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right 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

A monthly transit pass, giving access to STM services on the island of Montreal
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A monthly transit pass, giving access to STM services on the island of Montreal

STM was created in 2002 and replaced the STCUM, Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal (Montreal Urban Community Transit Corporation/MUCTC), which provided public transit service to the 28 municipalities on the Island of Montreal. In practice, the STM is the same entity as the STCUM. All that changed was the name. The name change occurred to reflect the fact that the 28 municipalities on the Island of Montreal were merged into one 'mega-city' called Montreal. Several of these municipalities have since left the mega-city and are now independent towns. They will continue to contract with the STM to provide transit service. To fund the contracted service, the de-merged municipalities will continue to pay taxes to what remains of the mega-city of Montreal. In 2005, 361 million people used the STM for transport on the Island of Montreal.

Timeline of transit service in the Montreal area:

Vehicles

STM Bus #167 "LE CASINO" at Parc Jean-Drapeau
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STM Bus #167 "LE CASINO" at Parc Jean-Drapeau

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

Currently the only buses in service are the Motor Coach Industries/NovaBus TC40102N and the Nova LFS.

Bus route numbers

The STM bus network consists of 168 daytime and 20 nighttime service routes. 
Routes served by NovaBus LFS are assessible (identified with 15px)



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 and, later, an underground rubber-tyred metro, which, by 1959, had become much more popular, because politicians disliked overhead wires that they associated with the trams.

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 Montreal:



Horsecars



Electric cars


In February 2006, Montreal mayor Gérald Tremblay suggested the city look into a return of the streetcar into the heart of the city, following a visit to Paris, where new service is also in the planning stages.



Connections

STM is connected to surrounding transit agencies such as:


Metro




A busy Metro train at rush hour

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A busy Metro train at rush hour





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 Canadian National tracks. This line would have had from nine to 17 stations. The project was shelved for two reasons:

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



Bus Rapid Transit


For a while in the 1990's the MUCTC operated a Bus Rapid Transit line along Pie IX Boulevard. This was indefinitely suspended after several major accidents. The buses on this line flowed against the flow of traffic during rush hours in the direction of the majority of traffic.



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:


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.



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