Terminus Centre-Ville

{{Infobox station

| name = Terminus Centre-Ville

| style = Exo

| image = Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT) view.jpg

| image_caption = Boarding area of Terminus Centre-Ville

| address = 1000 Rue De La Gauchetière Ouest

| borough = Montreal, Quebec

| country = Canada

| coordinates =

| owner = ARTM

| operator =

| bus_stands = 21

| bus_operators = {{Plainlist|

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{{rint|Montreal|Metro}} {{rint|Montreal|Metro|2}} {{stn|Bonaventure}}
{{rint|montreal|rem}} {{rint|montreal|rail}} {{rint|ca|via}} {{rint|us|amtrak}} Gare Centrale

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| bicycle = Forbidden[http://www.amt.qc.ca/autobus_terminus_detail.aspx?terminusid=8&aotid=14&ligneautobusid=2729 TCV] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922084228/http://www.amt.qc.ca/autobus_terminus_detail.aspx?terminusid=8&aotid=14&ligneautobusid=2729 |date= September 22, 2010 }}

| accessible = Yes

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| zone = ARTM: A{{cite web |title=Fare Zones |url=https://www.artm.quebec/en/fare-zones/ |website=Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority |access-date=1 July 2022 |date=1 July 2022}}

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Terminus Centre-Ville (TCV; {{lit|City Centre Terminus}}) is an ARTM bus terminus located within 1000 de La Gauchetière in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is multimodal with the Bonaventure Metro station and Lucien-L'Allier Metro station on the Orange Line, and the Central Station in the city's downtown core. The terminus has 21 gates in three platforms: North, Centre and South.

History

Buses lines from the South Shore would start and end at De La Gauchetière Street in front of Place Bonaventure since at least 1974.{{cite news |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2602274 |last=Charbonneau |first=Jean-Paul |newspaper=La Presse |volume=90 |issue=153 |page=A 3 |date=1974-06-28 |title=Le malheur des uns fait le bonheur des chauffeurs de taxi |language=fr |trans-title=Misfortune for some brings good fortune to taxi drivers |access-date=2025-07-03}} Studies in the 1980’s recommended a more permanent terminus in the same area, while the Montreal Urban Community preferred that buses from Champlain Bridge stop at LaSalle metro station. Finally, in November 1985, the Société de transport de la rive-sud de Montréal (SRTSM) inaugurated an open-air bus terminal using an old parking lot, on the same block where today’s terminus stands.{{cite news |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2252507 |author=Unknown |newspaper=La Presse |volume=102 |issue=36 |page=4 |date=1985-11-24 |title=Nouveau terminus de la STRSM |language=fr |trans-title=New terminus of the STRSM |access-date=2025-07-03}}{{cite news |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/2250410 |last=Bellemare |first=Pierre |newspaper=La Presse |volume= |issue= |page=C 12 |date=1985-02-01 |title=La CTRSM devra déménager |language=fr |trans-title=The CTRSM has to move |access-date=2025-07-03}}

In March 1989 the terminus was moved down temporarily to the block between St-Antoine and Viger, Busby and University streets, to allow construction of 1000 De La Gauchetière and the new terminus beneath it.{{cite news|author=Unknown |title=La STRSM relocalise son terminus du centre-ville |language=fr |trans-title=The STRSM moves its downtown terminus |newspaper=Le courrier du sud |volume=41 |issue=50 |date=1989-03-21 |page=A 14 |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/4552722 |access-date=2025-07-02}} The current terminus was inaugurated on May 12, 1992, with STRSM and CIT bus lines all moved by June.{{Cite news |last=Nadeau |first=Robert |title=«Le nouveau terminus du Centre-ville doit être le prélude à de nouveaux projets» - Hugues Aubertin |language=fr |trans-title= |newspaper=Le courrier du sud |volume=46 |issue=9 |location=Longueuil |date=1992-05-17 |page=A4 |url=https://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/4553135 |access-date=2025-07-02 }}

Certain bus stops were moved to neighbouring streets in August 2009 due to lack of capacity within the terminus.{{Cite web |title=Le terminus Centre‑Ville devenu trop petit |language=fr |trans-title=Terminus Centre-Ville has become too small |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/200809/08/01-663409-le-terminus-centre-ville-devenu-trop-petit.php |website=La Presse |date=2008-09-08 |access-date=2025-07-06}} In 2014, as projects for rebuilding the Turcot Interchange and Champlain Bridge loomed, government agencies identified the need to increase bus capacity downtown.{{Cite web |last=Normandin |first=Pierre-André |title=Une gare temporaire au centre-ville |language=fr |trans-title=A temporary station downtown |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/montreal/201406/09/01-4774314-une-gare-temporaire-au-centre-ville.php |website=La Presse |date=2014-06-09 |access-date=2025-07-06}} To accommodate more buses than what the Terminus Centre-Ville could handle, the Agence métropolitain de transport opened a temporary outdoor bus terminal with 6 platforms one block south-east of TCV, Terminus Mansfield, on November 18, 2016.{{Cite web |title=Nouveau terminus d’autobus au centre-ville de Montréal |language=fr |trans-title=New bus terminus in downtown Montreal |url=https://www.lecourrierdusud.ca/nouveau-terminus-dautobus-au-centre-ville-de-montreal/ |website=Le Courrier du Sud |date=2016-06-27 |access-date=2025-07-06}}

After the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) started service on July 31, 2023, a non-compete clause meant most Réseau de transport de Longueuil and Exo bus services to the South Shore were rerouted to Panama and Brossard stations.{{cite news |last=Haines |first=Brayden Jagger |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/9847482/rem-light-rail-changes-south-shore-commuters/ |title=New REM light rail network means major changes for Montreal’s South Shore commuters |website=globalnews.ca |date=2023-07-21 |access-date=2025-07-05}}{{Cite web |last1=Lapierre |first1=Matthew |last2=Daldalian |first2=Matthew |title=Montreal's REM shuts down again, as service suspended for evening rush hour |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/rem-montreal-shutdown-service-1.7465199 |website=CBC News |date=2024-12-21 |access-date=2025-07-06}} Terminus Mansfield was closed and remaining bus lines were moved back into TCV.{{Cite web |title=Fermeture définitive du terminus Mansfield |language=fr |trans-title=Definitive closure of Terminus Mansfield |url=https://exo.quebec/fr/a-propos/medias-publications/communiques-presse/fermeture-definitive-terminus-Mansfield |website=exo |date=2023-06-27 |access-date=2025-07-06}} Today, only a few bus lines still serve the facility.

Connecting bus routes

{{wide image|Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT) panoramic.jpg|750px|align-cap=center|Panoramic view of the Terminus Centre-Ville, prior to recent renovations. At the center is the staircase to the Bonaventure Metro station.}}

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No. ! Route ! Connects to ! Service times / notes ! Platform and gate
{{rint\|longueuil\|bus\|55}} \| Victoria / Wellington via the Victoria Bridge \|{{ric\|Exo\|rail}} {{Station icon link\|Exo\|Saint-Lambert\|13}} \|Weekdays, peak only \| Centre 20
{{rint\|longueuil\|bus\|86}} \|Samuel-de-Champlain / de Montarville / TCV \| \|Weekdays, peak only \| Centre 20
{{rint\|longueuil\|bus\|87}} \| Marie-Victorin / du Fort-Saint-Louis / TCV \| \|Weekdays, peak only \| Centre 20
style="background: #{{rcr\|Exo}}; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="5"\|{{colored link\|#FFFFFF\|Exo Sud-Ouest sector\|noinvert=yes}}
No. ! Route ! Connects to ! Services times / notes ! Platform and gate
{{rint\|montreal\|exo\|bus\|28}} \|Châteauguay - Montreal (Centre-ville) \|File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg Terminus Châteauguay \| Weekdays, peak only \| South 14
{{rint\|montreal\|exo\|bus\|111}} \|Haut-Saint-Laurent \|File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg Terminus Châteauguay \|Weekdays, peak only goes to TCV, other services stop at Angrignon \| South 14
style="background: #{{rcr\|Exo}}; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="5"\|{{colored link\|#FFFFFF\|Exo Laurentides sector\|noinvert=yes}}
No. ! Route ! Connects to ! Services times / notes ! Platform and gate
{{rint\|montreal\|exo\|bus\|404}} \|Express Deux-Montagnes - Centre-ville \|{{Station icon link\|REM\|Deux-Montagnes}} \| Daily Rail replacement service during REM construction \| South 15
{{rint\|montreal\|exo\|bus\|498}} \|Saint-Eustache - Sainte-Dorothée - Centre-ville \|{{plainlist\| File:Montreal public transit icons - Autobus.svg Terminus Saint-Eustache {{Station icon link\|REM\|Sainte-Dorothée}} }} \| Weekdays only Rail replacement service during REM construction \| South 14
style="background: #{{rcr\|Canada transit\|Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu}} " Colspan="5"\|{{colored link\|white\|Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu}}
No. ! Route ! Connects to ! Services times / notes ! Platform and gate
96A	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	{{Station icon link\|REM\|Panama}}	Daily	South 17
96E	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu		Weekdays only	South 18
96L	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	{{Station icon link\|REM\|Panama}}	Daily	South 17
96S	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu		Daily	South 18
style="background: #{{rcr\|REM}} " Colspan="5"\|{{colored link\|white\|Réseau express métropolitain\|Réseau express métropolitain replacement shuttles}}
No. ! Route ! Connects to ! Services times / notes ! Platform and gate
File:Montreal public transit icons - REM Service provisoire.svg {{rbox\|721\|Réseau express métropolitain\|#{{rcr\|REM}}\|white}} \| Brossard-Du Quartier-Gare Centrale \| {{ubl \|{{Station icon link\|REM\|Du Quartier}} \|{{Station icon link\|REM\|Brossard}} }} \| During REM summer 2025 closure only \| North 12
File:Montreal public transit icons - REM Service provisoire.svg {{rbox\|722\|Réseau express métropolitain\|#{{rcr\|REM}}\|white}} \| Panama-Gare Centrale \| {{Station icon link\|REM\|Panama}} \| During REM summer 2025 closure only \| Centre 21

References

External links

[https://www.stm.info/en/info/networks/bus STM bus schedules and routes]

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