Exo (public transit)

A regional transit agency in Greater Montreal was first created by the Quebec government in 1995 with the , with the mandate of developing, coordinating and promoting transit throughout the area; improve and develop the commuter rail network, and; encourage integration of different modes of transit. On December 20, 1996, the AMT took over responsibility of the commuter trains from the Société de transport de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal (STCUM). On June 1, 2017, the AMT was disbanded in a reorganization of metropolitan transit authorities. A new agency, the (RTM) was created to be responsible for operating commuter rail and suburban transit services. In May 2018, the RTM adopted the Exo brand (stylized exo, all-lowercase), to represent the sub- and exurban nature of its service area. ==Partners in transport==

Exo's parent agency, the (ARTM), is charged with transportation planning for the Greater Montreal area. Exo operates commuter train service as well as the bus service outside of the three main population centres of Greater Montreal. In these areas service is provided by the on the Island of Montreal, the in Laval, and the for the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. ==Commuter rail==

. , headed for Sainte-Martine. Exo runs multiple bus lines through its subsidiaries serving Montréal suburbs. Exo operates all commuter bus services for the North Shore and South Shore suburbs, excepting the cities of Longueuil and Laval, which have their own transit agencies. These bus services are operated mostly through 13 bus terminals, of which most belong to Exo : • Terminus La Prairie • Terminus Châteauguay • Terminus Georges-Gagné • Terminus Montcalm-Candiac • Terminus Repentigny • Terminus Terrebonne • Terminus Sainte-Julie • Stationnement incitatif Beloeil • Terminus Chambly • Terminus Contrecoeur == Fares ==

Exo services operate within the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM)'s integrated fare structure for Greater Montreal, which manages its fare schedule and fare zones. In 2022 the ARTM began a multi-year program of updating and simplifying the fare schedule. Through this process, and as the Réseau express métropolitain replaced some train and bus services, certain legacy fares were retained and new transitional fares were created, with the objective of slowly raising prices over time to match the simplified fare structure and then ultimately be phased out — a process called (smoothing). As of July 2024, Exo commuter rail and certain bus sectors still have these unique fares. == Ridership ==

In 2018, Exo carried 174,710 passengers on a typical weekday — 77,210 on the trains and 97,500 by commuter bus, including adapted transport. == See also ==