The Société de transport de Montréal (English: Montreal Transit Corporation) is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Established in 1861 as Montreal City Passenger Railway Company, and STM as of 2002, it has grown to comprise four metro lines with a total of 68 stations, as well as over 186 bus routes and 23 night routes.
The STM operates the fourth most heavily used urban ma...
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The Société de transport de Montréal (English: Montreal Transit Corporation) is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Established in 1861 as Montreal City Passenger Railway Company, and STM as of 2002, it has grown to comprise four metro lines with a total of 68 stations, as well as over 186 bus routes and 23 night routes.
The STM operates the fourth most heavily used urban mass transit system in North America, after the New York City Transit Authority, Toronto Transit Commission and the Mexico City Metro. As of 2011, the average daily ridership is 2,524,500 passengers: 1,403,700 by bus, 1,111,700 by rapid transit and 9,200 by paratransit service.
2010 was a rough year for the STM as there were a lot of complaints about the metro being slow and efficient. New trains were needed because the current ones were beat up and old. Even though, most people viewed the STM as having an inefficient metro system, they were the...
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