Gatineau and MRC des Collines high school students will get free bus access this summer

Sophie Demers

This summer all high school students aged 12 to 17 can enjoy unlimited access to Transcolline bus routes and on-demand service as well as the STO and OC Transpo networks from July 1 to August 31.

It is available for all students born after September 1, 2005, all young people entering high school in September 2023, and who finish high school in June 2023.

For students attending attending École Secondaire des Lacs or a school on the MRC-des-Collines-de-l’Outaouais territory can get their Libre-Accès Jeunesse at the Transcollines service point located at 5 route Principale Ouest in La Pêche on June 8 and 15 from 8am to noon and 1pm to 4pm.

If you attend or will be attending a Gatineau school STO website has instructions depending on the school http://www.sto.ca/index.php?id=jeunesse&L=en

Students can present their Libre-Accès or Multi card to the bus drive as they board. For Transcollines on-demand vehicles (TAD) student must select “pass” as the payment method when booking on the application and present the pass to the driver when boarding.

To use Transcollines' unlimited transportation on demand (TAD) service, simply select the "pass" payment method when booking on the application, and present your pass to the driver when boarding. For more details on TAD, consult the Transcollines on-demand page.

Photo caption: Map of the routes offered by Transcolline. The routes continue to pass Mansfield-et-Pontefract.

Photo credit: Transcolline