Exo (public transit)

Exo
An outbound train on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line
An outbound train on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line
A stylized icon of a train on a pink background
Exo train network symbol
Overview
LocaleGreater Montreal
Transit type
Number of lines
  • 5 (commuter rail)
  • 219 (bus)
[1]
Number of stations
  • 52 rail stations
  • 11 bus terminuses
[1]
Annual ridership
  • 44,737,400 (bus)
  • 6,147,995 (commuter rail)
  • 652,719 (paratransit)
  • 69,164 (on demand)
(2023)[1]
Chief executiveSylvain Yelle
Headquarters700 rue de la Gauchetière, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Websiteexo.quebec/en Edit this at Wikidata
Operation
Began operation
  • 1859 (first section)
  • January 1, 1996 (as AMT)
  • June 1, 2017 (2017-06-01) (as Réseau de transport métropolitain/Exo)[2]
Operator(s)Alstom
Reporting marksEXO
Infrastructure manager(s)
Number of vehicles
  • 41 locomotives
  • 206 passenger cars (2023) [1]
Network map as of July 2023

Exo, stylized as exo and officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM; English: Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both the North Shore of the Mille-Îles River and the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River. It was created on June 1, 2017, taking over Montreal's commuter rail services from the former Agence métropolitaine de transport as well as bus and paratransit services from the various suburban municipal and intermunicipal transit agencies.[3] Exo operates the second busiest such system in Canada after Toronto's GO Transit.[citation needed]

Exo's territory is concurrent with Montreal Metropolitan Community limits, with the addition of the Kahnawake First Nations reserve and the city of Saint-Jérôme.[4] It serves a population of approximately 4 million people who make more than 174,000 trips daily in the 4,258.97 km2 (1,644.40 sq mi) area radiating from Montreal.[5][1]

  1. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference Rapport_annuel_2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Décarie, Jean-Philippe (2017-05-15). "L'objectif de la mobilité intégrée" [The Objective of Integrated Mobility]. La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  3. ^ "Status, mandates and territory". Exo. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
  4. ^ Act respecting the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RLRQ, c. R-25.01, section 3)
  5. ^ "À propos" [About] (in French). Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain. Retrieved 2024-10-15.