Société de transport de Sherbrooke

Société de transport de Sherbrooke

Headquarters	895 rue Cabana
Locale	Sherbrooke, Quebec
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Routes	33
Hubs	4
Website	www.sts.qc.ca (French)

Société de transport de Sherbrooke (STS) provides public transit services to Sherbrooke, the only major city in the Eastern Townships (Estrie) region of Quebec, 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

No.	Route Description	Route Schedule
1	Carrefour de l'Estrie / Station du Cégep <> Bowen - Talbot	7 days (Carrefour de l'Estrie weekdays only)
2	Station du Cégep <> Bishop's University / Croissant Oxford	7 days (Croissant Oxford weeknights and weekends only)
3	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> 13e Avenue - 24-Juin	7 days
4	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Du Chalumeau-Galvin	7 days
5	Station du Cégep <> 13e Avenue - du 24-Juin	7 days
6	Université de Sherbrooke <> Lisieux - Lachine	7 days
7	CHUS–Fleurimont <> André / Hallée	7 days
8	CHUS–Fleurimont <> Université de Sherbrooke	7 days
9	Université de Sherbrooke / Station du Cégep <> Des Chardonnerets	7 days (U de S weekdays only)
11	Plateau Saint-Joseph <> Bishop's University / André - Thibault	7 days (Bishop's University weekdays only)
12	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Station du Cégep	7 days
14	Université de Sherbrooke <> Station du Cégep	7 days
15	Université de Sherbrooke <> Parc Lucien-Blanchard	7 days
16	Université de Sherbrooke <> Prospect - Ontario	7 days
17	Station du Cégep / Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Place Dussault	7 days (Station du Cégep weekdays only)
18	Université de Sherbrooke <> Bourassa - Frontière	7 days
19	Station du Cégep <> Lisieux-Brûlé	weekdays, no evening service

Minibus routes

No.	Route Description	Route Schedule
22	CHUS–Fleurimont <> Place Fleurimont <> Galvin	rush hour
24	Université de Sherbrooke <> De Lotbinière	rush hour, midday
27	Université de Sherbrooke <> Val-du-Lac	rush hour, midday
28	Bishop's University <> Alexander-Galt / Beattie / Atto	rush hour
29	Université de Sherbrooke <> Station du Dépôt	night (during Fall and Winter semesters of U de S)
49	Stationnement Northrop-Frye <> CHUS–Hôtel-Dieu / St-Vincent-de-Paul	rush hour
50	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Val-des-Arbres - Laliberté	7 days
51	Station du Cégep <> Kruger	7 days
52	Terrasses Rock Forest <> Avenue du Parc	rush hour
53	Université de Sherbrooke <> Campus de la Santé	rush hour, midday
54	Stationnement Northrop-Frye <> CHUS–Fleurimont	rush hour
55	Du Manoir <> 13e Avenue - 24-Juin	7 days, no evening service
57	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> 13e Avenue - 24-Juin	7 days, no evening service

Taxibus routes

No.	Route Description	Route Schedule
20	Station du Cégep <> Saint-François - Boulogne	rush hour, midday
21	CHUS–Fleurimont <> Place Fleurimont	rush hour
25	13e Avenue – 24-Juin <> Gîte du Bel Âge / Champêtre / Coquelicots	rush hour
26	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Parc Industriel	rush hour, 7 evenings
56	Croissant Oxford <> Provigo (Lennoxville) <> Bishop's University	Mon, Wed, Fri (day)

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.

No.	Route Description	Route Schedule
SP - 3	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Station du Dépôt & Station du Dépôt <> Galt - Lisieux	7 days, late evening Served line 3, 6 and 12
SP - 4	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> 13e Avenue - 24-Juin	7 days, early morning, late evening Served line 1, 4 and 9 In service from 7pm on week-ends
SP - 7	André - Thibault <> Carrefour de l'Estrie & Station du Dépôt	Early morning Weekdays to Carrefour, Sundays to Dépôt
SP - 8	Station du Dépôt <> CHUS–Fleurimont	7 days, late evenings Served line 5 and 8
SP - 12	Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Station du Dépôt	7 days early morning, late evenings Served line 12 and 16
SP - 17	Rock Forest <> Carrefour de l'Estrie & Station du Cégep Weekdays only	7 days, early morning Served line 17 and 18
SP - 18	Université de Sherbrooke <> Rock Forest	7 days, late evening Served line 17 and 18
SP - 19	Lisieux-Brûlé <> Station du Cégep	Weekdays, early morning Served line 6, 14 and 19

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.

• Cégep: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 55
• Université de Sherbrooke: 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 27, 29, 53
• 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:^[1]

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

1. Transit History of Sherbrooke, Quebec

External links

• Official website (French)
• STS Route Map