Réseau de transport de Longueuil (, RTL; ) is a

public transit Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of wh ...

system in the city of

Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie, Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore o ...

, 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 Boucherville () 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. Boucherville is part of both the urban agglomeration of Longueuil and the Montreal Metropolitan ...

Brossard Brossard ( , , ) is a municipality in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada and is part of the Greater Montreal, Greater Montreal area. According to the Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census, Brossard's population was 91,525. It shares powers with ...

, 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 2000–06 municipal reorganization in Quebec#Calls for de-amalgamation, de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Jean Charest, Charest government. It encomp ...

Bus stations served

Bus terminus

Terminus Panama Panama station is a Réseau express métropolitain (REM) station in the city of Brossard, Quebec, Brossard, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by CDPQ Infra and serves as a station on the South Shore branch of the REM. The station opened on 31 July ...

Terminus Centre-Ville Terminus Centre-Ville is an Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority, ARTM bus terminus located within 1000 de La Gauchetière in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is multimodal with the Bonaventure (Montreal Metro), Bonaventure Metro station an ...

Terminus Longueuil Terminus Longueuil is an ARTM bus terminus, part of the Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke Metro complex, in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River across from Montreal. The bus terminus has 41 numbered pl ...

* Terminus De Montarville * Terminus Radisson

Park-and-ride lots

* De Mortagne Park-n-Ride (

, 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
Mont-Saint-Hilaire line Mont-Saint-Hilaire (also designated line 13) is a commuter rail service in Greater Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by Exo (public transit), Exo, the operator of public transport services across this region. The Mont-Saint-Hilaire line was ope ...

* 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

shared taxi A share taxi, shared taxi, taxibus, or jitney or dollar van in the US, or marshrutka in former Soviet countries, is a mode of transport which falls between a taxicab and a bus. Share taxis are a form of paratransit. They are vehicles for hire and ...

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