Groupe La Québécoise is a passenger transportation company based in
Quebec,
Canada. The company started out in 1965 by providing student transportation for school boards in the
Quebec City area, and has progressed into providing intercity bus service, public transit, paratransit, airport shuttles and coach charters. Expansion within the province has seen them establish subsidiaries in the regions of
Outaouais,
Lanaudière,
Montérégie,
Estrie,
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
Description
The Centre-du- ...
,
Chaudière-Appalaches
Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...
,
Capitale-Nationale and
Gaspésie.
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Bus services
La Québécoise offers intercity bus service between Quebec City and Sherbrooke (via Victoriaville).
Public transit systems operated by the company are CIT Le Richelain and CIT Sorel-Varennes
The CIT Sorel-Varennes (CITSV), formally the ''Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport Sorel-Varennes'', provides public transportation to the municipalities in the area northeast from Montreal along the right bank of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebe ...
, with paratransit services operated for the Société de transport de l'Outaouais. They also provide transportation services for handicapped persons directly to other regional municipalities and cities in the province. School transportation, the foundation of the company, is still a major part of their business.
Groupe La Québécoise operates Prevost Car luxury coaches, including H3-41, H3-45 and VIP models. School transportation is provided using minibuses, standard and modified school buses. Transit buses and handicapped vehicles vary according to differing municipal requirements.
Formerly, Groupe La Québécoise operated l'Aerobus, a coach service that transported passengers between Montréal-Trudeau International Airport and the Central Bus Station in Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
Montreal. Departures from the airport were at Gate 5, and the bus terminal was located on de Maisonneuve Boulevard at the corner of Berri Street, directly connected to the Berri-UQAM Metro Station. There was a free shuttle connection from the bus station to select downtown hotels. Since March 29, 2010, the Société de transport de Montréal has operated the airport bus.
Aviation services
Air Liaison is a regional airline based in Quebec City.
Héli Express provides helicopter services in support of mining, forestry, oil, and hydroelectric companies in remote areas of Quebec and northern Canada. They have worked extensively with Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec is a public utility that manages the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in the Canadian province of Quebec, as well as the export of power to portions of the Northeast United States.
It was established by the ...
on the James Bay Project.
Skyjet Aviation (''Skyjet'') is a company that specializes in aircraft charter service, beginning operations from Quebec City in 2007. They acquired Air Mécatina Sept-Iles in 2008 to expand further in the eastern Quebec region.Skyjet History
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Accidents and incidents
* On 12 October 2017, for the first time in North America, a drone collided with a passenger plane. The drone struck the turboprop passenger plane operated by Skyjet Aviation
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while it was on approach to Quebec City's Jean Lesage Airport. The drone was operating above the 90m flight height restriction and within the 5km exclusion zone around airports, violating drone operating regulations.[ ][ ][ ]
References
External links
Autobus La QuébécoiseHéli ExpressSkyjet
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Bus transport in Quebec
Intercity bus companies of Canada
Companies based in Quebec City