Help and Guide Information

This on-line guide is designed to assist people in making trips between Alberta communities.

It provides information on scheduled inter-community passenger services within Alberta, as well as regular transit, specialized transit, accessible taxi and airporter services needed to access those services. Excluded are scheduled services meant to take people back and forth to work each day, as well as recreational and industrial services.

Over 100 communities are listed and shown on the maps, along with Bus and Rail services. An inset shows Air services. Services equipped for persons using mobility devices are highlighted.

This on-line guide is divided into four main areas:

Maps:

• schematic maps of inter-community Bus and Rail routes
• Air routes map
• for city pairs only, typical Bus, Air and Rail trip times.

General Directory of Communities:

• alphabetical directory of Alberta cities and towns
• list includes: community name; carrier name; terminal location; and phone number
• direct links to maps, carrier information, and accessibility information.

Carrier Directory:

• provides (for all inter-community bus, air and rail carriers): carrier name; phone number and WWW internet site address.

Accessibility Directories:

• features (for carriers providing accessible service to persons using mobility devices): carrier name; type of service; washroom arrangements; reservation policy; attendant policy; and phone number
• provides (for all cities and towns, and for regular transit, specialized transit, accessible taxis, and airporter services): community name; service provider; whether service is provided to inter-community terminals; days and hours of operation; whether vehicles are equipped to handle mobility devices; whether advance booking is required; whether attendant policy exists; and phone number for information and bookings.

IMPORTANT WARNING!!!

While the information provided in this guide is the latest available prior to publication, travellers SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS in advance to confirm availability, timings, routings and conditions.

While Alberta Transportation cannot accept any responsibility for the failure of carriers to provide service as outlined, or for errors or omissions in this document, the Department would appreciate being informed of any errors or omissions, so that they can be corrected before a future version is published.

Please contact:

Sara Wong, Senior Policy Advisor
Passenger Transportation
Transportation Policy & Economic Analysis
3rd Floor, Twin Atria Building
4999 - 98 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
T6B 2X3

Phone: 780-427-9781
Fax: 780-422-1070
E-mail: Sara.Wong@gov.ab.ca