Société de transport de Laval

Société de transport de Laval (STL) 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 (CTL)''. STL came about in 1984.

It serves the growing suburban areas of Laval, North of Montreal.

A proposal to convert some of STL's most heavily used routes to electric trolleybuses was studied in detail in 2009–2010, funded jointly by STL and Hydro-Québec, but in autumn 2010 STL decided to postpone making a decision on trolleybuses until at least 2011, to allow further study of rechargeable electric buses first.

Routes

The STL runs 40 routes, including the former AMT's, now STL's 902 Express Route in Laval. Most bus routes end at metro stations Cartier and/or Montmorency of the Orange Line. All buses go to at least one metro, except for lines 66, 402 & 404. There is now one night route on the STL, route 2. In addition some of the daytime bus routes go up to 3:30 a.m. The STL also operates 6 collective taxi routes (T03 - along Saulnier Street, T07 - Rangs Haut-St-François & St-Elzéar sectors, T10 - along av. des Perron, T11 - in Fabreville, T12 - in NW Chomedey and T14 from Laval West to Saint Eustache).

Routes List

Taxi routes

Fares

As of August 2020, a single fare is $3.50. The OPUS card is accepted, and can be used for single fares and passes. Travel on the Metro, even within Laval, requires payment of another fare to the STM. Between June 1 to Labour Day, a reduced fare of $1 (as of August 2020) is offered on Laval buses on days after a smog advisory is issued by Environment Canada.

Metro

The Montreal Metro is extended into Laval since 2007, and connects with STL at three stations:

* Cartier (Nearby intersections: Cartier Blvd/Laurentides Blvd, Cartier Blvd/Major St): 21 routes, plus one night route
* De la Concorde (Nearby intersections: Concorde Blvd/Ampere Ave, Concorde Blvd/Laval Blvd): 3 routes, plus one night route
* Montmorency (Nearby intersections: Jacques-Tétrault St/Lucien-Paiement St, Jacques-Tétrault St/De l'Avenir Blvd): 15 routes, plus one night route

Commuter rail

STL also connects with Exo commuter trains at:

Saint-Jérôme Line

* Bois-de-Boulogne (1 route)
* De la Concorde intermodal station (4 routes, including one night route)
* Vimont (2 routes)
* Sainte-Rose (3 routes)

Deux-Montagnes Line

* Du Ruisseau in Montreal. (1 route)
* Bois-Franc in Montreal. (4 routes, including express 902)
* Sainte-Dorothée (6 routes, including express 903, and 2 train-buses)

Transfer points

There are also bus transfer facilities at:
* Terminus Le Carrefour (across the street from Carrefour Laval) (corner of Le Carrefour Blvd and Terry-Fox Ave) - 11 routes (including former AMT, now STL since January 1, 2008, express 902, and a new express 903)
* Centre Laval - 8 routes. There is no terminus; all routes stop either on bl. Le Corbusier or on bl. du Souvenir if not on both
* Montmorency- 16 routes
* De La Concorde - 4 routes
* Cartier - 22 routes
* Terminus Laval - 5 routes
* Galeries du Moulin - 2 routes
* Montgolfier Terminal (corner of Notre-Dame and Montgolfier) - 3 routes
* Terminus Méga Centre Ste-Dorothée (Samson and Cléophas-Charbonneau) - 4 routes
* Terminus Carole (Carole and Saint-Martin) - 3 routes
* Saint-Martin and 100th Av. - 3 routes (including share taxi T-12)
* Gare Ste-Dorothée - 6 routes, which include the STL 804(pilot project)
* Terminus Laval-Ouest (Arthur-Sauvé and 14th St) - 3 routes (including share taxi T-14 to Terminus Saint-Eustache)
**(Arthur-Sauvé and Sainte-Rose) - 6 routes (including share taxi T-14 to Terminus Saint-Eustache)
* Terminus Justin (Justin and Hydro-Québec power line) - 2 routes
* Terminus Bienville - 3 routes
* Terminus Paré - 3 routes
* Terminus Chartrand/Déry - 3 routes
* Terminus Pénitencier - 5 routes (including share taxi T-07)
**(Lévesque Est and Montée-St-François) - 4 more routes
* Gare Ste-Rose - 3 routes
* Gare Vimont - 2 routes
* Terminus St-Elzéar (St-Elzéar Est and René-Laennec) - 5 routes
** (René-Laennec Boulevard and Dagenais Est) - 1 more route

There are also connections to other transit services in the region:
* CIT Laurentides at Terminus Saint-Eustache, Montmorency Terminus and Cartier metro station.
* CRT Lanaudière—MRC Les Moulins at Montmorency Terminus and Henri-Bourassa Metro

See also

* Terminus Henri-Bourassa

Fleet

* Nova Bus LFS
* New Flyer (demo)
denotes Wheelchair

Active fleet systems

On Order (units)

Retired fleet systems

Proposed trolleybus system

In conjunction with Hydro-Québec and the provincial government, STL is considering the idea of constructing a trolleybus system in Laval. A feasibility study began in spring 2009 and was completed in autumn 2010. Proponents of the idea, including Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt, have said that replacing diesel buses with trolleybuses would bring a significant reduction in harmful pollutants but would be far less costly than a tramway (streetcar) alternative being favoured by Montreal and also be less disruptive to existing streets.

In discussing the Laval study, some provincial officials indicated they would like to see transport agencies in other major Quebec cities also consider installing trolleybus networks. On completion of the study, the Laval transit authority decided to experiment with rechargeable battery-powered buses before making a decision on whether to proceed with trolleybuses. Among the points noted in the study's findings were that installing a trolleybus system would require a significant initial capital investment in infrastructure, but that trolleybuses are a technology known to be able to operate reliably in harsh winter temperatures, and it is uncertain whether other types of electric buses would be able to do so.

References

External links

Société de transport de Laval website

STL system map

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