Réseau de transport de Longueuil
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Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) (Longueuil Transit Network) is a public transit carrier in the city of Longueuil
, Quebec
, Canada
and nearby communities on the South Shore of Montreal. The RTL served over 32 million people in 2010.
, Greenfield Park
, Longueuil
, LeMoyne
, Saint-Hubert
, Saint-Lambert
and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur (later annexed to Brossard in 1978). Between 1985 and 2002 it was named Société de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal (STRSM) (See official website). Following the municipal mergers
in 2002, the name officially changed to Société de transport de Longueuil. Its marketing name is Réseau de transport de Longueuil, to avoid confusion with the Société de transport de Laval
.
Some of the "former" municipalities demerged (broke away) from the City of Longueuil on January 1, 2006 as the result of referendum
s. However, demerged municipalities continue to be served by and to contribute financially to the RTL, since they still belong to the urban agglomeration of Longueuil
.
routes for residents in certain sectors that are not served by regular bus routes. Shared taxis serve the same stops and accept the same tickets and passes as the bus service. Taxis take riders to the nearest transfer point. Each shared taxi route has its own schedule http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/english/pages/se_tabse_ag.htm.
denotes wheelchair access but the service is not active actually
Some RTL buses' fleet numbers start with P or C. Those letters indicate they have a Priority (P) signal and Compteur (passenger counter) installed on them.
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and nearby communities on the South Shore of Montreal. The RTL served over 32 million people in 2010.
History
RTL was officially inaugurated on July 1, 1974 as Commission de transport de la Rive Sud de Montréal (CTRSM), replacing the former privately-owned company Chambly Transport. It served the former communities of Boucherville, BrossardBrossard
Brossard is a suburban area, located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, opposite the island and city of Montreal.Brossard is subdivided into many smaller sections. These sections are characterized by having street names that all begin with the same letter of the alphabet...
, Greenfield Park
Greenfield Park, Quebec
Greenfield Park is a borough of the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. It covers an area of , with a population of 17,491 as of December 2004. Greenfield Park is the only borough of Longueuil that has an officially bilingual status. It is primarily a post-war suburban area. Like the other two...
, Longueuil
Longueuil
Longueuil is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly across from Montreal. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census totaled 229,330, making it the third largest city in...
, LeMoyne
LeMoyne, Quebec
LeMoyne is a neighbourhood in Longueuil, Quebec within the Vieux-Longueuil borough. LeMoyne makes up 2% of the total area of the Vieux-Longueuil borough and is the only neighbourhood of the borough that wasn't part of the pre-2002 city of Longueuil...
, Saint-Hubert
Saint-Hubert, Quebec
Saint-Hubert is a borough in the city of Longueuil, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada. It had been a separate city prior to January 1, 2002, when it along with several other neighbouring south shore municipalities were merged into Longueuil. According to the Quebec Statistics...
, Saint-Lambert
Saint-Lambert, Quebec
Saint-Lambert is a Canadian city in the province of Quebec located opposite Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Saint-Lambert was named for either the early French Canadian hunter Lambert Closse or for Roman Catholic Bishop Lambert of Maastricht...
and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur (later annexed to Brossard in 1978). Between 1985 and 2002 it was named Société de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal (STRSM) (See official website). Following the municipal mergers
Municipal reorganization in Quebec
The most recent episode of municipal reorganization in Quebec, Canada, was undertaken in 2002 by the Parti Québécois Government of Quebec, headed by Premier Lucien Bouchard and his successor Bernard Landry....
in 2002, the name officially changed to Société de transport de Longueuil. Its marketing name is Réseau de transport de Longueuil, to avoid confusion with the Société de transport de Laval
Société de transport de Laval
Société de transport de Laval is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in June 1971 as the Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval ...
.
Some of the "former" municipalities demerged (broke away) from the City of Longueuil on January 1, 2006 as the result of referendum
Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. This may result in the adoption of a new constitution, a constitutional amendment, a law, the recall of an elected official or simply a specific government policy. It is a form of...
s. However, demerged municipalities continue to be served by and to contribute financially to the RTL, since they still belong to the urban agglomeration of Longueuil
Urban agglomeration of Longueuil
The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government...
.
Terminals serviced by RTL buses
- Bus terminiBus terminusA bus terminus is a designated place where a bus or coach starts or ends its scheduled route. The terminus is the designated place that a timetable is timed from. Termini can be located at bus stations, interchanges, bus garages or simple bus stops. Termini can both start and stop at the same...
- Terminus Brossard-Panama (AMT)Terminus Brossard-Panama (AMT)Terminus Brossard-Panama is an AMT bus terminus in Brossard, Quebec, Canada. It is served by buses of the Réseau de transport de Longueuil as well as by routes of the CIT Le Richelain and CIT Roussillon. Inaugurated in the fall of 1991, it is located at the intersection of Panama Street and...
- Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT)Terminus Centre-Ville (AMT)Terminus Centre-Ville is a bus terminus located within 1000 de La Gauchetière, Montreal. It is multimodal with the Bonaventure metro station on the Orange Line, the Central Station, the Lucien-L'Allier train station as well as the Lucien-L'Allier metro station...
- Terminus Longueuil (AMT)Terminus Longueuil (AMT)Terminus Longueuil, an AMT bus terminus part of the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke Metro complex . There are 1838 park and ride spaces nearby...
- Terminus De Montarville (AMT)Terminus De Montarville (AMT)The Terminus De Montarville was inaugurated November 20, 2007 by the AMT & the city of Boucherville.The new bus terminus was built on the corner of Quebec route 132 and Boulevard De Montarville...
- Terminus Brossard-Panama (AMT)
- Park-and-ride lotsPark and ridePark and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
- Chevrier Park-n-Ride (AMT)Chevrier Park-n-Ride (AMT)Chevrier Park-n-Ride is an AMT bus terminal with an incentive parking lot located in Brossard, Quebec, Canada.It is served by buses of the Réseau de transport de Longueuil and is located at 4700 rue Lapinière in the C section of Brossard at the crossing of rue Lapinière and the CN railway tracks...
- RTL bus # 90 (On behalf of the AMT), RTL bus # 100
- De Mortagne Park-n-Ride (AMT) (BouchervilleBoucherville, QuebecBoucherville is a city in the Montérégie region in Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of Montreal on the South shore of the Saint Lawrence River....
, rue Ampère, exit 92 off Autoroute 20Quebec Autoroute 20Autoroute 20 is a major Quebec Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely-populated parts of Canada, and is part of the Trans-Canada Highway. At , it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec...
, 45.572641°N 73.443539°W)- RTL bus # 61
- Seigneurial Park-n-Ride (AMT) (Saint-BrunoSaint-Bruno-de-Montarville, QuebecSaint-Bruno-de-Montarville is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada, on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River just east of Montreal. It lies on the west flank of Mont Saint-Bruno, one the Monteregian Hills. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 24,388...
, corner boul. Seigneurial and Route 116Quebec route 116Route 116 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Until the 1970s it was known as Route 9. Its eastern terminus is in Lévis at the junction of Route 132, and the western terminus is at the junction of Route 134 in Lemoyne part of a concurrency with...
, 45.514219°N 73.344995°W)- RTL buses # 98, 99, 192, 199
- Chevrier Park-n-Ride (AMT)
- Individual Montreal metroMontreal MetroThe Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
stations- Bonaventure metro stationBonaventure (Montreal Metro)Bonaventure is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada....
accessed from Terminus Centre-Ville - Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro stationLongueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke (Montreal Metro)Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke is a station at the southern terminus of the Yellow Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada....
accessed from Terminus Longueuil - Papineau metro stationPapineau (Montreal Metro)Papineau is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in Montreal's Village gai, part of the Centre-Sud district in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on October 14, 1966, as part of...
- Radisson metro stationRadisson (Montreal Metro)Radisson is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part...
- Bonaventure metro station
- Commuter railCommuter rail in North AmericaCommuter rail services in the United States, Canada, and Mexico provide common carrier passenger transportation along railway tracks, with scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis primarily for short-distance travel between a central business district and adjacent suburbs and...
stations along Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line (AMT)- Saint-Lambert Railway Station
- RTL buses # 1, 6, 55, 106
- Saint-Hubert Railway StationSaint-Hubert (AMT)Saint-Hubert Station is a railway station located in Saint-Hubert borough of Longueuil), Quebec, Canada.It is served by commuter trains from the Agence métropolitaine de transport. It is part of the Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line.-AMT:-External links:*...
- RTL buses # 8, 28, 88
- Saint-Bruno Railway StationSaint-Bruno (AMT)Saint-Bruno Station is a railway station located in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, Canada. It is served by commuter trains from the Agence métropolitaine de transport. It is part of the Mont-Saint-Hilaire Line.-AMT:-External links:*...
- RTL buses # 91, 92
- Saint-Lambert Railway Station
Routes
| No. | Route description | Schedule | Map |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria - Churchill - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (2) | Tiffin - Saint-Georges - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 3 | Montgomery - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 4 | Taschereau - Payer - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 5 | Montée Saint-Hubert - Maisonneuve - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| 6 | Terminus Panama - Victoria - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 8 | Chemin de Chambly - Promenades Saint-Bruno - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (9) | Sectors L-M - Saint-Hubert - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 10 | Roland-Therrien - Belcourt - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 13 | Terminus Panama - Riverside - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (14) | Rome - DIX 30 - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 15 | (Terminus Centre-ville) - Terminus Panama - Churchill - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 16 | Nobert - King-George - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 17 | Roland-Therrien - Des Ormeaux - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 19 | Davis - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 20 | Jean-Paul-Vincent - Beauharnois - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 21 | Grande-Allée - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 23 | Sainte-Hélène - Jacques-Cartier - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 25 | Industrial parks - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 28 | Chemin de Chambly - Airport - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 29 | Collectivité Nouvelle - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (30) | Sectors P-V - Terminus Panama - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (31) | Saint-Laurent - Sectors S-T - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| 32 | Mountainview - Sector B - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| (33) | Sectors M-N-O - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (34) | Centenaire - Sector A - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| 35 | DIX 30 - Sector L - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| (37) | Simard - Du Béarn - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (38) | Sector B - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| 41 | Rome / Milan - Terminus Panama | Schedule | Map |
| 42 | Cité Soleil - Gaétan-Boucher - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| 43 | Milan / Rome - Terminus Panama | Schedule | Map |
| 44 | Sectors M-N-O - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| 45 | EXPRESS Terminus Panama / Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (46) | Sectors R-S-T - Terminus Panama - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| 47 | Sectors R-S-T - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| 49 | Sectors R-S - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| 50 | Prince-Charles - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| 54 | Terminus Panama - Taschereau - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (55) | Victoria - Wellington - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (59) | Gareau - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| 61 | Boucherville - Terminus Radisson | Schedule | Map |
| 71 | Curé-Poirier - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 73 | Joliette - De Lyon - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 74 | Saint-Laurent - Bellerive - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 75 | Quinn - Brébeuf - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 77 | Matte - Taschereau - CÉGEP Édouard-Montpetit | Schedule | Map |
| (78) | Adoncour - Du Colisée - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 80 | De Montarville - Carrefour de la Rive-Sud - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 81 | Fort-Saint-Louis - Marie-Victorin - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (82) | Marie-Victorin - Fort-Saint-Louis - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 83 | De Montarville - Samuel-de-Champlain - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 84 | Samuel-de-Champlain - De Montarville - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (85) | De Gascogne - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (86) | De Montarville - Samuel-de-Champlain - Montréal | Schedule | Map |
| (87) | Marie-Victorin - Fort-Saint-Louis - Montréal | Schedule | Map |
| 88 | Chemin de Chambly - Mountainview - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 90 | EXPRESS AMT Chevrier | Schedule | Map |
| (91) | Clairevue - Montarville - Saint-Bruno station | Schedule | Map |
| (92) | Yvonne-Duckett - Montarville - Saint-Bruno station | Schedule | Map |
| 95 | Yvonne-Duckett - Montarville - Promenades Saint-Bruno | Schedule | Map |
| (98) | Industrial park - Downtown Saint-Bruno - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 99 | Saint-Bruno - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (100) | Stationnement Chevrier - Terminus Panama - Ile-des-Soeurs | Schedule | Map |
| (106) | Victoria - Sector B - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (115) | Churchill - Terminus Panama - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| 117 | Roland-Therrien - Roberval - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (120) | Lalande - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 123 | Jacques-Cartier - Industrial parks - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 132 | Cité Soleil - Westley - Terminus Panama - (Terminus Centre-ville) | Schedule | Map |
| (142) | Gaétan-Boucher - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (144) | Des Prairies - Sectors M-N-O - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (150) | Orchard - Terminus Centre-ville | Schedule | Map |
| (170) | Sainte-Hélène - Jacques-Cartier - Métro Papineau | Schedule | Map |
| [177] | Taschereau - Sainte-Foy - Terminus Panama | Schedule | Map |
| (185) | Ampère - Gay-Lussac - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (192) | Yvonne-Duckett - Montarville - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| (199) | Grand Boulevard - Seigneurial - Terminus Longueuil | Schedule | Map |
| 321 | GO! Transport for family | Schedule | Map |
| Overall Map | |||
Shared taxi
The RTL provides 12 shared taxiShare taxi
A share taxi is a mode of transport that falls between taxis and conventional buses. These informal vehicles for hire are found throughout the world. They are smaller than buses, and usually take passengers on a fixed or semi-fixed route without timetables, usually leaving when all seats are filled...
routes for residents in certain sectors that are not served by regular bus routes. Shared taxis serve the same stops and accept the same tickets and passes as the bus service. Taxis take riders to the nearest transfer point. Each shared taxi route has its own schedule http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/english/pages/se_tabse_ag.htm.
Fleet
- General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H5307N (retired)
- General Motors Diesel Division Buses/Motor Coach IndustriesMotor Coach IndustriesMotor Coach Industries International Inc. is an American bus manufacturer based in Schaumburg, Illinois, and is a leading participant in the North American coach bus industry. It has various operating subsidiaries:...
/NovaBus TC40102N Classic (1983–1990, 1994 and 1995) - NovaBus LFS (1996-2009+)
- Van HoolVan HoolVan Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe...
AG700 (1989) (retired) - Van HoolVan HoolVan Hool NV is a Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, coaches, trolleybuses, and trailers.The company was founded in 1947 by Bernard van Hool in Koningshooikt, nearby Lier, Belgium. In the early years, the company introduced serial production and exported their products all over Europe...
AG300 (2001, and 2006) - NovaBus LFS Artic (2010)
denotes wheelchair access but the service is not active actually
Some RTL buses' fleet numbers start with P or C. Those letters indicate they have a Priority (P) signal and Compteur (passenger counter) installed on them.
See also
- Agence métropolitaine de transportAgence métropolitaine de transportThe Agence métropolitaine de transport is the umbrella organization that plans, integrates, and coordinates public transportation services across Canada's Greater Montreal Region, including the Island of Montreal, Laval , and communities along both the North Shore of the Rivière des Mille-Îles...
- List of Agence métropolitaine de transport park and ride lots