Société de transport de Montréal

The Société de transport de Montréal (English rather rare: Montreal Transit Corporation, German: Transportation Society Montreal; abbreviated STM) is a transport company that is active in the Canadian city of Montreal and its suburbs. It uses buses and operates the Metro Montreal. STM operates the fourth largest public transportation system in North America, after New York City Transit Authority, Toronto Transit Commission and the Mexico City Metro. In 2011 there were an average of 2.5245 million passengers daily, the vehicles of the STM.

History

Before the STM was founded, operated several small businesses connections with horse-drawn carriages. Between 1861 and 1886, the Montreal City Passenger Railway Company started operating. 1886, the company in Montreal Street Railway Company was renamed. The first electric tram ran in 1892, which was also known under the name Rocket. In 1893 the company was again renamed. Which now under the name Montreal Iceland Beltline Railway changed its name. A year later, the network was fully electrified, so that the last horse -powered line was discontinued in 1984. 1910, the company was renamed Montreal Tramways Company in Montreal Public Service Corporation shortly thereafter.

On 1 January 2002 to date, 27 independent communities on the Île de Montréal were incorporated into the city of Montreal. Since then, the company bears the name of the Société de transport de Montréal, abbreviated STM. Previously called the Société de transport de la communauté urbaine de Montréal, STCUM abbreviated (English Montreal Urban Community Transit Corporation, abbreviated MUCTC; German transport company about the urban community Montreal).

On 1 January 2006, this merger was largely reversed; many of these communities were again independently of the city of Montreal. However, this did not alter the performance of the, continuing to service these located mainly in the region of West Iceland communities.

Compounds

Rail transport

The Metro Montreal has four lines. Line 1 ( green) leads from the Honoré - Beaugrand metro station to the terminus Angrignon. Line 2 (Orange) begins at the Montmorency station and ends at the Côte- Vertu. Line 3 ( yellow) leads from the Berri- UQAM metro station and ends at the Longueuil - Université -de- Sherbrooke. Line 4 ( Blue) starts at the station Saint -Michel and ends at the station Snowdon.

Bus

STM operates more than 200 bus routes and transported 1.4037 million people per day. Here, as has power over local scheduled compounds that have the line number 10-299. The buses run seven days a week from the start of operations at 5:00 and until the end of operation to 1:00 am the next business day. On weekends, the buses in larger cycle times. Buses from 251 have been set up specifically for the elderly. The All- Night Network bus routes with the line number 300-399 operate at night 1:00 to 5:00 seven days a week. The Express Network routes with the line number 400-499 not stop at every stop. They are set up as Metrobus and Trainbus and connect neighborhoods with centrally located transfer stations. The Shuttle Network, with the lines 700-799, serves as a special use of traffic at major hockey games and other special events. The route runs through the popular tourist districts such as Old Montreal and La Ronde. In addition, the buses run every hour between downtown and the Montréal- Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.

Fleet

STM has a fleet of about 1,600 buses. The buses used today come from Motor Coach Industries and Nova bus. This includes both conventional as well as low-floor and articulated buses.