Strætó bs

Strætó () is a public transport company which operates city buses in the Icelandic capital region, including Reykjavík and its surrounding towns. Strætó also manages rural coach services for most of the country in co-operation with the Icelandic Road Administration.

Key facts

Bus company.name: Strætó
Bus company.logo: Sitelogostraeto.png
Bus company.image: 6 Buses Reykjavik 270918.jpg
Bus company.image_caption: A Strætó bus in Reykjavík
Bus company.founded: August 1931 (as Strætisvagnar Reykjavíkur hf.)1 July 2001 (as Strætó bs.)
Bus company.headquarters: Hestháls 14, 110 Reykjavík, Iceland
Bus company.service_area: Iceland
Bus company.service_type: Bus transport network
Bus company.routes: 29 city routes27 rural routes
Bus company.fleet: 160
Bus company.ridership: 33,378 (2019)
Bus company.fuel_type: Diesel, Electric, natural gas
Bus company.ceo: Jóhannes Svavar Rúnarsson
Bus company.website: ,
Bus company.annual ridership: 12,183,000 (2019)

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Bus network
Night bus
Long distance routes
Tickets and fares
City fares
Contactless payment
Concessionary fares
Long distance fares
History and network development
Route changes
Recent history
Klapp payment system
Night bus launch
References
External links

Strætó was created in its current form in 2001 through the merger of pre-existing regional bus companies, tracing its roots to the year 1931. It is owned by the six municipalities in the Capital Region: Reykjavík, Kópavogur, Hafnarfjörður, Garðabær, Mosfellsbær and Seltjarnarnes. They are known in the city by their distinctive yellow colour. In March 2023, there were 1.2 million journeys in the capital area per month, coming to around 40,000 per day.

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