Société de transport de Sherbrooke

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 41 routes and a fleet of more than 80 buses. STS is owned and operated by the city.

Société de transport de Sherbrooke
Headquarters895, rue Cabana
Sherbrooke, Quebec
J1K 2M3
Service typeBus service, paratransit
Routes41
Hubs3
Websitewww.sts.qc.ca (in French)

Bus services

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Regular routes

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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
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
13 Raby Normand > Université de Sherbrooke weekdays (during Fall and Winter semesters of U de S)
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
51 Station du Cégep <> Kruger 7 days, minibus on week-ends

Minibus routes

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No. Route Description Route Schedule
20 Station du Cégep <> Saint-François - Boulogne rush hour, midday
22 CHUS–Fleurimont <> Place Fleurimont <> Galvin rush hour fixed route (on-demand service also available weekdays between 9:00am and 3:30pm)
23 Place Fleurimont <> Virginie-Laflamme / Parrot rush hour fixed route (on-demand service also available weekdays between 9:00am and 3:30pm)
24 Université de Sherbrooke <> De Lotbinière 7 days
26 Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Robert-Boyd - Portland rush hour
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)
36 Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Plaza de l'Ouest weekdays
50 Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Val-des-Arbres - Laliberté 7 days
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

Microbus routes

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No. Route Description Route Schedule
21 CHUS–Fleurimont <> Place Fleurimont rush hour
25 13e Avenue – 24-Juin <> Gîte du Bel Âge / Champêtre / Coquelicots rush hour
52 Terrasses Rock Forest <> Avenue du Parc rush hour

Express routes

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No. Route Description Route Schedule
401 Stationnement Gaspé <> <> CHUS–Fleurimont rush hour
405 Station du Cégep <> 13e Avenue - 24-Juin week-end only
411 Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Plateau St-Joseph 7 days
448 Stationnement Northrop-Frye <> IGA Extra - King Ouest rush hour
449 Stationnement Northrop-Frye <> CHUS–Hôtel-Dieu / St-Vincent-de-Paul rush hour
453 Université de Sherbrooke <> Campus de la Santé rush hour, midday
454 Stationnement Northrop-Frye <> CHUS–Fleurimont rush hour

On-demand service (TAD)

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No. Route Description Route Schedule
770 Chemin de Saint-Élie <> Parc de la Butte-aux-Bouleaux rush hour
774 Saint-Roch Sud - Émery-Fontaine <> Lotbinière - North-Hatley rush hour
780 Val-Des-Arbres Caleb <> Hémond rush hour

Specials routes

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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
903 Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Station du Dépôt 7 days, late evening

Serves line 3 and 26

904 Carrefour de l'Estrie <> 13e Avenue - 24-Juin 7 days, early morning, late evening

Serves line 1, 4 and 9 In service from 7pm on week-ends

907 André - Thibault <> Carrefour de l'Estrie Early morning

Weekdays

908 Station du Dépôt <> CHUS–Fleurimont 7 days, late evenings

Serves line 5 and 8

912 Carrefour de l'Estrie <> Station du Dépôt 7 days early morning, late evenings

Serves line 12 and 16

913 Station du Dépôt <> Galt - Lisieux 7 days, late evening

Serves line 3, 6 and 12

917 Rock Forest <> Carrefour de l'Estrie & Station du Cégep Weekdays only 7 days, early morning

Serves line 17 and 18

918 Université de Sherbrooke <> Rock Forest 7 days, late evening

Serves line 17 and 18

919 Lisieux-Brûlé <> Station du Cégep Weekdays, early morning

Serves line 6, 14 and 19

Transfer Points

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Three 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.

History

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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.

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