Exo bus services
This article is written like a travel guide. (March 2018) |
Parent | Exo |
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Founded | June 1, 2017[1] |
Service area | Northern and southern suburbs of Greater Montreal |
Service type | |
Routes |
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Hubs | 11 terminuses[2] |
Annual ridership |
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Website | exo |
Exo provides 219 bus lines, on-demand transit and paratransit service throughout the outer suburbs and exurbs of the Greater Montreal region of Canada.[3]
History
[edit]Prior to June 2017, bus service within the greater region of Montréal was provided by a number of different local and regional transit agencies known as Conseils Intermunicipal de Transport (CIT), or Inter-municipal transit commissions. In addition, a few suburban towns also ran their own transit services. All of these CITs and local agencies were, however, integrated logistically and collected fares under the umbrella of the former Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), a provincial agency created in 1997 to manage and integrate road transport and public transportation in Greater Montreal, as well as operate commuter rail for the region.
On June 1, 2017, the AMT was disbanded and replaced by two new entities, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM), mandated to plan and integrate public transit and fares across the Greater Montreal region, and the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM), to organize and run the commuter train network and unite all public transport expertise of the former AMT with that of the CIT transit organizations in the northern and southern suburbs, including paratransit services.
The RTM took over service operation of over twelve former CITs and local transit agencies:[4]
- AMT's own express bus lines
- CIT Haut-Saint-Laurent
- CIT La Presqu'Île
- CIT Laurentides
- CIT Le Richelain
- CIT Roussillon
- CIT Sorel-Varennes
- CIT Vallée du Richelieu
- CITSO (Sud-Ouest)
- RTCR de la MRC de L'Assomption[5]
- Sainte-Julie public transit
Fares
[edit]- As of July 1, 2024
Exo services operate within the integrated fare structure of the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) for Greater Montreal. Exo bus sectors are exclusively in zones C and D, though some express or regional buses have destinations in zones A or B.[8]
Certain sectors may have their own particularities, such as fare-free local travel.[9]
Some municipalities served by Exo outside of the ARTM territory are charged as a Zone D fare, even if they are not on the ARTM's list.[10]
Bus sectors and routes
[edit]Through its subsidiaries Exo runs multiple bus lines serving Montréal suburbs.
- As of September 3, 2024
Exo sector | Zone A and B destinations | Zone C municipalities | Zone D municipalities | Qty of bus routes[11] (Sept. 2024) |
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Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan | Paratransit only: | 25 | ||
Haut-Saint-Laurent | Montreal | 2 | ||
La Presqu'Île | Montreal | Paratransit only: | 28 | |
L'Assomption | Montreal | 15 | ||
Laurentides | Laval | 85 | ||
Richelain / Roussillon |
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41 | ||
Sainte-Julie | Longueuil | Sainte-Julie | 14 | |
Sorel-Varennes and Marguerite-D'Youville |
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Paratransit only (via Marguerite-D'Youville sector): | Paratransit only (via Marguerite-D'Youville sector): | 14 |
Sud-Ouest | Montreal | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield | 24 | |
Terrebonne-Mascouche | 49 | |||
Vallée du Richelieu | Paratransit only: | 15 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "L'objectif de la mobilité intégrée" [The Objective of Integrated Mobility] (in French). La Presse. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ a b c "Rapport annuel 2023" [2023 Annual Report] (PDF). Exo. Retrieved 2024-09-01.
- ^ "Bus". Exo. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "Exo".
- ^ RTCR history
- ^ Urbis history
- ^ CRTL history
- ^ "Find your fare". Exo. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
- ^ "Transit fares". Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
- ^ a b "Exo zone tarifaire FR V3" (PDF) (in French). Exo.
- ^ Includes all bus, taxibus, taxibus by reservation and on-demand transit services. "Bus schedules". Exo. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
External links
[edit]- (in French) Réseau de transport métropolitain buses[permanent dead link]
- (in English) Réseau de transport métropolitain buses (EN)