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Exo Bus Services
Exo provides 219 bus lines, on-demand transit and paratransit service throughout the outer suburbs and exurbs of the Greater Montreal region of Canada. History Prior to June 2017, bus service within the greater region of Montréal was provided by a number of different municipal services and local transit agencies known as ''Conseils intermunicipaux de transport'' (intermunicipal boards of transport, or CIT). These local agencies were coordinated since 1997 by the ''Agence métropolitaine de transport'' (AMT). On June 1, 2017, the ''Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM)'', later rebranded ''Exo'', took over service operation of twelve former CITs and local transit agencies: Progressively, paratransit non-profit organizations were integrated into Exo: * TARSO (June 2020) * Handi-Bus (October 2020) * Soleil Transport (May 2021) * Transport Accès (February 2022) Exo piloted an on-demand bus service in McMasterville and Beloeil in June 2011. Service was expanded to T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exo (public Transit)
Exo, stylized as exo and officially known as the (, RTM; ), is a public transport, public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval, Quebec, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both the North Shore (Laval), North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles, Mille-Îles River and the South Shore (Montreal), South Shore of the St. Lawrence River. It was created on June 1, 2017, taking over Montreal's commuter rail services from the former as well as bus and paratransit services from the various suburban municipal and intermunicipal transit agencies. Exo operates the second busiest such system in Canada after Toronto's GO Transit. Exo's territory is concurrent with Montreal Metropolitan Community limits, with the addition of the Kahnawake First Nations reserve and the city of Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Saint-Jérôme. It serves a population of approximately 4 million people who make more than 174,000 trips daily in the area radiating from Montre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panama Station
Panama station is a Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station in the city of Brossard, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by CDPQ Infra and serves as a station on the South Shore branch of the REM. The station opened on 31 July 2023. The station replaced the Panama bus terminus and functions as a large transit hub for the cities of Longueuil and Brossard. This station is equipped with a bus terminal as well as a 304-space parking lot. History The bus terminus was inaugurated in 1985. The original building was located at the intersection of Panama Street and Taschereau Boulevard. It was adjacent to both Autoroute 10 and Mail Champlain. The new building is located south of the old terminal, situating itself closer to the new Panama station. In 2006, a busway (bus lane) was constructed between the terminus and the Taschereau Interchange of Autoroute 10. Starting in September 2018, the bus terminus was progressively demolished to make way for the Panama station of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambly, Quebec
Chambly () is an Greater Montreal, off-island suburb of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Montérégie region, inland from the South Shore (Montreal), South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River. It was formed from the merger in 1965 of Fort-Chambly (formerly Chambly-Canton prior to 1952) and the old city of Chambly (formerly Chambly-Basin prior to 1952, and earlier sometimes called Bassin-de-Chambly). History Descendants of European immigrants have lived in Chambly since the 17th century, but Chambly was not incorporated as a city until 1965. Samuel de Champlain passed through the area that came to be the site of the town of Chambly, QC, in 1609., when he wrote the following in his journal: Fort Chambly was captured by American forces on October 20, 1775, during the Invasion of Canada (1775), American Invasion of Canada of 1775–76, it was held until the spring of 1776 when it was evacuated and burned, as the Americans retreated southward to Fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carignan, Quebec
Carignan () is a suburban municipality in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the Richelieu River in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, about from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 11,740. Carignan was originally the Village Municipality of Chambly. The village of Chambly was established in 1855, less than 10 years after the municipality of Chambly. In 1965 it was renamed Carignan to honour the Carignan-Salières Regiment. History The current city of Carignan was created on July 1, 1855 on a territory known as Chambly. The original name of Carignan was Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly and it kept this name for more than a century. On June 6, 1871, a large part of Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly broke apart (as well as an important section of Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville) to form the new town of Saint-Basile-le-Grand. Finally, on December 31, 1965, the name Saint-Joseph-de-Chambly was changed to become the new city of Carignan. Geography Carignan is m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal. It lies on the west flank of Mont Saint-Bruno, one of the Monteregian Hills. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 26,273. The city is well known to Montrealers and its neighbouring population for Mont Saint-Bruno, location to both Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park and Ski Mont Saint-Bruno, a ski facility and school. There are two prevailing hypotheses on the origin of the city's name: * That the city was named after Bruno of Cologne and the Montarville seigneury. The name "Montarville" is a homonym of a village of Eure-et-Loir in France: Montharville, whose etymology is uncertain. The name was written in its Latin form, ''Mons Harvilla'' in the 12th century – in other words "''Harics farm's mount", a name of Germanic origins also found in Harville (''Hairici villa'', 9th century). However, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longueuil
Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census totalled 254,483, making it Montreal's second largest suburb, the fifth most populous city in Quebec and List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, twentieth largest in Canada. Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay, Charles Le Moyne founded Longueuil as a ''Seigneurial system of New France, seigneurie'' in 1657. It would become a parish in 1845, a village in 1848, a town in 1874 and a city in 1920. Between 1961 and 2002, Longueuil's borders grew three times, as it was amalgamated with surrounding municipalities; there was a strong de-amalgamation in 2006 (see 2000–2006 municipal reorganization in Quebec). L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exo Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan Sector
The Exo Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan sector is the division of Exo that delivers bus service to the communities of Chambly, Richelieu and Carignan. This area is in southwestern Quebec, Canada, about east of Montreal on the Richelieu River. History From 1913 to 1956, commuter service to Montreal was provided by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway with four stops in what is now Chambly. The Conseil intermunicipal de transport Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan (CITCRC) was formed in 1984. In 1993 it was agreed to expand service to St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, and in 1994 it was the turn of Marieville to join. In 2000, the Agence métropolitaine de transport (predecessor to Exo and Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain) opened a park and ride in Chambly for commuters into Montreal. ''Gestrans'' was contracted to manage the transportation system from 2008 through 2012 with Veolia Transport (formerly Connex) operating the buses, under an agreement that expired at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coach (bus)
A coach (also known as a motorcoach or coach bus) is a type of bus built for longer distance service, in contrast to transit buses that are typically used for shorter journeys within a single metropolitan region. Often used for touring, intercity, and international bus service, coaches are also used for private charter for various purposes. Deriving the name from horse-drawn carriages and stagecoaches that carried passengers, luggage, and mail, modern motor coaches are almost always high-floor buses, with separate luggage hold mounted below the passenger compartment. In contrast to transit buses, motor coaches typically feature forward-facing seating, with no provision for standing. Other accommodations may include onboard restrooms, televisions, and overhead luggage space. The name used for this type of bus varies between countries. In United States they are officially designated as motorcoach ''("a bus designed with an elevated passenger deck located over a baggage compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Metro
The Montreal Metro (, ) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau. It has expanded since its opening from 22 stations on two lines to 68 stations on four lines totalling in length, serving the north, east and centre of the Island of Montreal with connections to Longueuil, via the Yellow Line (Line 4), and Laval, via the Orange Line (Line 2). The Montreal Metro is Canada's busiest rapid transit system in terms of daily ridership, delivering an average of daily unlinked passenger trips per weekday as of . It is North America's third busiest rapid transit system, behind the New York City Subway and Mexico City Metro. In , trips on the Metro were completed. With the STM Metro and the newer driverless, steel-wheeled light metro system Réseau express métropolitain, Montreal ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taxibus
A share taxi, shared taxi, taxibus, or jitney or dollar van in the US, or marshrutka in former Soviet countries, is a mode of transport which falls between a taxicab and a bus. Share taxis are a form of paratransit. They are vehicles for hire and are typically smaller than buses. Share taxis usually take passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, sometimes only departing when all seats are filled. They may stop anywhere to pick up or drop off their passengers. They are most common in developing countries and inner cities. The vehicles used as share taxis range from four-seat cars to minibuses, midibuses, covered pickup trucks, station wagons, and trucks. Certain vehicle types may be better-suited than others. They are often owner-operated. An increase in bus fares usually leads to a significant rise in usage of share taxis. Liberalization is often encouraged by libertarian urban economists, such as Richard Allen Epstein of the University of Chicago, James Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minibus
A minibus, microbus, or minicoach is a passenger-carrying motor vehicle that is designed to carry more people than a multi-purpose vehicle or minivan, but fewer people than a full-size bus. In the United Kingdom, the word "minibus" is used to describe any full-sized passenger-carrying van or panel truck. Minibuses have a seating capacity of between 12 and 30. Larger minibuses may be called midibuses. Minibuses are typically front-engine step-in vehicles, although low floor minibuses are particularly common in Japan. History It is unknown when the first minibus vehicle was developed. For example, Ford Model T vehicles were modified for passenger transport by early bus companies and entrepreneurs. Ford produced a version during the 1920s to carry up to twelve people. In the Soviet Union, the production of minibuses began in the mid-1950s, among the first mass-produced minibuses were the RAF-10, UAZ-451B, and Start. Since September 1961, the RAF-977D "Latvia" minibus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midibus
A midibus is a classification of single-decker minibuses which are generally larger than a traditional minibus but smaller than a full-size single decker and can be anywhere between and long. While used in many parts of the world, the midibus is perhaps most common in the United Kingdom, where operators have found them more economical, and to have a sufficient number of seats compared to full size single-decker buses. Midibuses are often designed to be lightweight to save on diesel fuel (e.g. smaller wheels than on larger buses), making them not as durable as heavier 'full size' buses. Some midibuses, such as the Scania OmniTown, are heavier and therefore more durable. In some places such as Hong Kong, some bus routes have to be served by midibuses due to the winding roads along such routes. United States designs The term "midibus" is not in common use in the United States; such smaller and lighter-duty buses are not used for public transit there except in some very s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
