Société de transport de Sherbrooke
# 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.

## 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 |
| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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)

| 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

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

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.

* Cégep: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19, 20, 51, 55, 405
* Université de Sherbrooke: 6, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 24, 27, 29, 453
* Carrefour de l'Estrie: 1, 3, 4, 11, 12, 17, 26, 36, 50, 55, 57, 411, 453

## History

Chronology:

    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.
