Réseau de transport de Longueuil (RTL) ( en, Longueuil Transit Network) is a

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system in the city of

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly ac ...

, Quebec, Canada, and nearby communities on the South Shore of Montreal. The RTL had an annual ridership of 34,447,686 in 2013. RTL-VanHoolAG300

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,

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, Greenfield Park,

, LeMoyne, Saint-Hubert, Saint-Lambert and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur (later annexed to Brossard in 1978). From 1985 until 2002 it was named Société de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal (STRSM). 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

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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 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. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and sti ...

Bus stations served

Bus terminus

* Terminus Brossard-Panama * Terminus Centre-Ville * Terminus Longueuil * Terminus De Montarville

Park-and-ride lots

* Brossard-Chevrier Park and Ride ** EXPRESS Chevrier/Exo Line 90 * De Mortagne Park-n-Ride ( Boucherville, rue Ampère, exit 92 off Autoroute 20, ) ** Exo Line 61 * Seigneurial Park-n-Ride ( Saint-Bruno, corner boul. Seigneurial and Route 116, ) ** RTL Lines 98, 99, 192, 199

Individual Montreal metro stations

* Bonaventure metro station accessed from Terminus Centre-Ville * Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke metro station accessed from Terminus Longueuil * Papineau metro station * Radisson metro station

Commuter rail stations along
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* Saint-Lambert Railway Station ** RTL Lines 1, 6, 55, 106 * Saint-Hubert Railway Station ** RTL Lines 8, 22, 28, 88 * Saint-Bruno Railway Station ** RTL Lines 91, 92

Routes

Shared taxi routes

The RTL provides 14

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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. Shared taxis take riders to the nearest transfer point. Each shared taxi route has its own schedule.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Longueuil Exo (public transit) Bus transport in Quebec Transit agencies in Quebec Transport in Longueuil Transport in Boucherville Transport in Brossard Transport in Saint-Lambert, Quebec 1974 establishments in Quebec