Victoria Regional Transit System

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Victoria Regional Transit System is a transportation organization which services transportation needs of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Established in 1890 as a street railway operator, the system is now bus based.

1 Operations
2 Accessible Transit
3 Fleet
4 Commuter rail
- 4.1 Ferries
5 Fares
6 VRTS board
7 External links

[edit] Operations

VRTS has 178 buses on 36 conventional routes and 17 community bus routes:

Victoria
parts of the Juan de Fuca EA
Langford
Metchosin
Sooke
Colwood
Esquimalt
Oak Bay
View Royal
Highlands
Saanich
North Saanich
Central Saanich
Sidney

[edit] Accessible Transit

VRTS operates HandyDART 40 vans with door-to-door service for people who cannot ride the conventional buses. Booking is required and restrictions on whom can use the system apply.

[edit] Fleet

Motor Coach Industries TC40102N "Classic"
New Flyer Industries D40LF
New Flyer Industries DE40LF (Diesel-Electric Hybrid)
Ford E350 Super Duty
Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer body
Dennis Trident
Nova Bus LFS

denotes accessible vehicles

[edit] Commuter rail

BC Transit does not operate commuter rail service on Vancouver Island, but it is operated by VIA Rail.

[edit] Ferries

Ferry connections are made with BC Ferries, an operator also under BC Transit and other operators.

[edit] Fares

Below are the fare prices in Canadian Dollars:

Fare type
Adult/College	$2.00 - 1 Zone, $ 2.75 - 2 Zones
Senior/Youth	$1.25 - 1 Zone, $ 2.00 - 2 Zones

Child under age six: no charge.

Day pass are available for $6.00 for adults and college students. Youth and seniors are $4.00.

Monthly passes are:

Adult $65.00
College $ 57.00
Senior/Youth $37.00

Students at the University of Victoria and at Camosun College are part of the U-PASS program. All students pay for subsidized bus passes as part of their fees ($61.00 for four months).

[edit] VRTS board

The VRTS board is made up of 7 members appointed under the BC Transit Act. The members are mayors and councillors of the communities of Greater Victoria: