Capital Bus

A modern FF-1600 electric battery bus in use by Capital Bus in 1738 AN.

Capital Bus (Alexandrian: Bus de la Capitale, Martino: Autobuses de la Capital), also known as Cárdenas Bus or its nickname Cabu, is the integrated bus transit service for Cárdenas, the capital of Nouvelle Alexandrie. It is operated by the Federal District Transport Authority, with a total of 256 bus routes. These include bus rapid transit and limited-stop routes. The FDTA has the objective of covering all areas within Cárdenas with a population density above 2,000 per square km within its service area. In 1738 AN, the average daily ridership stood at around 282,700 and an annual ridership of 84.8 million.

Most bus routes are local services operating in the districts of Cárdenas, which connect to several hubs of the Cárdenas Metro and National rail network. There are a total of 8 BRT routes, which operate from two major hubs: Cárdenas Grande Unión Station and Cárdenas International Airport. Smaller local networks are present in the barrios of Conzalito, Bocabona, Laguzalito, Albaño, and Choba. There are also several cross-city bus routes. Several express routes operate from suburbs to downtown Cárdenas.

Capital Bus operates an active bus fleet of around 1,400 buses with diesel-electric hybrid propulsion. It also operates around 150 battery electric buses. The buses are all accessible as low-floor buses with fold-out ramps.

Operations

Capital Bus operates a total of 256 bus routes in both downtown Cárdenas and its barrios. The services are divided into three distinct categories: Local operates within districts and barrios, connecting to various metro or train stations; Interurbanos operates between different districts as well as out to the barrios; and Transurbanos operates from one barrio, through the urban core, outwards to another barrio.

1-90

FDTA reserved routes 1 to 90 for local services in the core of the metropolitan area. Most of them are numbered roughly according to their district, which the lowest number beginning in the Government District. Twelve of these routes - 1, 5, 18, 24, 38, 45, 57, 58, 71, 78, 83, 87 - are designated by FDTA as so-called 'Rutas Clave', meaning they receive the highest frequency of service due to their ridership numbers. These routes for example use articulated buses to provide high-capacity services.

The numbering of routes has remained mostly consistent throughout the years FDTA has operated, however routing has been adapted to serve new developments and changing population density in the metropolitan area.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
1	Government University	Interurbanos
2-4	Government	Local
5	Government Culture	Interurbanos
6-10	Government	Local
11-17	University
18	University Entertainment	Interurbanos
19-23	Entertainment	Local
24	Entertainment Government	Interurbanos
25-33	Culture	Local
34-37	Science
38	Science Culture	Interurbanos
39-44	Industry	Local
45	Industry Science	Interurbanos
46-47	Military	Local
48-56	Banking
57	Banking Culture	Interurbanos
58	Banking Science	Interurbanos
59-62	Embassy	Local
63-70	Hotel	Local
71	Hotel Culture	Interurbanos
72-77	City of Sports	Local
78	City of Sports Culture	Interurbanos
79-82	Utilities	Local
83	Utilities Government	Interurbanos
84-86	Harbor	Local
87	Harbor Banking	Interurbanos
88-90	Harbor	Local

90-150

Numbers 90 to 150 operate local services as well as Interurbanos services for the barrios of Cárdenas that do not have their own dedicated area bus service. Eight of these lines - 91, 95, 108, 120, 125, 128, 134, 144, and 150 - are also 'Rutas Claves' with articulated buses and high frequency.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
91	Bocabona Government	Interurbanos
92-94	Bocabona	Local
95	Patiapa Utilities	Interurbanos
96-98	Patiapa	Local
99-107	Sicero-Izaran
108	Sicero-Izaran Utilities	Interurbanos
109-119	Olos-San Ludo	Local
120	Olos-San Ludo Hotel	Interurbanos
121-124	Alanregal	Local
125	Alanregal Hotel	Interurbanos
126-127	San Ferriomo	Local
128	San Ferriomo Entertainment	Interurbanos
129-133	Bagalipe	Local
134	Bagalipe San Ferriomo	Interurbanos
135-143	Tamento	Local
144	Tamento Entertainment	Interurbanos
145-149	Ahuaco	Local
150	Ahuaco Banking	Interurbanos

151-155

A Map of the 'Orbitales' (151-155) and 'Grande Express' (213-223) routes of the Capital Bus, with major stops.

These routes are reserved for so-called 'Orbitales', which are long-distance bus routes that operate around the urban core, connecting multiple districts and barrios together. All these routes are designated 'Rutas Clevas', with high frequency and articulated buses.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
151	University Government Science Banking Alanregal Olos-San Ludo	Interurbanos
152	Olos-San Ludo Utilities Entertainment University Albaño
153	Albaño Bocabona Science Banking Harbor Airport
154	University Entertainment Tamento San Ferriomo Patiapa Sicero-Izaran Olos-San Ludo Jario
155	Conzalito Airport Harbor Banking Embassy Hotel City of Sports Utilities Sicero-Izaran

156-175

These routes are part of the so-called 'Rutas del Este', a number of routes designated in that fashion for the barrios of Tastin, Jario, Bemar, and Jinozonte. This was first done in 1695 AN to support the growing eastern part of Cárdenas, where both Metro and Rail links are fewer and farther apart. Four routes - 156, 160, 161, 166 - are 'Rutas Clevas'.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
156	Jinozonte Bemar	Interurbanos
157-159	Jinozonte	Local
160	Jinozonte Olos-San Ludo	Interurbanos
161	Bemar Jario
162-165	Bemar	Local
166	Jario Tastin	Interurbanos
167-169	Jario	Local
170	Tastin Ahuaco	Interurbanos
171-175	Tastin	Local

176-184

These routes operate in Conzalito. They also include the two Transurbanos lines - 176 and 182 - that operate between Conzalito and Choba/Bemar.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
176	Conzalito Industry Government Entertainment San Ferriomo Nincaral Choba	Transurbanos
177-181	Conzalito	Local
182	Conzalito Industry Science Culture Hotel Olos-San Ludo Jinozonte	Transurbanos
183	Conzalito Airport	Interurbanos
184	Conzalito	Interurbanos

185-192

These routes operate in Albaño. They also include the two Transurbanos lines - 185 and 186 - that operate between Albaño and Jario/Sicero-Izaran.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
185	Albaño Government Culture City of Sports Hotel Olos-San Ludo Jario	Transurbanos
186	Albaño University Entertainment Utilities Patiapa Sicero-Izaran
187-192	Albaño	Local

193-200

These routes operate in Laguzalito. They also include the Transurbanos line - 193 - that operates between Laguzalito and Sicero-Izaran.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
193	Laguzalito Ahuaco Alanregal Olos-San Ludo Sicero-Izaran	Transurbanos
194-200	Laguzilto	Local

201-212

These routes operate in Choba. They also include the two Transurbanos lines - 201 and 210 - that operate between Choba and Laguzalito/Jinozonte.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
201	Choba Nincaral San Ferriomo Patiapa Utilities Hotel Alanregal Ahuaco Laguzalito	Transurbanos
202-209	Choba	Local
210	Choba Nincaral Bagalipe Sicero-Izaran Olos-San Ludo Jinozonte	Transurbanos
211	Choba Nincaral San Ferriomo	Interurbanos
212	Choba Tamento	Interurbanos

213-222

These are routes designated as 'Grande Express'. These are both limited-stop lines operating between Cárdenas Grande Unión Station and the outer suburbs, as well as Transurbanos lines operating between the west districts and the east. All these routes are designated 'Rutas Clevas', with high frequency and articulated buses.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
213	Choba San Ferriomo Nincaral Entertainment University Bocabona Industry Military Conzalito	Transurbanos
214	University Government Culture City of Sports Hotel Olos-San Ludo Bemar
215	Tamento Entertainment Government Science Banking Harbor Ahuaco Laguzalito
216	University Entertainment Government Culture Hotel Alanregal Jario
217	Military Industry Science Culture City of Sports Utilities Sicero-Izaran Jinozonte
218	Entertainment Government City of Sports Olos-San Ludo Bemar
219	Bagalipe Patiapa Utilities Culture Science Government Albaño Military
220	Albaño Bocabona Industry Science Banking Harbor Laguzalito
221	Albaño Government Utilities Olos-San Ludo Jinozonte
222	Tastin Ahuaco Harbor Banking Science Industry Military

223-228

These routes operate in Bocabona. They also include the Transurbanos line - 223 - that operates between Bocabona and Jario.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
223	Bocabona Industry Science Culture Hotel Alanregal Jario	Transurbanos
224-228	Bocabona	Local

229-234

These routes are reserved for the 'Airport Express' routes, which operate between Cárdenas International Airport and the urban core. They include the limited-stop line - 229 - between the airport and Grande Unión Station. All these routes are designated 'Rutas Clevas', with high frequency and articulated buses.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
229	Airport Lagutepe Science Government	Transurbanos
230	Airport Conzalito Industry Government University
231	Airport Lagutepe Banking Alanregal Jario Bemar
232	Airport Lagutepe Harbor Ahuaco Tastin
233	Airport Conzalito Industry Science Culture
234	Airport Lagutepe Banking Embassy Alanregal Olos-San Ludo

235-246

These routes are reserved for long-distance buses, which operate from two hubs: Cárdenas International Airport and Cárdenas Grande Unión Station. The first seven lines - 235 to 242 - are designated for Santander-bound lines; while 243 to 246 are for interregional routes.

Routes	Destination(s)	Region
235	Layas Wechuahuasi	Santander
236	Jirishanca
237	Potosí Roselló
238	Santiago Isabella
239	Bassumorto
240	Ciudad Real
241	Castellón Portaceli
242	Potosí Coimbra
243	Rimarima	Wechua Nation
244	Qusqu
246	Santurce
245	Hato Rey	Boriquén
246	Chambéry	Valencia

7000-7010

These routes form the so-called 'Noche' service, the night bus service between 23:00 and 05:00. They are low-frequency and low-capacity, and operate as Transurbanos lines.

Routes	District(s)	Service Type
7000	Government Culture Banking Harbor	Transurbanos
7001	University Government Culture City of Sports Hotel Alanregal Jario
7002	Entertainment Utilities Hotel Embassy Banking Harbor
7003	Choba Tamento Entertainment University Government Industry Conzalito
7004	Harbor Banking Embassy Hotel Utilities Sicero-Izaran
7005	Tamento San Ferriomo Patiapa Sicero-Izaran Olos-San Ludo Bemar
7006	Choba Nincaral San Ferriomo Entertainment Government Science Banking Harbor
7007	Conzalito Industry Science Culture Hotel Olos-San Ludo Jinozonte
7008	Airport Lagutepe Science Government
7009	Laguzalito Ahuaco Alanregal Olos-San Ludo Sicero Izaran Bagalipe Nincaral Choba
7010	Jinozonte Olos-San Ludo Hotel City of Sports Culture Science Industry Bocabona