Société de transport de Sherbrooke (STS) provides public transit services to
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...
, the only major city in the
Eastern Townships (
Estrie
Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...
) region of
Quebec
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, Canada. After the amalgamation of what are now neighbouring boroughs into a regional municipality in 2002, service was expanded to cover the entire city with 32 routes and a fleet of more than 80 buses. STS is owned and operated by the city.
Bus services
Regular routes
Minibus routes
Taxibus routes
Specials routes
Specials Routes are in service 7 days a week, in the early morning or late evening, as a way to serve all the lines with fewer buses. Specials routes' frequency may vary from once a day to once per hour.
Transfer Points
Four points in the city are used for transfers between buses. At the corner of King and Sauvé streets in the Rock Forest sector, routes 17 and 18 are waiting for each other, every time.
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Cégep
A CEGEP ( or ; ), also written cégep, CÉGEP and cegep, is a publicly funded college providing technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs; they are exclusive to the province of Quebec's education system. A loanword from French, ...
: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 55
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Université de Sherbrooke
The University of Sherbrooke (French: Université de Sherbrooke) (UdS) is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke. It i ...
: 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 27, 29, 53
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Station du Dépôt: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 14, 19, 29, 55, 57
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Carrefour de l'Estrie: 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 17, 26, 50, 53, 55, 57
History
Chronology:
Transit History of Sherbrooke, Quebec
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:1897: Sherbrooke Street Railway Company
:1910: Sherbrooke Railway and Power Company
:1914: Sherbrooke City Transit Company Limited - began first bus service in 1928.
:1952: Voyageur and Service Laramée Inc.
:1962: Sherbrooke Transit Inc. - acquired by CMTS
:1978: Corporation municipale de transport de Sherbrooke
:1985: Corporation métropolitaine de transport de Sherbrooke (CMTS) - extended service to neighbouring towns
:2002: Société de transport de Sherbrooke - changed name with the amalgamation into a regional municipality.
References
External links
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STS Route Map
Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke ( ; ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François and Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territory equivalent to a regional cou ...
Transport in Sherbrooke
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