Founded | 1971 |
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Headquarters | 2250 Francis-Hughes Av. |
Locale | Laval, Quebec |
Service area | Laval |
Service type | Bus service, paratransit |
Routes | 44 |
Stops | 2,614 |
Hubs |
Le Carrefour Terminus, Cartier Terminus, Montmorency Terminus, Henri-Bourassa North Terminus, Côte-Vertu Terminus |
Stations | 456 (shelters) |
Fleet | 225 buses |
Daily ridership | 55,069 (or 20.1 million per year) |
Fuel type | B5 Biodesel |
Chief executive | Jean-Jacques Beldié |
Website | English language site |
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.
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).
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.