Trans O'Higgins is a public transport system that serves Rancagua, the capital of O'Higgins Region.

Trans O'Higgins
Founded2004
LocaleRancagua, Chile
Service areaRancagua conurbation
Service typePublic transport
Routes19 bus lines

The system was introduced on October 25, 2004, having 19 lines on the Rancagua conurbation and surrounding areas.[1]

Details edit

The city transport comprise buses commonly called micros. The increased transport park consists mostly of medium capacity light microbuses.

Since the implementation of the transport plan Trans O'Higgins in 2004, it became a division of the types of transport: the red buses that are urban travel and green buses that are of rural type. The green buses are the mainstay of transport with the communes that make up the Rancagua conurbation.[2]

Rancagua edit

In Rancagua are six bus lines that run through each one of the sectors of the city (Circunvalación, Isabel Riquelme, Cachapoal, Manzanal, Buses 25 and Oriente-Poniente). All these buses are colored red, and bus routes differ in the top of the windshield with different colors.[3]

100 Circunvalación
200 Isabel Riquelme
300 Cachapoal
400 Manzanal
500 Buses 25
600 Oriente-Poniente

Surrounding areas edit

In rural areas near Rancagua are thirteen bus lines that run through each one of the sectors in the O'Higgins Region (San Francisco-Rancagua, Graneros-Rancagua, Oriente-Norte, Machalí-Rancagua, Coya-Rancagua, Vía Rural 5 Sur Quinta de Tilcoco, Vía Rural 5 Sur San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Vía Rural 5 Sur San Fernando, Coinco-Rancagua, Olivar-Rancagua, Sextur - Lago Rapel, Las Cabras-Rancagua and Red Norte). All these buses are green, and bus routes differ in the top of the windshield with different colors. These buses start their trips from the Terminal Rodoviario located in the street Doctor José Antonio Salinas in Rancagua.[4]

1000 San Francisco-Rancagua
2000 Graneros-Rancagua
3000 Oriente-Norte
4000 Machalí-Rancagua
5000 Coya-Rancagua
6000 Vía Rural 5 Sur Quinta de Tilcoco
7000 Vía Rural 5 Sur San Vicente de Tagua Tagua
8000 Vía Rural 5 Sur San Fernando
9000 Coinco-Rancagua
10000 Olivar-Rancagua
11000 Sextur - Lago Rapel
12000 Las Cabras-Rancagua
13000 Oriente-Poniente

References edit

  1. ^ "Expreso Rancagua".
  2. ^ "Los otros "Trans…" y el maquillaje de progreso, Plataforma Urbana".
  3. ^ https://www.mtt.gob.cl/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mapa-transporte-rancagua-micros-noviembre2013.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Los recorridos que proponen los microbuseros de Rancagua para llegar al Hospital Regional".