Réseau de transport de Longueuil

Réseau de transport de Longueuil (, RTL; ) is a public transit system in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, and nearby communities on the South Shore of Montreal. The RTL had an annual ridership of 34,447,686 in 2013.

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). 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 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.

Bus stations served

Bus terminus

• Terminus Panama
• Terminus Centre-Ville
• Terminus Longueuil
• Terminus De Montarville
• Terminus Radisson

Park-and-ride lots

• 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 Mont-Saint-Hilaire line

• 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 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.

Other transit services

• School buses: RTL provides more than 70 school bus lines (numbered in the 500s and 600s) to public high schools in the Centre de services scolaire Marie-Victorin and Riverside School Board systems, as well as a few private secondary schools on the territory. These buses only run once in each direction on school days. More than 8000 pupils use the service.
• REM replacement bus service: When the REM trains experience an outage, or during planned maintenance, RTL provides shuttles between Panama, Du Quartier, Brossard stations on its territory, and stations on Nuns' Island and Montreal Central Station. Replacement bus service lines are numbered in the 700s.
• Paratransit: Beyond wheelchair-accessible bus lines, registered users with recognized disabilities living in the area can make appointments for point-to-point paratransit. This service is offered to 5000 users.
• On-demand transit: RTL operates an RTL à la demande app where riders can create an on-demand transit account and schedule a pick-up and drop-off in four sparser areas of the territory.

See also

• Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain
• Exo (public transit)
• List of park and rides in Greater Montreal

References

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