CTD Page
The Commission de transport de Drummondville
was established in 1987 to provide bus service to a population of about 67,000,
while Multi Tranport, a private company, operates the
buses themselves. The fleet consists of
seven buses, six Ford/Girardin cutaways and an IC Bus
HC Series bus, and there are five bus routes covering the city. Until August 2009, Autobus
Bourgeois was contracted to provide the bus service using six Orion buses,
making Drummondville one of the few cities in Quebec to use Orion buses. The CTD was also one of the last transit
systems in North America to use the GMC TDH-3302N, the “Baby New Look”, which
was sold in 2006.
All photos by the webmaster.
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8701 is a 1987 Orion 01.502. This photo was taken at les Promanades Drummondville on June 4, 2003. |
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8701 was spotted again at the central terminal on rue des Forges near rue Lindsay on June 20, 2008. This bus was one of three purchased in 1987. |
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8702 is another 1987 Orion I, shown at the des Forges-Lindsay terminal in downtown Drummondville on June 20, 2008. This bus is painted in the new blue paint scheme also seen on 8705. |
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8704 is a 1989 Orion 01.502, which was seen waiting for passengers at the des Forges-Lindsay terminal on June 20, 2008. |
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8705 is a 1994 Orion 05.504, seen at les Promanades Drummondville on June 4, 2003. Drummondville is one of the few transit systems in Quebec that uses Orion buses because of the province’s buy-locally policy, which gives large rebates to transit agencies purchasing buses built by Quebec-based companies. |
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8705 was spotted again painted in the blue livery at the des Forges-Lindsay terminal on June 20, 2008. The CTD had also acquired another 30’ Orion V from Orlando LYNX, courtesy of Capital Bus Parts. |
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09-002 is a 2009 Ford E-450/Girardin cutaway bus, seen at the des Forges-Lindsay terminal on Sept. 17, 2010. |
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09-003 is another 2009 Ford/Girardin minibus, spotted at the downtown transfer point on Sept. 17, 2010. |
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09-004 is shown at the des Forges-Lindsay transfer point on Sept. 17, 2010. |
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09-005 was spotted waiting for riders at the des Forges-Lindsay terminal on Sept. 17, 2010. |
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09-006 is shown at the des Forges-Lindsay transfer point in downtown Drummondville on Sept. 17, 2010. |
