Réseau de transport de Longueuil
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 An RTL Van Hool AG700 articulated bus on rue University | |
| Founded | 1974 |
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| Headquarters | 1150, boul. Marie-Victorin |
| Locale | Longueuil, Quebec |
| Service area | Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, Longueuil, LeMoyne, St. Hubert, St. Lambert |
| Service type | bus service |
| Routes | 71 bus, 13 taxi[1] |
| Stops | 2,453[2] |
| Hubs | Longueuil Terminus, Panama Terminus, Chevrier Terminus, De Montarville Terminus, Centre-Ville Terminus |
| Stations | 576 (shelters)[3] |
| Fleet | 379 buses [4] |
| Daily ridership | 117,804 (2007)[1] |
| Chief executive | Johane F.-Deshaies |
| Website | 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.
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, St. Hubert, St. 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.[5] 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
- Bus termini
- Park-and-ride lots
- Chevrier Park-n-Ride (AMT)
- RTL bus # 90 (On behalf of the AMT)
- De Mortagne Park-n-Ride (AMT) (Boucherville, rue Ampère, exit 92 off Autoroute 20, 45°34′22″N 73°26′37″W / 45.572641°N 73.443539°W)
- RTL bus # 61
- Seigneurial Park-n-Ride (AMT) (Saint-Bruno, corner boul. Seigneurial and Route 116, 45°30′51″N 73°20′42″W / 45.514219°N 73.344995°W)
- RTL buses # 93, 98, 99
- Chevrier Park-n-Ride (AMT)
- 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 (AMT)
- Saint-Lambert Railway Station
- RTL buses # 1, 6, 55, 106
- Saint-Hubert Railway Station
- RTL buses # 8, 28, 88
- Saint-Bruno Railway Station
- RTL buses # 91, 92, 93, 99
- Saint-Lambert Railway Station
Route List
- 1 Longueuil - Victoria - Churchill
- 2 Longueuil - Tiffin - St-Georges
- 3 Longueuil - Montgomery
- 4 Longueuil - Taschereau - Payer
- 5 Montée St-Hubert - Maisonneuve
- 6 Panama - Victoria - Longueuil
- 8 Longueuil - Ch. de Chambly - Mountainview
- 9 Longueuil - Maisonneuve - Route 116
- 10 Longueuil - Roland-Therrien - Belcourt
- 13 Panama - Riverside
- 14 Longueuil - Rome
- 15 Panama - Churchill
- 16 Longueuil - Nobert - King-Georges
- 17 Longueuil - Roland-Therrien - Roberval
- 19 Longueuil - Route 116 - Davis
- 20 Longueuil - J.-P.-Vincent - Beauharnois
- 21 Longueuil - Grande-Allée
- 23 Longueuil - St-Hélène - J.-Cartier
- 25 Longueuil-Parcs Industriels (Long-Bouch)
- 28 Longueuil - Ch. de Chambly - Aéroport
- 29 Longueuil - Collectivité Nouvelle
- 30 Panama - Secteurs P-V Brossard
- 31 Centre-ville - Secteurs S-T Brossard
- 32 Secteur B Brossard - Mountainview (St-Hubert)
- 33 Centre-ville - Secteurs M-N-O Brossard
- 34 Centre-ville - Secteur A - Centenaire
- 35 Secteur des L de Brossard
- 37 Centre-ville - Simard - Du Béarn
- 38 Secteur B Brossard- Centre-ville
- 41 Panama - Rome - Milan
- 42 Centre-ville - Gaétan-Boucher
- 43 Panama - Milan - San Francisco
- 44 Secteurs M-N-O Brossard
- 45 Panama - Centre-ville
- 46 Panama - Secteurs R-S-T Brossard
- 47 Panama - Secteurs R-S Brossard
- 48 Centre-ville - Milan - Rome- St-Laurent
- 49 Panama - Secteurs S-T Brossard
- 50 Centre-ville - Prince-Charles
- 54 Longueuil - Taschereau - Panama
- 55 Centre-ville - McGill - Victoria
- 59 Centre-ville - Gareau
- 61 Métro Radisson - Boucherville
- 71 Longueuil - Curé-Poirier
- 73 Longueuil - Joliette - de Lyon
- 74 Longueuil - St-Laurent- Bellerive
- 75 Longueuil - Quinn- Brébeuf
- 77 Taschereau - CEGEP Édouard-Montpetit
- 78 Longueuil - Adoncour
- 80 Longueuil - Carrefour Rive-Sud
- 81 Longueuil - Fort-St-Louis - M.-Victorin
- 82 Longueuil - M.-Victorin - Fort-St-Louis
- 83 Longueuil - De Montarville - S.-De Champlain
- 84 Longueuil - S.-De Champlain - De Montarville
- 85 Longueuil - de Gascogne
- 86 Centre-ville - De Montarville
- 87 Centre-ville - M.-Victorin
- 88 Longueuil - Ch. de Chambly - Mountainview
- 90 Express AMT Chevrier
- 91 Gare St-Bruno - De Boucherville - Clairevue
- 92 Gare St-Bruno-Montarville-Seigneurial-Clairevue
- 98 Longueuil-Rte 116-Promenades-St-Bruno
- 99 Longueuil-De Boucherville-Montarville
- 100 AMT Express Ile-des-Soeurs
- 106 Panama - Victoria - Longueuil
- 115 Panama - Churchill
- 117 Longueuil - Roland-Therrien - Roberval
- 120 Longueuil - J.-P.-Vincent - Beauharnois
- 123 Longueuil - St-Hélène - J.-Cartier
- 132 Centre-ville - Secteur B - Westley
- 142 Centre-ville - Gaétan-Boucher
- 150 Centre-ville - Orchard
- 170 Métro Papineau - Ste-Hélène - Jacques-Cartier
- 177 Panama - Taschereau - Ste-Foy
- 185 Longueuil - De Gascogne
- 192 Longueuil-Montarville-Seigneurial-Clairevue
Shared taxi
The RTL provides 14 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 [1].
Fleet
- General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H5307N (retired)
- General Motors Diesel Division Buses/Motor Coach Industries/NovaBus TC40102N Classic (1990, 1994 and 1995)
- NovaBus LFS
(1996-2008+) (2009s being delivered) - Van Hool AG700 (1989) (retired)
- Van Hool AG300 (2001, 2003 and 2006)
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.
References
- ^ a b "Portrait de la clientèle" (PDF). Statistics (in French). Réseau de transport de Longueuil. December 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "How well do you know the RTL". 1007. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "How well do you know the RTL". 1007. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "How well do you know the RTL". 1007. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "Chronique février 2002". RTL. 2002. Retrieved 2006-11-14.