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{{Infobox Bus transit
| name            = Exo Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan sector
| logo = Exo.svg
| logo_size = 150px
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| parent          = [[Exo (public transit) | Exo]]
| founded         = 2017
| headquarters    =
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| service_area    = [[Carignan, Quebec]], [[Chambly, Quebec]], [[Marieville, Quebec]], [[Richelieu, Quebec]], [[Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu]]
| service_type    = [[bus service]], [[paratransit]], on-demand [[taxibus]]
| alliance        =
| routes          = 24
| destinations    = [[Brossard]], [[Longueuil]], [[Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]]
| stops           =
| hubs            = Terminus Chambly, [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
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| website         = [https://exo.quebec/en/trip-planner/bus/CITCRC exo.quebec/en/trip-planner/bus/CITCRC]
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The '''Exo Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan sector''' is the public agency responsible for providing public transit service to the communities of [[Chambly, Quebec|Chambly]], [[Richelieu, Quebec|Richelieu]] and [[Carignan, Quebec|Carignan]]. This area is in southwestern [[Quebec]], [[Canada]], about {{convert|25|km|mi}} east of [[Montreal]] on the [[Richelieu River]].
== History ==
From 1913 to 1956, commuter service to Montreal was provided by the [[Montreal and Southern Counties Railway]] with four stops in what is now Chambly.
The Conseil intermunicipal de transport Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan (CITCRC) was formed in 1984.
In 1993 it was agreed to expand service to St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu, and in 1994 it was the turn of [[Marieville, Quebec|Marieville]] to join.<ref name=mission>{{Cite web |url=http://www.citcrc.ca/CITMissionStatements.aspx |title=CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan Mission Statements |access-date=2008-09-14 |archive-date=2009-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102015119/http://www.citcrc.ca/CITMissionStatements.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In 2000, the [[Agence métropolitaine de transport]] (predecessor to [[Exo (public transit)|Exo]] and [[Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain]]) opened a park and ride in Chambly for commuters into [[Montreal]].<ref>
{{Cite web |title=Rapport annuel 2000 |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/4187953 |language=fr |publisher=Agence métropolitaine de transport |format=PDF |p=31 |access-date=August 20, 2024}}
</ref>
''Gestrans''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gestrans.ca/clients.html |title=Gestrans Inc. experts in public transit - clients |access-date=2008-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413144023/http://www.gestrans.ca/clients.html |archive-date=2008-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was contracted to manage the transportation system from 2008 through 2012 with [[Veolia Transport]]<ref name=Veolia>[http://www.veoliatransport.qc.ca/fr/tr_commun/chambly.php Veolia Transport, CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan public transit]</ref> (formerly Connex) operating the buses, under an agreement that expired at the end of 2011.<ref name=mission />
In December 2011, the CIT network was expanded with local bus lines, using the park and ride as a terminus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chamblymatin.com/information/nouvelles/manchettes-locales/manchettes-locales-2/transport-en-commun-importante-augmentation-de-l-offre-a-chambly.html |title=Transport en commun : importante augmentation de l’offre à Chambly |publisher=Chambly |date=December 9, 2011 |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref> In July 2012 a one-year pilot project was announced making these new local lines fare-free; only rides outside of the CIT territory would require a fare.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chamblyexpress.ca/actualites/societe/140768/se-deplacer-gratuitement-entre-les-municipalites |title=Se déplacer gratuitement entre les municipalités |publisher=Chambly Express |date=May 16, 2012  |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>
In October 2012, the CIT was rebranded to '''Blus''' (an acronym combining ''bus'' and ''plus''), with a new visual identity. The fare-free pilot project was made permanent.
<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chamblyexpress.ca/actualites/societe/141791/embarquez-avec-le-blus |title=Embarquez avec le Blus |publisher=Chambly Express |date=October 15, 2022  |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>
On June 1, 2017, a new law reorganizing public transit agencies in [[Greater Montreal]] abolished the CITs and established a new [[Exo (public transit)|Réseau de transport métropolitain]] (RTM, later branded '''Exo'''), that, among other things, assumed the Blus responsibilities, assets and employees.{{Cite web |title=L'objectif de la mobilité intégrée |language=fr |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroniques/jean-philippe-decarie/201705/14/01-5097938-lobjectif-de-la-mobilite-integree.php |access-date=2024-08-20 |date=2017-05-15 |publisher=La Presse}}
When the [[Réseau express métropolitain]] started service between [[Montreal Central Station]] and [[Brossard station|Brossard]] in July 2023, Exo reorganized the bus network in the Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan sector. Bus routes that went to [[Terminus Centre-Ville]] or [[Terminus Panama]] now terminated at the new [[Brossard station|Brossard REM station]]. A new bus route numbering scheme was also implemented.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://exo.quebec/fr/planifier-trajet/refonte-reseau-autobus/chambly-richelieu-carignan |title=Refonte du réseau d'autobus : Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan |publisher=Exo |date=June 2023  |access-date=August 20, 2024}}</ref>
==Fares==
{{Updated|July 1, 2024}}
{{See also |Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain#Fare_structure}}
The Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan sector is [[Integrated ticketing|integrated]] in [[Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain#Fare_structure|the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM)'s fare structure]] for [[Greater Montreal]].<ref name="artm_fares">{{Cite web |url=https://www.artm.quebec/en/fares/ |title=Transit fares |access-date=2024-08-21 |publisher=Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain }}</ref>
The territory of the sector is in [[Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain#Fare_zones|fare zone C]], with the exception of Marieville, which is in zone D.<ref name="artm_fare_zones">{{Cite web |url=https://www.artm.quebec/en/fare-zones/ |title=Transit Zones |access-date=2024-08-21 |publisher=Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain }}</ref>
* Travel within the sector is [[Free public transport|fare-free]].<ref name="artm_fare_schedule">{{Cite web |url=https://www.artm.quebec/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ARTM_Grille_tarifaire_TC_EN.pdf |title=Fare schedule |date=2024-07-01 |access-date=2024-08-21 |publisher=Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain |format=PDF |p=4-5 }}</ref>
* Routes to Brossard or Longueuil (Zone B) require a '''All modes ABC''' or '''Bus''' fare that's valid for those zones.
* Routes to St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (Zone D) require '''All modes ABCD''' or '''Bus Out-of-Territory''' fare.
Beyond the [[Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain#Fare_structure|standard ARTM fares]], there are additional fares available for this sector:<ref name="artm_fare_schedule"/>
* The '''CRC-SJU-VR-REM''' fare is valid on services in the Zone C of Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan, Sainte-Julie and Vallée-du-Richelieu sectors (thereby excluding Marieville), as well as the South Shore branch of the [[Réseau express métropolitain|Réseau express métropolitain (REM)]].
* The '''CRC Marieville-REM''' is valid on all services in the Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan sector as well as the South Shore branch of the REM.
==Services==
{{Updated|August 19, 2024|<ref name="exo_crc_horaire"/>}}
=== Local bus routes ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background: #{{rcr|Exo}}; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="5"|Local bus routes
|-
! No.
! Route <ref name="exo_crc_horaire">{{cite web |url=https://exo.quebec/fr/planifier-trajet/autobus/CITCRC |title= Secteur Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan |language=fr |access-date=2024-08-19 |trans-title=Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan Sector | publisher=exo }}</ref>
!colspan=2|Terminus
! Notes
|-
|'''104'''
|Chambly (Brassard - Martel - Gentilly)
| [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
| ''Clockwise circular route''
|All-day, every day, except PM weekday rush hour (see route 106)
|-
|'''105'''
|Chambly - Richelieu - Marieville
| [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
| ''Clockwise circular route via Marieville''
| All-day, every day
|-
|'''106'''
|Chambly (Brassard - Salaberry - Gentilly)
| [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
| ''Clockwise circular route''
| Monday-Friday, PM rush hour
|-
|'''107'''
|Chambly (Anne-Le Seigneur - Salaberry - Brassard)
| [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
| ''Clockwise circular route''
|
All-day, every day
|-
|'''108'''
|Taxibus Chambly - St-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
| [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
| Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
|
* Weekdays
* AM direction [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
* PM direction Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu
* No reservation required
|-
|'''109'''
|Taxibus Chambly - Carignan - Saint-Hubert
| [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
| [[Saint-Hubert, Quebec|Saint-Hubert]] borough of [[Longueuil]], corner Cousineau and Montée Saint-Hubert
|
* Weekdays
* AM direction Saint-Hubert
* lunch time/PM direction [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px]] Terminus Chambly
* Serves [[Centre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin#Secondary schools 2|André-Laurendeau High School]]
* No reservation required
|}
=== Express bus routes ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Bus routes
|-
! No.
! Route <ref name="exo_crc_horaire"/>
! Notes
|-
|'''481''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|[[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg |18px]] Chambly - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|16px|link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|-
|'''482'''  [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|Chambly (Franquet - Fréchette) - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg| 18px |link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|-
|'''483'''  [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|Carignan (Bellerive-Henriette) - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg| 18px |link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|-
|'''484'''  [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|Carignan (Île aux Lièvres) - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg| 18px |link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|-
|'''485'''  [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|Chambly (Lebel - Fréchette) - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg| 18px |link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|-
|'''486'''  [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|Marieville - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg| 18px |link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|-
|'''487'''  [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|Chambly (Industriel) - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg| 18px |link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|-
|'''488'''  [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo express.svg|18px]]
|Chambly (Daigneault - Martel) - {{ric|REM}} {{ric|REM|A1}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg| 18px |link=Brossard Station]] [[Brossard station|Terminus Brossard]]
|
|}
=== Regional bus routes ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Bus routes
|-
! No.
! Route <ref name="exo_crc_horaire"/>
! Notes
|-
|'''680''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo régional.svg|18px]]
|[[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px|link=Terminus Longueuil]] Chambly - {{ric|Montreal Metro}} {{ric|Montreal Metro|4}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px|link=Terminus Longueuil]] [[Terminus Longueuil]]
|Weekend service
Stops at [[Promenades Saint-Bruno]]
|-
|'''681''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo régional.svg|18px]]
|[[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px|link=Terminus Longueuil]] Chambly - {{ric|Montreal Metro|4}} [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg|18px|link=Terminus Longueuil]] [[Terminus Longueuil]] - [[Cégep Édouard-Montpetit]]
|Monday-Friday service
Stops at [[Promenades Saint-Bruno]]
|-
|'''685''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus exo régional.svg|18px]]
|Carignan - Chambly - Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
| Monday-Friday service, departures toward St-Jean-sur Richelieu in AM, departures toward Carignan in PM
Stops at Hôpital du Haut-Richelieu, [[Cégep de Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu]] and [[Royal Military College Saint-Jean]]
|}
=== On demand service ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan=3|Bus routes
|-
! No.
! Route <ref name="exo_crc_horaire"/>
! Notes
|-
|'''380''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - exo à la demande.svg|18px]]
|Chambly (Bouthillier-Lareau) Taxi sur réservation
|
|-
|'''381''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - exo à la demande.svg|18px]]
|Carignan (Bellevue-Bachand) Taxi sur réservation
|
|-
|'''382''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - exo à la demande.svg|18px]]
|Carignan (Île Goyer) Taxi sur réservation
|
|-
|'''383''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - exo à la demande.svg|18px]]
|Carignan (Île Demers/Lièvres) Taxi sur réservation
|
|-
|'''384''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - exo à la demande.svg|18px]]
|Carignan (Bellerive-Henriette) Taxi sur réservation
|
|-
|'''385''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - exo à la demande.svg|18px]]
|Chambly (Industriel) Taxi sur réservation
|
|-
|'''386''' [[File:Montreal public transit icons - exo à la demande.svg|18px]]
|Chambly (Indust.) - Richelieu Taxi sur réservation
|
|}
== See also ==
* [[Exo (public transit) bus services]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://exo.quebec/en/trip-planner/bus/CITCRC Exo page for Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan sector]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070114102057/http://www.citcrc.amt.qc.ca/ Archived AMT site for CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan]
* [http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/alltime/montreal-suburbs-qc.html#cit Transit History of Montreal suburbs, Conseil Intermunicipal de Transport (CIT)]
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