Réseau de transport de Longueuil

Réseau de transport de Longueuil

An RTL Van Hool AG700 articulated bus on rue University
Founded 1974
Headquarters 1150, boul. Marie-Victorin
Locale Longueuil, Quebec
Service area Boucherville, Brossard, Longueuil, Saint-Lambert
Service type bus service
Alliance Agence métropolitaine de transport
Routes 77 bus, 12 taxi[1]
Stops 2,635 (661 shelters)[1]
Fleet 404 buses[1]
Daily ridership 139,374 (2010)[1]
Annual ridership 32,738,155 (2010)[1]
Chief executive Caroline St-Hilaire
Web site RTL English-language website

Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) (English: 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.[1]

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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, Brossard, 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.[2] 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 referendums. 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.

Terminals serviced by RTL buses

Route list

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 taxi 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.[3]

Fleet

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Portrait de la clientèle" (in French). Statistics. Réseau de transport de Longueuil. December 31, 2010. http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/images/statistique.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-02. 
  2. ^ "Chronique février 2002". RTL. 2002. http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/chroniques/chro_2002/ch0202.htm. Retrieved 2006-11-14. 
  3. ^ "Service Table". Rtl-longueuil.qc.ca. http://www.rtl-longueuil.qc.ca/english/pages/se_tabse_ag.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-02. 

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