 72 of which are more recent Siemens SD-160s. In 2006-2008, a total of 40 new Siemens SD-160 LRVs (Unit #2233-2272) were delivered and are all in service as of March 2008. In 2010, 38 SD-160 LRVs (Unit #2301-2338) will be restyled. As of June 2010 around 68 of 72 SD160s have been retrofitted with Air Conditioning. In June 2010 an additional 38 restyled AC equipped Siemens SD160 LRVs began to arrive (units 2301-2338).

The current conventional bus fleet includes:

  • General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H-5307N (New Look) (1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982) (slowly being phased out) - All at Spring Gardens Garage
  • MCI TC40-102N (Classic) (1990, 1991); ex-Connecticut Transit) 10 units, lifts and Air Conditioning disabled, are all out of Anderson Garage
  • MCI TC40-102A (Classic) TC40-102N (Classic) (1991, 1992) 106 units - Split between Anderson Garage and Spring Gardens Garage
  • New Flyer D40 (1992) 1 active unit - #7001 (7002-7010 retired) - At Spring Gardens Garage
  • New Flyer D40LF 571 units
    • 1993 Fleet # 7501-7550 – All 50 are at Spring Gardens Garage
    • 1995 Fleet # 7551-7591 - Split between Anderson Garage 7 and Spring Gardens Garage 33
    • 1996 Fleet # 7601-7644 - Split between Anderson Garage 25 and Spring Gardens Garage 18
    • 1999 Fleet # 7651-7694 - Split between Anderson Garage 25 and Spring Gardens Garage 19
    • 2001 Fleet # 7701-7782 - All 81 are at Victoria Park Garage
    • 2002 Fleet # 7783-7817 - Split between Anderson Garage 4 and Victoria Park Garage 30
    • 2003 Fleet # 7818-7858 - All 41 are at Spring Gardens Garage
    • 2004 Fleet # 7859-7890 - All 32 are at Spring Gardens Garage
    • 2005 Fleet # 7891-7920 - All 30 are at Spring Gardens Garage
    • 2005 Fleet # 7921-7962 - All 42 are at Victoria Park Garage
    • 2006 Fleet # 7963-7980 - All 18 are at Anderson Garage
    • 2007 Fleet # 7981-8015 - Split between Anderson Garage and Spring Gardens Garage
    • 2008 Fleet # 8016-8065 - All 50 are at Spring Gardens Garage
  • 2008 New Flyer D40LFR Fleet #8066-8095 - All 30 are at Springs Gardens Garage
  • 2010 Nova Bus Low Floor LFS Fleet #8101-8180 - All 80 are at Spring Gardens Garage
  • New Flyer D60LFR (2007, 2008) Fleet# 6001-6063 – All 63 are at Victoria Park Garage.

The current shuttle bus fleet includes:

  • 2007 Eldorado EZ Rider II MAX Low Floor - # 1601-1612
  • 2009 Eldorado EZ Rider II MAX Low Floor - # 1613-1624
  • 2009 GM/Chevrolet 4500 Arboc Mobility - # 1701-1721
  • 2011 GM/Chevrolet 4500 Arboc Spirit of Freedom # 1722-1753
  • 2011 GM/Chevrolet 4500 Arboc Spirit of Freedom "Hybrid" # 1754-1758
  • 2011 GM/Chevrolet 4500 Arboc Spirit of Freedom # 1759-1793

All shuttle busses are at Victoria Park Garage

The well developed C-Train system along with several mainline bus routes provide the backbone of the system while many feeder bus routes and express services act to complement this backbone service. Service frequency and service hours on the C-Train and busier bus routes is typically from 5–30 minutes with operating hours of about 4AM-3AM. Most feeder bus routes run at 15-45 minute intervals with similar operating hours on most routes and reduced on others. In addition there are many rush hour only services, some are feeder routes and some are express routes, these usually run 10–30 minutes apart.

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