transit system founded 1969 headquarters 6300 hammond bay road locale nanaimo service type bus service paratransit alliance bc transit website regional transit nanaimo regional transit system provides both conventional bus service and special needs paratransit services within the regional district of nanaimo in british columbia canada . the system operated by the regional transportation services department is jointly funded by bc transit the provincial agency responsible for transit services outside metro vancouver . contents 1 services 1.1 regular routes 1.2 paratransit 2 references 3 external links services edit there are 17 scheduled bus routes in the region . 1 the transit system operates seven days a week with reduced service on weekends and holidays . all accessible buses are also equipped with bike racks . in rural areas the buses can be flagged down as there are no designated bus stops . passengers who are worried about their personal safety at night can ask the driver to drop them off between regular bus stops . 2 regular routes edit in september of 2015 many of the original routes were renumbered so that all the routes between the prideaux exchange and woodgrove centre would end in a zero . 3 routes 12 and 93 were discontinued due to low ridership while route 40 formerly route 4 was extended to woodgrove centre and its circulation was increased to every 15 30 minutes during peak hours . 3 no . name route 1 country club downtown prideaux transit exchange brooks landing centre country club exchange 5 fairview prideaux transit exchange vancouver island university harewood westwood jingle pot 6 harewood prideaux transit exchange harewood university village vancouver island university and return 7 cinnabar cedar prideaux transit exchange south parkway plaza cinnabar cedar south parkway plaza and return to prideaux exchange 11 lantzville woodgrove exchange to lantzville via aulds then via phillp to eastwind northwind area then back to woodgrove exchange . 15 15a viu connector viu connector via jingle pot vancouver island university woodgrove exchange with trips going down the entire length of jingle pot road at certain times . 20 20a hammond bay dover prideaux transit exchange downtown bc ferries departure bay terminal brooks landing centre departure bay hammond bay woodgrove exchange 25 ferry shuttle prideaux transit exchange downtown bc ferries departure bay terminal 30 nrgh nanaimo regional general hospital prideaux transit exchange nanaimo regional hospital country club exchange woodgrove exchange 40 express vi university prideaux transit exchange university village vancouver island university country club exchange nanaimo north town centre woodgrove exchange 50 woodgrove downtown express along the island highway from prideaux transit exchange terminal park country club exchange woodgrove exchange 88 parksville parksville area . 91 intercity qualicum beach parksville woodgrove exchange . occasional service to bc ferries departure bay terminal and prideaux transit exchange . 92 hammond bay once daily route for bus students . only runs on weekdays between september and june . 99 deep bay from woodgrove exchange to deep bay . only runs on tuesdays . paratransit edit handydart is a dial a ride service for people with a disability that is sufficiently severe that they are unable to use regular transit buses without assistance . clients must be pre registered to make use of this service . 4 references edit nanaimo regional transit system service area special services a b bc transit nanaimo introduces transit network and service changes . bctransit.com . retrieved 2016 06 26 . handydart dial a ride transport external links edit regional district of nanaimo transportation services regional transit busline.ca site for nanaimo regional transit system v t e bc transit systems tier 1 abbotsford mission kamloops kelowna regional nanaimo regional prince george whistler victoria regional tier 2 campbell river chilliwack agassiz harrison comox valley cowichan valley penticton and okanagan similkameen vernon regional tier 3 bella coola boundary castlegar regional central kootenay clearwater columbia valley cranbrook creston valley dawson creek elk valley fort st. john hazeltons regional kimberley kitimat lillooet and lytton logan lake merritt nelson pemberton valley port alberni & alberni clayoquot powell river prince rupert and port edward princeton quesnel revelstoke saltspring island shuswap country smithers and district squamish summerland sunshine coast terrace regional trail williams lake v t e public transit systems in canada alberta airdrie banff calgary edmonton fort mcmurray grande prairie hinton leduc lethbridge medicine hat red deer st. albert strathcona county british columbia 100 mile house agassiz harrison ashcroft clinton bella coola valley boundary campbell river central fraser valley chilliwack clearwater columbia valley comox valley cowichan valley cranbrook creston valley dawson creek elk valley fort st john hazeltons kamloops kelowna regional kimberley kitimat merritt mount waddington nanaimo pemberton valley penticton and okanagan similkameen port alberni port edward powell river prince george prince rupert princeton quesnel revelstoke salt spring island shuswap skeena smithers south okanagan transit system squamish summerland sunshine coast terrace vancouver translink vernon victoria west kootenay whistler williams lake for all unlinked systems see bc transit manitoba brandon flin flon selkirk thompson winnipeg new brunswick fredericton miramichi moncton saint john newfoundland and labrador corner brook st. john s northwest territories yellowknife nova scotia annapolis valley cape breton halifax strait of canso area ontario barrie belleville brampton brantford brockville burlington chatham kent clarence rockland cobourg collingwood cornwall deseronto durham region elliot lake fort erie go transit greater toronto guelph hamilton huntsville kenora kingston leamington 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