Hull Electric Company (1895 - 30 November 1946)
Incorporated 1895 (Que.)
Controlled by the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company until 1926 and by
Canadian International Paper, Limited's
Gatineau Power Company subsidiary after 1926.
(CYB erroneously records the last day of street railway operation as 30 November 1946.)
HECo also operated an interurban line from Hull
to Aylmer (see below).
Transport Urbain de Hull (01 December 1946 - 01 May 1972)
Cited in English as either
Hull City Transport or as
Hull Transport Company.
Street railway service ended 06 December 1946 (Board of Transport Commissioners
Order No. 68260).
Acquired by the CTCRO 1972. (Photo: Peter Cox collection).
Commission de transport de la communauté regionale de l'Outaouais (CTCRO) (01 May 1972 - 31 December 1990)
(CUTA TT89, CUTA 1989)
(CUTA 1976-77 lists
Outaouais Regional Community Transit Commission)
Discontinued bus service between Ottawa and La Péche, Québec, 15 January 1979 (Bus Industry, Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan-Feb 1979, p. 4).
Société de transport de l'Outaouais (01 January 1991 - present)
Service also extends into downtown Ottawa, Ontario.
Municipal amalgamation 01 January 2002 resulted in the formation of the City of
Gatineau from Hull and surrounding municipalities.
In addition to the City of Gatineau, STO also provides transit service to Chelsea and Cantley.
A rapid transit busway, branded
Rapibus, began operation 19 October 2013.
Chelsea and Cantley services to be transferred to Transcollines 15 June 2015.
(CUTA F91, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992, photos: Alex Regiec, David A. Wyatt).
STO logo (1991-2013) STO logo (2013) Rapibus logo (2013) |
Service area population | 201,000 (1991) 225,000 (2007) |
Vehicle fleet | 185 buses (2000) 277 (2007) | |
Employees | 417 (1991) | |
Ridership | 18,386,444 (2009) | |
Data sources: | CUTA 1991/2 CTHF/SSG 2000 Jean Breton 2009 CTF [Aug. 2010] (ridership) website (logos) |
Green Bus Line (? - ?)
Frequent bus service between Ottawa, Hull and Aylmer, fleet of 6 buses (CR&MW June 1926, p. 323).
Gatineau Bus Lines (Limited) (circa 1926 - 15 August 1931)
Suburban and intercity bus service centred on Hull. Incorporated
1931 (Que.) in preparation for its sale to GBCo (CR&MW 1931).
Gatineau Bus Company Limited (15 August 1931 - 1955)
Incorporated
1931 (Que.) Serving
Aylmer,
Norway Bay,
Shawville,
Kingsmere,
Wakefield, and
Buckingham.
Affiliated with HECo interests.
Became TRH 1955.
Autobus Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield (1946 - 1956)
Serving
Saint-Pierre-de-Wakefield. Acquired by TUH interests 1956.
Transport régional de Hull (1955 - 1958)
Acquired by TUH interests 1958, becoming THM.
Transport Hull métropolitain (1958 - 01 May 1972)
Serving
suburban points (see GBCo above). Affiliated with TUH. Acquired by the CTCRO 1972.
Thom Transit Ltd. (1999)
Thom was running a service from
the old Loeb IGA Champlain in downtown Hull to other Loeb IGA stores
in Hull. The service was scheduled and required a fare. It
was cancelled when STO found out. (via Alan Gryfe, July 2002)
Collines-de-l'Outaouais System
Transcollines (15 June 2015 - present)
Operations of the
Régie intermunicipale de transport des Collines.
The transit services to Chelsea and Cantley previously provided by STO transferred to an independent agency administered by MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais [the municipality]. New services will reach La Pêche, and Val-des-Monts, many with connection to Gatineau.
Contract operator from 15 June 2015 is
Autobus Campeau (CPTdb).
Service was fare-free 15 June - 30 June 2015.
(website 2015).
In January 2017 Transcollines began supporting the intercity bus service from l'Isle-aus-Allumettes to Gatineau and Ottawa via Fort-Coulonge and Shawville operated by
J-Jacques Campeau Inc. This support included logistical support and coordinated ticketing. It was announced simultaneously that Transcollines intended to extend service to MRC Pontiac circa January 2018
(website 2017).
system logo (2015) |
Data source: | website 2015 |
Hull Electric Company (1897 - 30 March 1947)
Subsidiary of
Canadian Pacific Railway until 1926. Operated an interurban line from
Hull to Aylmer.
(Due erroneously records end of service as 30 April 1947).
Electric railway | 1895 - 06 December 1946 |
Interurban electric railway | 1897 - 31 March 1947 |
Motor bus | 1920s? - present |
Motor bus busway | 19 October 2013 - present |
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