![Three Rivers Traction Co [Trois-Rivières] tram c1930 (BAnQ, Centre d'archives de Québec, Collection Magella Bureau)](pics/trois-rivieres-TRTCotram-postcard.jpg "Three Rivers Traction Co [Trois-Rivières] tram c1930 (BAnQ, Centre d'archives de Québec, Collection Magella Bureau)")
Three Rivers Traction Company (11 December 1915 - 1938)
Incorporated 1914 (Que.) (RFC).
Controlling interest held by
Shawinigan Water & Power Company (see Shawinigan) (McGraw 1918).
Minority partners were
North Shore Co. and
Ville de Trois-Rivières (the municipality).
In 1924 SW&P Co. acquired 100% ownership.
Buses introduced in 1931.
Streetcars discontinued 1933.
(Jean Breton 2009, postcard: BAnQ, Centre d'archives de Québec).
![St. Maurice Transport Company [Trois-Rivières] ticket](pics/trois-rivieres-StMTCoticketL.jpg "St. Maurice Transport Company [Trois-Rivières] ticket")
la Compagnie de Transport St.-Maurice (1938 - June 1975)
(TJ40-42, Dawes et al. 1972, CC73, JB 1997). Subsidiary of
Carier et Frère Ltée from 1950.
Photographs show buses lettered Carier-Frere Ltee (Luke & Metler, p. 49).
Tickets also bear the English name
St. Maurce Transport Company (see right).
Another C&F component,
Service d'Autobus de la Maurice Ltée,
provided intercommunity service connecting
Shawinigan, Grand-Mère, and Trois-Rivières.
Service abandoned June 1975.
(Canadian Coach Vol. IX, No. 6, November/December 1973, Jean Breton 2009, photos: William A. Luke, Peter Cox collection).
![St. Maurce Transport [Trois-Rivieres] 208 (Fitzjohn) (Peter Cox collection 1967)](pics/trois_rivieres-SMT208fitzjohn2-coxcoll1967jul05.jpg "St. Maurce Transport [Trois-Rivieres] 208 (Fitzjohn) (Peter Cox collection 1967)")
Ville de Trois-Rivières (10 November 1975 - 03 January 1981)
Hastily established
service to fill in after C&F/Cie TStM ceased operation (TC76).
Corporation intermunicipale de transport des Forges (03 January 1981 - 31 December 2001)
Established 31 October 1979.
Service in Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières-Ouest, and Cap-de-Madeleine (1995).
(pb89, Jean Breton 2009).
| Vehicle fleet | 36 buses | Data source: | M Gélinas/JM 1997 |
Société de Transport de Trois-Rivières (01 January 2002 - present)
Name changed in coordination with municipal amalgamation. (AK 2002, Jacques Matte 2009, Jean Breton 2009, photo David A. Wyatt)
 | Vehicle fleet | 45 buses, 3 minibuses |
| Data source: | Jacques Matte 2009 website (logo 2010) |
Autobus Germain Inc. (19 November 1975 - 1981)
Transit service under contract in Cap-de-la-Madeleine after the abrupt abandonment of service by C&F/Cie TStM.
(Jean Breton 2009).
Autobus Saucier Inc. (1975 - 1981)
Transit service in Trois-Rivières-Ouest after the abrupt abandonment of service by C&F/Cie TStM.
(Jean Breton 2009).
| Electric railway | 11 December 1915 - 12 September 1933 | Motor bus | 26 September 1930 - present |
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