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Fixed-Route Fare Product Vendors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reloadable Umo cards and fare products are available at the retail vendors listed below for use on fixed-route transit services. To purchase fare products online, visit ca.umopass.com<\/a>. Visit rdn.bc.ca\/handydart-fares<\/a> to purchase handyDART fare product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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Nanaimo<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beban Park<\/td>2300 Bowen Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowen Park Complex<\/td>500 Bowen Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bowen Road General Store<\/td>1702 Bowen Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central Drugs<\/td>16-2220 Bowen Rd<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Central Drugs<\/td>495 Dunsmuir St<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jingle Pot General Store<\/td>2201 Jinglepot Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
London Drugs<\/td>4750 Rutherford Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
London Drugs<\/td>650 Terminal Avenue<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nanaimo Aquatic Centre<\/td>741 Third Street<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nanaimo Ice Centre<\/td>750 Third Street<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northridge General Store<\/td>10-5800 Turner Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oliver Woods Community Centre<\/td>6000 Oliver Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pharmasave<\/td>5-1273 Island Highway<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Regional District of Nanaimo Office<\/td>6300 Hammond Bay Road<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service & Resource Centre<\/td>411 Dunsmuir Street<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Medicine Shoppe<\/td>1150 Terminal Avenue North<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VIHA Parking Services<\/td>Room P1022 – 1200 Dufferin Crescent<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vancouver Island University<\/td>900 Fifth Street<\/td>Semester Pass available only.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Walmart Lotto Centre<\/td>6801 Island Highway North<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parksville<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
City of Parksville<\/td>100 East Jensen Avenue<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oceanside Place Arena<\/td>830 West Island Highway<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Medicine Shoppe<\/td>143-2nd Avenue West<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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