Groupe Galland is a Canadian

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that operates in

Laval, Quebec Laval is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Can ...

. It operates charter and scheduled intercity coaches, school buses and paratransit vehicles, as well as providing maintenance service for heavy vehicles. The company operates together with its affiliated companies ''Autobus Galland ltée'', ''Galland Laurentides ltée'', ''Centre du Camion Galland ltée'', ''Les Autobus Duplessis inc.'' and ''Galland Mont-Tremblant ltée''. , Groupe Galland operated 150 buses and offered courier services via bus parcel express.

History

In 1941, Paul Galland founded the company in

Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec The village of Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec, Canada, was the historic seat of Deux Montagnes County from 1834 until its amalgamation with neighbouring towns in 1971. Two years later, it was renamed to Mirabel. The village was named after Saint Sc ...

. He later retired and turned the business over to his sons. In 2004 or 2005, the company acquired the Montreal to Laurentians bus routes formerly operated by

Limocar Limocar is a coach operator in Quebec, Canada founded in 1979, with a fleet of 320 vehicles. It operates the only regular bus service between Montreal and Sherbrooke provides the public transportation service (Conseil Intermunicipal de Transpor ...

Operations

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Mont-Tremblant, Quebec Mont-Tremblant () is a city in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, approximately northwest of Montreal and northeast of Ottawa, Ontario. The current municipality with city status was formed in 2000. Mont-Tremblant is most famous for i ...

route *

Mont-Laurier Mont-Laurier () is a town and incorporated municipality in western Quebec, Canada, located on the banks of the Lièvre River (''Rivière du Lièvre''), a tributary of the Ottawa River. Known as the "Capital of the Haute-Laurentides", the motto o ...

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route * Mont-Tremblant public transit

References

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External links

Official site
Bus transport in Quebec Companies based in Laval, Quebec Intercity bus companies of Canada