Exo Richelain / Roussillon sector
| Parent | Exo |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 1st, 2017 |
| Service area | La Prairie, Candiac, Saint-Constant, Sainte-Catherine and others |
| Service type | Bus service, paratransit |
| Routes | 38 |
| Hubs | Terminus La Prairie, Terminus Montcalm-Candiac, Terminus Georges-Gagné |
| Annual ridership | 1,640,073 (2024)[1] |
| Operator | Transdev[2] |
| Website | https://exo.quebec/en/trip-planner/bus/LRRS |
The Exo Richelain / Roussillon sector is the division of Exo that delivers bus service to the municipalities of La Prairie, Candiac, Delson, Saint-Constant, Saint-Philippe and Sainte-Catherine,[3] which are suburbs southeast of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The territory serviced lies in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality.
History
At the time when Exo was created in 2017, the territory that this now sector covers was served by three organizations:
- CIT Richelain that covered bus service for La Prairie, Candiac and Saint-Philippe (and prior to 2001 the communities that now form Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu);[4]
- CIT Roussillon, created in 1984 and providing commuter bus service to Delson, Saint-Constant and Sainte-Catherine;[5] and
- TARSO, that offered paratransit to all of the municipalities above.[6]
In 2018, Exo awarded Transdev the contract to run service for the Richelain sector.[2] The contract start date was January 1, 2019 and runs till June 30, 2024 with a 3-year option for exo to extend the contract till June 30, 2027.
Exo operated Roussillon and Le Richelian as their own sectors until they were merged on July 31, 2023, when the Réseau express métropolitain opened. The new sector's bus network was reconfigured to send commuters heading downtown to Panama and Brossard stations insetad of Terminus Centre-Ville.[7]
Services
Local bus routes
| Local routes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Route | Connects to | Service times / notes |
| 134 | Saint-Philippe - Candiac | Terminus Montcalm-Candiac | Daily |
| 135 | Taxi collectif Saint-Philippe - Candiac (Gare) | Candiac | Weekdays, peak only |
| 140 | La Prairie (Balmoral - Briqueterie - Magdeleine) | Terminus La Prairie | Daily |
| 141 | La Prairie (Magdeleine - Briqueterie - Balmoral) | Terminus La Prairie | Daily |
| 142 | Candiac (Montcalm - Fouquet - Haendel) | Terminus Montcalm-Candiac | Daily |
| 143 | Candiac - La Prairie | Terminus Montcalm-Candiac | Daily |
| 144 | La Prairie (Symbiocité) | Terminus La Prairie | Daily |
| 145 | Taxi Collectif Candiac / Delson (Industriel) |
|
Weekdays, peak only |
| 146 | Candiac (Deauville - Carrefour - Gare) |
|
Daily |
| 147 | Candiac (Barcelone - Carrefour - Gare) |
|
Daily |
| 150 | Sainte-Catherine (Brébeuf - Montchamp - Gare) | Sainte-Catherine | Weekdays, peak only |
| 151 | Delson (Principale N.) - Sainte-Catherine | Terminus Georges-Gagné | Daily |
| 152 | Delson (Principale Sud - Gare) |
|
Daily |
| 153 | Saint-Constant (Saint-Pierre - Gare - Beauvais) |
|
Daily |
| 154 | Sainte-Catherine (Marie-Victorin - Écluses) | Terminus Georges-Gagné | Daily |
| 155 | Delson - Saint-Constant (Gare Sainte-Catherine) |
|
Daily |
| 156 | Saint-Constant (Smartcentres - Monchamp - Gare) |
|
Daily |
| 157 | Taxi collectif Sainte-Catherine (Éperviers-Orioles) | Terminus Georges-Gagné | Weekdays, peak only |
| 158 | Taxi collectif Sainte-Catherine (Industriel) | Terminus Georges-Gagné | Weekdays, peak only |
Express bus routes
| Express routes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Route | Connects to | Service times / notes |
| 450 | La Prairie (Magdeleine) – Terminus Brossard | Brossard | Daily |
| 451 | La Prairie (Briqueterie) – Terminus Brossard | Brossard | Weekdays, peak only |
| 452 | La Prairie (Symbiocité-Briqueterie) – Terminus Brossard | Brossard | Weekdays, peak only |
| 453 | La Prairie (Vieux La Prairie) – Terminus Panama | Panama | Weekdays, peak only |
| 454 | Candiac (Charlemagne) – Terminus Brossard | Brossard | Weekdays, peak only |
| 455 | Candiac (Deauville) – Terminus Brossard | Brossard | Weekdays, peak only |
| 456 | Candiac (Fouquet) – Terminus Brossard | Brossard | Weekdays, peak only |
| 457 | Saint-Philippe – Terminus Brossard | Brossard | Weekdays, peak only |
| 458 | La Prairie – Terminus Panama |
|
Weekdays, peak only |
| 459 | Candiac – Terminus Panama |
|
Weekdays, peak only |
| 550 | La Prairie – Longueuil (Cégep É.-Montpetit) |
|
Weekdays, peak only |
| 551 | Candiac – Longueuil (Cégep É.-Montpetit) |
|
Weekdays, peak only |
| 552 | Saint-Constant - Delson - Terminus Brossard | Weekdays, peak only | |
| 553 | Sainte-Catherine - Delson - Terminus Panama | Panama | Weekdays, peak only |
| 554 | Delson - Terminus Brossard |
|
Weekdays, peak only |
| 555 | Delson - Longueuil (Cégep É.-Montpetit) |
|
Weekdays only |
| 556 | Delson - Montréal (Angrignon - Cégep A-Laurendeau) |
|
Weekdays only |
Regional bus routes
| Regional routes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Route | Connects to | Service times / notes |
| 650 | Delson - Candiac - La Prairie - Terminus Panama |
|
Daily |
| 651 | Delson - Candiac - La Prairie - Term. Panama - Longueuil |
|
Daily |
See also
References
- ^ "Rapport annuel 2024" [2024 annual report] (PDF) (in French). Exo. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ a b "Dès le 1er janvier 2019, les usagers du transport en commun du Richelain seront voyagés par Transdev" [As of January 1, 2019, Richelain transit riders will be driven by Transdev] (Press release) (in French). Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. CNW Telbec. 2018-12-27.
- ^ "Secteur Le Richelain / Roussillon" [Le Richelain / Roussillon sector] (in French). Exo. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "CIT Richelain" (in French). CIT Roussillon. Archived from the original on 2017-06-05.
- ^ "À propos" [About] (in French). CIT Roussillon. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10.
- ^ "Guide de l'usager : Service de transport adapté" [Passenger Guide: Paratransit service] (PDF) (in French). TARSO INC. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
- ^ "Refonte du réseau autobus : Le Richelain et Roussillon" [Bus network reconfiguration: Le Richelain et Roussillon]. Exo. Retrieved 2025-06-20.