Société de transport de Montréal

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The Société de transport de Montréal or Montreal Transit Corporation is the agency that operates buses and the Métro in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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History

Image:Cam-may-2005.jpg STM was created in 2002 and replaced the STCUM, Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal (Montreal Urban Community Transit Corporation), and the transit systems of 27 cities on the Island of Montreal.

Timeline of transit service in the Montreal area:

  • Montreal City Passenger Railway Company 1861–1886 (MSR)
  • Montreal Island Beltline Railway 1893–1899 (MTR)
  • Montreal Terminal Railway 1899–1911
  • Montreal Public Service Corporation 1910–1911 (STP)
  • Montreal Park and Island Railway 1894–1901
  • Montreal Suburban Tramway and Power 1904–1910
  • Commission de tramway Montreal 1918
  • Montreal Street Railway Company 1886–1911 (MTR and MPIR)
  • Montreal Tramways Company 1911–1950
  • La Commission de transport de Montreal (Montreal Transit Commission) 1950–1970
  • Commission de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal (Montreal Urban Community Transportation Commission) 1970–1985
  • Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal (Montreal Urban Community Transit Corporation) 1985–2002

Vehicles

Image:DSC01179.JPG STM operates over 1,600 buses in its fleet; below is the all-time fleet list:

  • GMC TDH-5301, 5105, 5305, 5303
  • GMD S8H-5303A, 5304A, SDM-5301, 5302, 4501,
  • Western Flyer D700A
  • MCI MC-7
  • MCI/NovaBus TC40-102N
  • OBI Orion II 02.501
  • Canadair-Flxible CL218
  • GMC T6H-5305, 5307N
  • GMDD Classic TC40-102N
  • Prevost PTS47
  • MAN 750-40-M12A
  • Dodge Tradesman 300
  • GMC Vandura 35
  • Ford Ecoline
  • Flxible 511KE-F6
  • Saviem SICO
  • Van Hool AG280
  • NovaBus LFS
  • Can-Car/Brill
  • CC&F C-40A, CD-40A, C-36, CD-44A, CD-52, T-44, T-44A, CD-52, TD-51
  • AEC Ranger, 664T
  • GMC TDH-4512, 5101
  • Mack BC, C49DT, LD4G, 6-CQ-3S, CQ3G, LC3G, 6-CT-3S, LD3G. LC3D, CD49DT, CD47DT, CD45DT
  • AC&F-Brill H-16, 31S, 26S, 36S
  • Leyland LTB1, Olympic Mk. X
  • Versare Company — Atwater St Monster
  • Yellow Bus X, 1204, TD2701, Z, TD-3201, TD3202, 728, TG4006, AF258
  • Ford 19B, 29B
  • White TBC, TDF, 54, 686, 786, 784, 788, 65A, 54A, 1144D
  • REO Motor Inc G
  • Fageol Twin Coach TD-2701, 38-S, 44-D

Currently the only buses in service are the MCI/NovaBus TC40102N and the Nova LFS.

STM Bus routes numbers

  • Regular and rush hour services: Routes 10 to 268
  • Express and reserved bus lanes: Routes 410 to 545
  • Night routes: Routes 350 to 382

Streetcars

Like many North American cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Montreal had streetcar service. In the mid-20th century, Montreal abandoned the last of its streetcars in favour of buses, which, by 1959, had become much more popular.

  • Horsecar service 1861–1894
  • Electric streetcar service 1894–1959

Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver were a few Canadian cities that used trolleybuses. Introduced in 1937, service ended in 1966. Here are just some of the vehicles that served in Monteral:

Horsecars

  • Larivière sleigh
  • Stephenson horsecar
  • Larivière omnibus

Electric cars

  • CC&F SE DT PCC
  • CC&F SE DT
  • Brownell SE ST
  • Kuhlman SE DT
  • Ottawa Car Co. SE DT
  • Briney Brill DE ST
  • Newburyport SE DT

Connections

STM is connected to surrounding transit agencies such as:

Metro

Image:Montreal-Metro-Rush Hour-01.png
Main article: Montreal Metro

The Montreal Métro was introduced in 1966 in preparation for Canada's 100th birthday and Expo '67 in Montreal, the second such system in Canada.. Instead of traditional steel-wheeled trains, it is a rubber-tyred metro, based on technology developed for the Paris Métro; Montreal's system was the first in the world to be entirely rubber-tyred.

Montreal Metro lines are as follows:

Note on Line 3: The original metro plan called for a North-South route under Mount-Royal using existing CN tracks. This line would have had from nine to 17 stations. The project was shelved for two reasons:

  • Expo '67 required the more important construction of Line 4
  • The line would have required special cars because they were to have run outside

Today, AMT commuter trains to Deux-Montagnes use the tunnel where line 3 was once planned.

Paratransit

The STM operates paratransit services for handicapped passengers. Regular STM fares apply.

Taxibus

The STM also operates seven taxibus lines where the creation of bus service was not feasible. Regular STM fares apply.

Taxibus lines:

  • Centre de distribution Aldo 1 4
  • Lachine 2
  • L'Île-Bizard 2
  • Norman — quartier Lachine 1
  • Parc industriel Lachine / Gare Dorval 3
  • Senneville 1
  • Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue — quartier Sainte-Marie 2

1- Rush-hour service

2- Synchronised with rush-hour trains

3- Mid to late morning and late night service

4- Limited late night service Sunday through Thursday

All lines except for the Centre de distribution Aldo and the Parc industriel Lachine / Gare Dorval (during the night) require a reservation at least one hour in advance by telephone. Otherwise, one can simply wait at a stop.

See also

References/External links

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