Strætó bs
A bus in Reykjavík
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| Founded | 1 July 2001 |
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| Headquarters | Hestháls 14, 110 Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Locale | Iceland |
| Service area | Iceland |
| Service type | Bus transport network |
| Routes | 55 |
| Fleet | 109 |
| Fuel type | Diesel, hydrogen, natural gas |
| Chief executive | Jóhannes Svavar Rúnarsson |
| Website |
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Strætó bs (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈstraiːtou]) is a public transport company which operates city buses in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavík and surrounding satellite towns and suburbs. The buses are bright yellow and are commonly called 'Strætó' by the locals, a shortened nickname for "strætisvagn" ('urban bus', literally "street carriage"). Strætó bs started operations on 1 July 2001 with the merger of SVR (Strætisvagnar Reykjavíkur) and AV (Almenningsvagnar). SVR previously operated in Reykjavík and nearby satellites in the northern part of the Capital region while AV covered the southern part of the area. Strætó bs is owned and run by the seven municipalities in the Capital area, i.e. Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Garðabær, Mosfellsbær, Seltjarnarnes and Álftanes.
Most buses run at about 15-minute intervals (30-minute intervals during evenings and weekends). There are 30 routes, 6 of which are trunk routes (red-routes 1–6) that run between the main terminal at Hlemmur and the various residential neighbourhoods on the city's outskirts; these use the main traffic arteries and are thus the fastest routes available. Nine of the routes are general routes (green-routes 11–19) that also stop at Hlemmur terminal but go deeper into the different neighborhoods on slower streets. The remaining 15 routes are neighborhood routes (blue-routes 21–24, 26–28 and 33–35 that run within or between the suburbs and do not stop in downtown Reykjavík. Bus routes 51, 52, 57, 71, 72, 73 are long-distance routes that run to towns in Vesturland (West Iceland) and Suðurland (South Iceland).
The buses operate from 9 terminals in the Capital Region. The main ones are Hlemmur and Lækjartorg in downtown Reykjavik; the others are at Hamraborg in Kópavogur, Fjörður in Hafnarfjörður, Ásgarður in Garðabær, Ártún, Mjódd, Spöngin in Reykjavík and Háholt in Mosfellsbær. All of these main bus terminals are served by at least one red (trunk) route.
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