Levis Electric Railway Company (08 December 1902 - early 1906)
Incorporated 1901 (Que.), company established
04 January 1902. An elevator (enclosed funicular) was opened connecting the lower and upper parts of Lévis 26 January 1904. Company sold at sheriff's
auction in June 1905 and subsequently reorganized in 1906 as the LCRy.
(Grumley).
Levis County Railway Company (early 1906 - Spring 1919)
Fire
destroyed the elevator 05 December 1910.
Further financial difficulty resulted in the incorporation of a new company
in 1919.
(Grumley).
Levis Tramways Company (Spring 1919 - 20 November 1921)
la Compagnie de Tramways de Lévis.
Incorporated 1919 (Que.) to
acquire the LCRy. Formal name change from LCRy to LTyCo
occured 22 December 1924.
A carbarn fire 21 February 1921 destroyed most of the rolling stock.
A skeletal service was maintained until November 1921.
(Grumley).
Levis Tramways Company (11 April 1922 - 01 July 1948)
la Compagnie de Tramways de Lévis.
Street railway service recommenced April 1922 and continued until the franchise
expired in 1946. Buses introduced 1927.
Company name changed to LTCo 1948.
(Grumley).
Levis Transport Company (01 July 1948 - 15 January 1960)
la Compagnie de Transport de Lévis.
Sold to new interests 27 March 1959 and renamed AL-Q 1960.
(Jean Breton 2009, photos: Peter Cox, William A. Luke).
Autobus Lévis - Québec, Inc. (15 January 1960 - 12 June 1961)
Entered bankruptcy and receivership 23 January 1961.
(Jean Breton 2009, photo: William A. Luke).
Autobus Leopold Godbout Enr. (12 June 1961 - 20 November 1961)
Owner
Leopold Godbout.
Operator in Lévis, Lauzon and Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Lévis Inc. (20 November 1961 - 01 January 1979)
Private enterprise.
Acquired ALG Enr. 1961.
(Dawes et al. 1972, Transit Canada 1975, Jacques Matte 1997, Jean Breton 2009).
Corporation intermunicipale de transport de la Rive-Sud de Québec (01 January 1979 - 1993)
(RS, TNC) (not in CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1989 or CUTA 1988).
Adopted the marketing name RTS 1993 (Jacques Matte 1997).
Réseau Trans-Sud (1993 - 31 December 2001)
Operational marketing name of the CITRSQ.
Serving Lévis-Lauzon, Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin, and Charny.
| Vehicle fleet | 39 buses (2000) | Data source: | CTHF/SSG 2000 |
Société de transport de Lévis (01 January 2002 - present)
Name changed in coordination with municipal amalgamation.
STL provides service itself in an east sector including
Lévis,
Saint-Jean-Chrysostome,
Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin,
Charny, and
Breakeyville.
Service in the the west sector
(Bernières,
Saint-Nicolas,
Saint-Rédempteur, and
Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon) and
Pintendre are operated by
Autocars des Chutes Inc. AdC Inc. is
a member of
Groupe Autobus Auger (website 2007).
STL also administers an “out of territory” service contract for
Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon.
Bus rapid transit service operated by STL is branded
le Lévisien.
(photos David A. Wyatt).
system logo |
Vehicle fleet | 72 buses |
| Employees | 90 | |
| Population | 125,000 | |
| Data source: | Jean Breton 2009 Wikipedia 2009 (logo) |
Lévis - Québec Ferry Ltd. (circa 1855 - 1976)
Ticket lettered
la Traverse de Levis Limitée.
The Armstrong family, who also operated the funicular at
Québec (JM 1997).
Société des Traversiers du Québec (? - present)
Current operator
of the longstanding ferry service between Lévis and Québec.
Autobus la Québecoise Ltée (1982 - 1986)
From 1932 to 1960 and again from 1970 to 1982 transit in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome was provided by
the same operators as Lévis. Between 1960 and 1970 service
was provided by the same operators as Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin.
Between 1982 and 1986 Saint-Jean-Chrysostome declined service by the regional operator in
favour of AlQ Ltée. From 1986 Saint-Jean has been served by the principal
Lévis operator (see Lévis above).
Saint-Jean-Chrysostome was annexed to Lévis 01 January 2002.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Pintendre Systems
Autobus Pintendre (1994 - 31 December 2001)
Provincial map of 1995 shows a municipal bus service (unnamed) from Pintendre
to nearby Lévis (email 1996). Operated under contract by
Autobus la Québecoise Ltée from 1997 to 2000.
Contract operator 2000 to 2001 was
Autocars des Chutes Inc.. Pintendre annexed to Lévis 01 January 2002 after which des Chutes continued to operate the Pintendre routes of
the Lévis system under contract. (Jean Breton 2009).
Pintendre was incidentally connected to Lévis by a long series of intercity operators:
la Cooperative de Transport par Autocars Québechoix (08 May 1984 - Spring 1987)
Service to Bernières from 08 May 1984. Extended service to
Saint-Nicholas September 1984 and
Saint-Rédempteur 27 February 1985.
Bus service ended in bankruptcy in 1987.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autocars des Chutes Inc. (Fall 1989 - 01 January 2002)
Municipally subsidized bus service from Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon,
Saint-Nicolas,
Bernières, and Saint-Rédempteur
to Lévis.
Responsibility for service transferred to STL 2002 (see above) which continued to contract with AdC Inc.
(Jacques Matte 1997, Jean Breton 2009).
| Vehicle fleet | 8 buses | Data source: | Jacques Matte 1997 |
Levis Tramways Company (18 February 1931 - 01 July 1948)
la Compagnie de Tramways de Lévis.
Transit operator in Lévis.
Bus service from Breakyville to Québec via Charny and Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin implemented early 1931. Second service
from Lévis to Charny via Saint-David and Saint-Romuald added 26 September 1931.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Company name changed to LTCo 1948.
Levis Transport Company (01 July 1948 - 20 January 1959)
la Compagnie de Transport de Lévis.
Transit operator in Lévis.
Sold to new interests as AL-Q 1959.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Lévis - Québec, Inc. (20 January 1959 - June 1961)
Transit operator in Lévis.
Entered bankruptcy after a little more than a year in operation.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Charny - Breakyville Inc. (June 1961 - 14 June 1962)
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Charny - St. Romuald Inc. (14 June 1962 - 26 August 1970)
Sold 1970 to AL Inc..
(Jean Breton 2009, photo busfanplace.com).
Autobus Lévis Inc. (26 August 1970 - 01 January 1979)
Private enterprise.
Transit operator in Lévis.
From 01 January 1979 transit service in Charny became the responsibility of
the CITRSQ (see above).
(Jean Breton 2009).
Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin Systems
Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin shares transit operator history with Lévis from 1912 to 1960, 1961 to 1962, and after 1970.
Transit in Saint-Romuald became the responsibility of the CITRSQ in 1979.
Saint-Telesphore was annexed to Saint-Romuald in the 1970's.
Saint-Romuald was annexed to
Lévis 01 January 2002.
Levis County Railway Company (Spring 1912 - Spring 1919)
Transit operator in Lévis.
Opened streetcar service to Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin in the spring of 1912.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Levis Tramways Company (Spring 1919 - 01 July 1948)
la Compagnie de Tramways de Lévis.
Transit operator in Lévis.
Streetcars replaced by buses 23 November 1946.
Company name changed to LTCo 1948.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Levis Transport Company (01 July 1948 - 20 January 1959)
la Compagnie de Transport de Lévis.
Transit operator in Lévis.
Sold to new interests as AL-Q 1959.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Lévis - Québec, Inc. (20 January 1959 - January 1960)
Transit operator in Lévis.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus St. Romuald Inc. (January 1960 - 19 May 1961)
Owned by AL-Q Inc..
Also operated service in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome.
Entered receivership January 1961.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Leopold Godbout Enr. (19 May 1961 - 20 November 1961)
Owner
Leopold Godbout.
Transit operator in Lévis.
Enterprise sold late 1961 to AL inc.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Lévis Inc. (20 November 1961 - 14 June 1962)
Transit operator in Lévis. Sold Saint-Romuald route
to ACStR Inc.. 1962.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Charny - St. Romuald Inc. (14 June 1962 - 26 August 1970)
Transit operator in Charny and Saint-Jean-Chrysostome.
Sold 1970 to AL Inc..
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Lévis Inc. (26 August 1970 - 01 January 1979)
Private enterprise.
Transit operator in Lévis.
From 01 January 1979 transit service in Saint-Romuald-d'Etchemin became the responsibility of
the CITRSQ (see above).
(Jean Breton 2009).
| Ferry | circa 1855 - present |
| Electric railway | 08 December 1902 - 20 November 1921, 11 April 1922 - 24 November 1946 |
| Elevator (funicular) | 26 January 1904 - 04 December 1910 |
| Motor bus | 1927 - present |
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