The Exo du Haut-Saint-Laurent sector provides a bus service, operated under the auspices of

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, in southwestern

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. The CITHSL serves the communities, within the region, of

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, Howick,

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and also Sainte-Martine, in the adjoining Region of Beauharnois-Salaberry, and

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in Roussillon Region. In October 2024 the Haut-Saint-Laurent sector was merged into the Exo Sud-Ouest sector.

Fixed route bus service

While demand response service is available in all of the above communities, CIT also operates one fixed commuter service. The line operates seven days a week, with reduced frequency on weekends. The route starts at Huntingdon and runs along

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; it terminates at either Angrignon station on the

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or continues to downtown near the

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bus station. Due to congestion, as of 25 August 2008, the downtown stop was moved out of the bus terminus. Originally, it was to be relocated nearby on

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along with the

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(CITSO), but were later moved to rue St-Antoine and Mansfield. Along its route, the bus also stops in

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and

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, immediately south of the

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, but does not provide service between Montreal and those communities, which have their own bus service provided by CITSO.

References

External links

Transit History of Montreal suburbs, Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport (CIT)

Town of Mercier - public transit
Transit agencies in Quebec Bus transport in Quebec Transport in Montérégie {{Canada-bus-transport-stub