St. Albert Transit

St. Albert Transit (StAT) is the public transportation system in the City of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, which is located only about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of downtown Edmonton. Scheduled bus service consists of local circuits within the community and express commuter routes to Edmonton. The city owns and maintains the vehicles but the drivers are privately contracted from Diversified Transportation.[1]

St. Albert Transit
A StAT electric bus
Founded1974
Headquarters235 Carnegie Drive
LocaleSt. Albert, Alberta
Service typebus service, express bus, paratransit
AllianceEdmonton Metropolitan Transit Services Commission
DestinationsEdmonton and St.Albert
Fleet63[1]
Daily ridership4,047[1]
Fuel typediesel and electric
OperatorDiversified Transportation
WebsiteStAT

Handibus is the accessible service for those who cannot use regular transit buses. They operate within the city limits or provide travel to Edmonton for work or education purposes.[2] Customers must be registered to use the service and all trips must be booked ahead of time.

Facilities

Transit Garage
Address: 235 Carnegie Drive
Coordinates: 53°38′17″N 113°34′35″W
Functions: office, garage and vehicle maintenance, ticket and pass sales.

Renovations to the garage have been completed and it has been renamed the Dez Liggett Transit Facility. Dez Liggett is the founding Director of Transit in St. Albert and worked there for over 23 years.

St. Albert Centre Exchange
Address: Rivercrest Cres
Coordinates: 53°38′25″N 113°37′25″W
Functions: bus route terminus

Village Transit Station
Address: Gate Ave / Grange Dr
Coordinates: 53°37′18″N 113°36′55.3″W
Functions: bus route terminus and also Greyhound hub

Routes
RouteDays of operation
No.Description of service area and notesTypeWeekday[3]Saturday[4]Sunday[4]
201,207Downtown Edmonton via Kingswayexpress
202Downtown Edmonton via NAIT and MacEwanexpress
203University of Alberta via Westmountexpress
204University of Albertaexpress
205West Edmonton Mallexpress
208Government Centre Express via MacEwan (peak hours)express
209Government Centre via NAIT and MacEwan (peak hours)express
211Downtown Edmonton Express (peak hours)express
A1, A2, A3Village Transit Station, Heritage Lakes, Grandin, St. Anne Street, Mission, St. Albert Centre ExchangelocalA1
A21Village Transit Station, Downtown, Riel Business Park (Peak Hours)local
A4, A5, A6St. Albert Centre Exchange, Mission, Lacombe Park, Deer Ridge, North Ridge, InglewoodlocalA4 & A5
A7, A8St. Albert Centre Exchange, Lacombe East, Sturgeon Hospital, Erin Ridge, Oakmont, Inglewoodlocal
A9, A10St. Albert Centre Exchange, Braeside, Woodlands, Kingswood, Pineview, Forest Lawn, Sturgeon, Village Transit StationlocalA9
A11, A12, A13Village Transit Station, Akinsdale, Campbell Business Park, Pineview, Woodlands, Braeside, Forest Lawn, Perron Street, St. Albert Centre ExchangelocalA11
A14Village Transit Station, St. Albert Centre Exchange, Inglewood, Sturgeon Hospital, North Save-On-Foods Shopping Centrelocal
Dial-a-busConnects with other services and operates evenings and weekends in place of scheduled routes[5]

Fleet
StAT Regular Transit Buses (March 2010)[1]
ManufacturerModelAccessibleYearQuantityFleet Nos.Notes
New FlyerD60LF20015807-811
New FlyerD60LF20067812-818
New FlyerD60LFR20096819-824
New FlyerD60LFR20122825-826
New FlyerD40LF20053862-864
New FlyerD40LFR200713865-877
New FlyerD40LFR20099878-886
New FlyerXD4020143887-889
New FlyerXD4020155890-894
BYDK9S201731400-1402First Electric buses in St. Albert

STAT is also testing electric accordion buses and will most likely purchase some.

STAT trial electric accordion bus

Rebranding
St. Albert Transit's Original Logo

In 2014, St. Albert Transit (StAT), as part of the overall City of St. Albert, underwent a logo and branding changeover. As of April 2014 the new branding is prevalent on almost all vehicles and transit facilities. StAT's new Handibus vehicles display the new colours and branding and the existing conventional vehicles will be changed over as budget permits and through vehicle attrition.

See also

Fort Sask Transit

Edmonton Transit Service

Leduc Transit

Strathcona County Transit

References
  2. Access to Travel - St. Albert Public Transit and Handi-Bus
  3. StAT - Routes, Schedules and Maps
  4. StAT - Saturday and Sunday Service
  5. StAT - Dial-a-bus Service


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