Société de transport de Laval (STL) is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in June of 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.
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Routes
The STL runs 40 routes, plus the AMT's 902 Express Route in Laval. Most bus routes end at metro stations Cartier and Montmorency of the Orange Line. All buses go to at least one metro, except for line 66. Although there are no night routes on the STL, some of the daytime bus routes go up to 3:30 a.m. The STL also operates 2 collective taxi routes (T03 - Along rue Saulnier & T07 - Rangs Haut-St-François & St-Elzéar sectors)[1]. In addition, the STL has added 2 trainbuses. The 402, which services residents in Fabreville, Laval West and Sainte-Dorothée. Its intention is to allow users to reach the Sainte-Dorothée train station. The 404, which also services residents in Sainte-Dorothée, allows users to reach the train station, which is operated by the AMT, to travel to Montreal. Both train-bus routes were inaugurated on April 28, 2007, the same day the Laval Metro was officially opened.
Metro
The Montreal Metro is extended into Laval, and connects with STL at three new stations:
- Cartier (Nearby intersections: Cartier Blvd/Laurentides Blvd, Cartier Blvd/Major St): 21 routes
- De la Concorde (Nearby intersections: Concorde Blvd/Ampere Ave, Concorde Blvd/Laval Blvd): 3 routes
- Montmorency (Nearby intersections: Jacques-Tétrault St/Lucien-Paiement St, Jacques-Tétrault St/De l'Avenir Blvd): 15 routes
Commuter rail
STL also connects with AMT commuter trains at:
Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line
- Bois-de-Boulogne (1 route)
- De la Concorde subway station (3 routes)
- 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 (2 routes and 2 train-buses)
- There are no STL routes on Île Bigras since most people that want to use public transit on this small island, either take the Deux-Montagnes Line to another station, or walk across the bridge to connect with nearby bus routes (26, 402 or 404).
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) - 10 routes (including AMT express 902).
- Centre Laval - 8 routes. There is no terminus as such, all routes stop either on bv. Le Corbusier or on bv. du Souvenir if not on both.
- Métro Montmorency - 14 routes.
- Métro de la Concorde - 3 routes
- Métro Cartier - 19 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
- Gare Ste-Dorothée - 4 routes
- Terminus Laval-Ouest (Arthur-Sauvé and 14th St) - 3 routes
- Terminus Justin (Justin and Hydro-Québec power line) - 2 routes
- Terminus Bienville - 2 routes
- Terminus Paré - 3 routes
- Terminus Chartrand/Déry - 3 routes
- Terminus Pénitencier - 5 routes
- Gare Ste-Rose - 3 routes
- Gare Vimont - 2 routes
There are also connections to other transit services in the region:
- CIT Laurentides at Terminus Saint-Eustache, Montmorency Terminus and Cartier metro station.
- CIT Lanaudière -- MRC Les Moulins at Montmorency Terminus and Henri-Bourassa Metro
See also
Fleet
- General Motors Diesel Division Buses T6H5307N (retired)
- Motor Coach Industries/NovaBus TC40102N
- NovaBus LFS
denotes wheelchair access
External links
- Société de transport de laval website (English and French)
- Schedules
- 2007 (Current) System Map (French Only)
- Agence Métropolitaine de Transport
- Les organismes de transport en commun de la région métropolitaine
- Obsolete Service map (French Only)
- STL interactive map
- CIT Laurentides
- CRT Lanaudière
- MRC Les Moulins
