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

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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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: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 55 *

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 * Station du Dépôt: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 14, 19, 29, 55, 57 * Carrefour de l'Estrie: 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 17, 26, 50, 53, 55, 57

History

Chronology:Transit History of Sherbrooke, Quebec
/ref> :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

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