# Société de transport de Laval

Société de transport de Laval (French pronunciation:, STL) is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada.

## History

The STL was founded in June 1971 as the Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval (CTL). It later changed its name in 1985 to the Société de transport de la Ville de Laval, until changing to its current name in 2001.
In 2009 and 2010, a proposal to convert some of STL's most heavily used routes to electric trolleybuses was studied in detail, 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

Serving the growing suburban areas of Laval and the north of Montreal, the STL runs 44 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 station, except for lines 66 & 730. There are two night routes on the STL, route 2 and 345 which was added in Summer 2023. 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

Société de transport de Laval :
| Route | Terminus | Terminus | Notes |
| 2 Henri Bourassa Metro-Montmorency Metro via Cartier Metro and De la Concorde Metro | Metro Montmorency | Terminus Henri-Bourassa | Late-night shuttle |
| 12 Pont Viau-Cartier Metro | Métro Cartier | Juge-Desnoyers / Face Au 520 | All-day |
| 16 Armand-Frappier-Montmorency Metro | Metro Montmorency | Armand-Frappier / Louis-R.-Renaud (Direction Laval-Des-Rapides) & Maragaret-Newton / Armand-Frappier (Direction Montmorency) | Weekday Rush Hour AM to Armand-Frappier PM to Metro Montmorency |
| 17 Auteuil-Cartier Metro | Métro Cartier | Terminus Bienville | All-day |
| 20 Chomedey-Cartier Metro | Métro Cartier | Boucle Montgolfier | All-day |
| 22 Saint François | Métro Cartier | Terminus Contant | All-day Same line as 222 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul. |
| 24 Sainte Dorothée-Cartier Metro | Sylvie / Dandurant | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 26 Sainte Dorothée-Montmorency Metro | Gare Sainte-Dorothee | Métro Montmorency | All-day |
| 27 Vimont-Cartier Metro | Gare Vimont | Cartier Metro | All-day |
| 31 Auteuil-Henri Bourassa Metro, via Cartier Metro | 9e Avenue / 4e Avenue | Terminus Henri-Bourassa | All-day |
| 33 Montmorency Metro-Cartier Metro | Métro Montmorency | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 36 NW Chomedey-Montmorency Metro | (Terminus Cléroux) Cléroux / John-Molson | Métro Montmorency | Weekday Rush Hour AM to Montmorency PM to Chomedey |
| 37 Chomedey-Cartier Metro | Industriel / Face au 4177 | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 39 Auteuil-Le Carrefour | Terminus Le Carrefour | Terminus Bienville | All-day |
| 40 Chomedey-Le Carrefour | Montgolfier / Notre Dame | Terminus Le Carrefour | All-day |
| 42 Saint François-Terminus Le Carrefour | Terminus Le Carrefour | Chartrand / Dery | All-day |
| 43 Auteuil-Cartier Metro | Des Lacasse / D'Aveiros | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 45 Chomedey-Montmorency Metro | Métro Montmorency | Terminus Bienville | All-day |
| 46 Laval Ouest-Montmorency Metro | Métro Montmorency | Arthur-Sauvé / 45e Avenue | All-day |
| 48 Vimont-Cartier Metro | Gare Vimont | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 50 Saint Vincent de Paul-Le Carrefour | Terminus Le Carrefour | Montée Saint- François / Face Au Pénitencier | All-day |
| 52 Saint François-Metro Henri-Bourassa | Terminus Contant | Terminus Henri-Bourassa | All-day Same line as 252 Saint François- Metro Henri-Bourassa |
| 55 Laval Ouest-Metro Henri-Bourassa | Terminus Henri-Bourassa | Arthur-Sauvé / 45e Avenue | All-day |
| 56 Sainte Dorothée-Metro Montmorency | (Terminus Carole) Carole / des Tulipes | Métro Montmorency | All-day |
| 58 Saint Vincent de Paul-Cartier Metro | Montée Saint- François / Face Au Pénitencier | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 60 Chomedey-Cartier Metro | Métro Cartier | Alton-Goldbloom / Face Au L'hospital | All-day |
| 61 Fabreville-Montmorency Metro | Métro Montmorency | Justin / Face au Hydro-Québec | All-day |
| 63 Sainte Rose-Cartier Metro | Gare Sainte-Rose | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 65 Sainte Rose-Montmorency Metro | Gare Sainte-Rose | Métro Montmorency | All-day |
| 66 Sainte Dorothée-Le Carrefour | (Terminus Carole) Saint-Martin / des Pivoines | Terminus Le Carrefour | All-day |
| 70 Cartier Metro-Montmorency Metro | Métro Montmorency | Métro Cartier | All-day |
| 73 Fabreville-Cartier Metro | Métro Cartier | Séguin / Face Au Usine D'Épuation | All-day |
| 74 Saint François-Cartier Metro | Métro Cartier | Terminus Contant | All-day |
| 76 Sainte Dorothée-Montmorency Metro | Gare Sainte-Dorothée | Metro Montmorency | All-day |
| 144 Sainte Dorothée-Côte-Vertu Metro | (Terminus Carole) Carole / Des Tulipes | Métro Côte-Vertu | All-day |
| 151 Sainte Rose-Côte Vertu Metro | Dufferin / Chemin de Fer C.P | Métro Côte-Vertu | All-day |
| 222 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | Métro Cartier | Terminus Paul-Kane | Weekend Rush Hour All-day Same line as 22 Saint- François |
| 252 Saint François-Metro Henri-Bourassa | Chartrand / Dery | Terminus Henri-Bourassa | Rush Hour Same line as 52 Saint François-Metro Henri- Bourassa AM to Henri Bourassa PM to Chartrand / Dery |
| 313 Chomedey-Côte-Vertu Metro | Autoroute 13 / Structube | Métro Côte-Vertu | All-day |
| 345 Vimont-Henri-Bourassa Metro | Gare Vimont | Terminus Henri-Bourassa | Late-night shuttle |
| 713 Sainte-Dorothée-Côte-Vertu Metro | Gare Saint-Dorothée | Métro Côte-Vertu | Weekdays only |
| 730 Sainte-Dorothée-Montréal | Gare Sainte-Dorothée | Gare Roxboro-Pierrefonds | Weekdays Rush Hour |
| 744 Sainte Dorothée-Côte-Vertu Metro | Gare Ste-Dorothée | Métro Côte-Vertu | Weekdays Rush Hour |
| 901 Saint François-Cartier Metro | Galeries du Moulin | Métro Cartier | Weekday Rush Hour AM to Cartier PM to du Moulin |
| 902 Côte Vertu Metro-Le Carrefour | Métro Côte-Vertu | Terminus Le Carrefour | Weekdays only |
| 903 Sainte Dorothée-Montmorency Metro | Gare Ste-Dorothée | Métro Montmorency | All-day |
| 925 Saint François-Radisson Metro | Chartrand / Dery | Métro Radisson | Weekday Rush Hour AM to Radisson PM to Chartrand / Dery |

### Taxi routes

* STL taxi routes
* Routes
* T01 de la Concorde Boulevard – Rue Gaumont
* T02 de la Concorde Boulevard – Rue Gaumont
* T03 des Laurentides Boulevard – Plastiques Balcan
* T07 René-Laennaec Boulevard – Montée Sainte-François
* T10 des Laurentides Boulevard – des Perron Avenue
* T11 Saint-Elzéar – Curé-Labelle
* T12 Saint-Martin Boulevard – Cléroux Boulevard
* T14 Saint-Eustache – Sainte-Rose
* T18 Saint-Antoine – Montée Champagne
* T19 Duchesneau – Marcel-Villeneuve
* T21 Face à Enseignes Montréal Néon – Saint-Martin
* T22 Dagenais / Ovide
* T23 Le Carrefour – Frégault
* T26 Sainte-Dorothée – Île Bigras
* T27 Sainte-Dorothée – Saint-Antoine
* T28 Sainte-Dorothée
* T29 Notre-Dame Boulevard – Rue Étienne-Lavoie
* T76 Laval-sur-le-lac – Sainte-Dorothée

## Fares

As of July 2023, a single fare is $3.75. 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 rail 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)

## REM

STL also connects with the REM at:

### Deux-Montagnes branch

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

## Fleet

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

### Active fleet systems

Societe de transport de Laval current fleet :
| Fleet numbers | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Notes | Lengths |
| 0601-0612 0701-0710 0801-0817 0901-0924 | 2005-2009 | Nova Bus | LFS 2nd Generation | 0811 retired due to a fire. | 40" (12.19m) |
| 1001-1014 1101-1120 1201-1220 1221-1228 | 2010-2012 | Nova Bus | LFS 3rd Generation | | 40" (12.19m) |
| 1301-1313 | 2013 | Nova Bus | LFS 4th Generation | New rear in 2013 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 1401-1419 1501-1520 1601-1628 1701-1722 1801-1822 1901-1923 2000-2018 2101-2128 2201-2215 | 2014-2022 | Nova Bus | LFS 4th Generation Hybrid | New driver window in 2019 (1901-1923) 1818 is retired due to an accident. | 40" (12.19m) |
| 2052-2060 | 2020 | New Flyer Industries | XE40 | New Flyer announced 10 XE40 to STL Contract awarded approved by the city in August 2018. Canadian-based New Flyer Industries Canada ULC has received the contract to manufacture 10 battery-electric buses for the STL, for summer 2020 delivery. | 40" (12.19m) |
Demonstrators fleet system roster :
| Fleet numbers | Photo | Years | Manufacturer | Model | Notes | Length |
| 1199 (7777) | | 2012 | Design Line | Eco-Smart I Olymbus "42" | Original numbered 1199, 1299 and 151212. Delivered to Laval in August 2011. | 40 ft (12 m) |
| 2051 | | 2019 | New Flyer | XE40 | Delivered to Laval in August 2019. | 40 ft (12 m) |
Retired fleet systems
| Fleet numbers | Year | Manufacturer | Model | Out of service dates | Length |
| 5801-5805 | 1987 | Motor Coach Industries | TC40-102N | 2006 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 5806-5850 | 1988 | Motor Coach Industries | TC40-102N | 2009/08 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 5901-5925 | 1989 | Motor Coach Industries | TC40-102N | 2009/03 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 6001-6020 | 1990 | Motor Coach Industries | TC40-102N | 2012 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 6101-6115 | 1991 | Motor Coach Industries | TC40-102N | 2015/09 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 6201-6215 | 1992 | Motor Coach Industries | TC40-102N | 2015/09 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 6401-6410 | 1994 | Nova Bus | TC40-102N | 2015/09 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 6500-6510 | 1995 | Nova Bus | TC40-102N | 2015/09 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 9601-9605 | 1996 | Nova Bus | LFS 1st Generation | 2018/04 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 9701-9715 | 1996 | Nova Bus | LFS 1st Generation | 2018/07 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 9801-9815 | 1998 | Nova Bus | LFS 1st Generation | 2018/07 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 0001-0014 | 2000 | Nova Bus | LFS 1st Generation | 2021/04 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 0101-0124 | 2001 | Nova Bus | LFS 2nd Generation | 2021/06 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 0201-0212 | 2002 | Nova Bus | LFS 2nd Generation | 2021/06 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 0301-0314 | 2003 | Nova Bus | LFS 2nd Generation | 2023/02 | 40" (12.19m) |
| 0401-0414, 0501-0512 | 2004-2005 | Nova Bus | LFS 2nd Generation | 2024/10 | 40" (12.19m) |

## 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.