All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems

Longueuil, Québec

Principal System

Montreal & South Shore Auto Car Company (1904 - 1905)
Early bus service over Victoria Bridge from Montréal to St. Lambert. Acquired 1905 by the M&SCRyCo (Bachelder).

Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company
Interurban and suburban railway service. (q.v.)

Chambly Transport Inc. (1946? - 01 July 1974)
Cited as buying buses in 1943 (CC66). Token bears inscription "Founded 1946." Took over Victoria Bridge service between Montréal and the South Shore from the M&SC in the summer of 1956 (Clegg & Lavallée). By 1968 was serving eight South Shore municipalities and part of a ninth (CC68), including St.-Lambert (CC69). (CC Vol. IX, No. 4, July/August 1973) Acquired by CTRSM in 1974 (CC74). (FK 2000, photo: Peter Cox)

Commission de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal (01 July 1974 - June 1985)
Established by legislation 1971. Initiated service by acquiring operations of Chambly 1974 serving Boucherville, Brossard, Greenfield Park, Longueuil, LeMoyne, Saint-Hubert, Saint-Lambert, and Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur. Boucherville - Longueuil Métro routes operated for CTRSM by contractor Métropolitain-Sud. CTRSM acquired Mét.-Sud 1978. (CUTA 1976-77, AK 2002, CL 2008, photo: Peter Cox)

Société de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal (June 1985 - 31 December 2001)
Replaced CTCUM bus operations in Longueuil 1986. (CUTA 1989, CUTA 1991/2, CUTA 1992, AK 2002) (Photo Richard Hooles 2000)

system logo	Vehicle fleet	335 buses
	Data source:	CTHF/SSG 2000 Mike Rivest 1998 (logo)

Société de transport de Longueuil (01 January 2002 - 07 February 2002)
Name changed in coordination with municipal amalgamation. Because the name abbreviated to STL, the same initials as the longer-standing Laval operator, name was changed again to RTL. Service in Longueuil (as then constituted).

Réseau de transport de Longueuil (07 February 2002 - present)
Continuation of the previous STL and STRSM. Service in Longueuil which after 2006 is reconstituted as Boucherville, Brossard, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Saint-Lambert, and Longueuil. (CL 2008).

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Data source:

RTL website 2002 (logo)

Canada Steamship Lines (? - ?)
St. Lawrence river ferry service prior to opening of the Jacques-Cartier bridge 1930. (Pharand 1997)

Montreal Tramways Company (1931 - 16 June 1951)
The MTCo commenced bus service to Longueuil in 1931 and to Montreal South in 1932 (CR&MW 1931, 1932).

Montreal Transportation Commission (16 June 1951 - 31 December 1969)
Bus service in Longueuil and Montreal South. Métro Longueuil to Montréal opened 1967.

Commission de transport de la Communaute urbaine de Montréal (01 January 1970 - 1985)
Service primarily in Longueuil. CTCUM successor STCUM continues to operate the Metro line between Montréal and Longueuil.

Secondary Systems

Inter-City Bus Lines (? - circa April 1966)
South Shore service including service to Ville Jacques-Cartier. Cited as a bus buyer in 1951 (CC66). Acquired 1966 by MTC (CC66). (See also Montréal).

Métropolitain-Sud Incorporated (April 1967 - 1978)
Subsidiary of Provincial Transport Company (See Banlieues de Montréal for prior PTCo history.) Acquired by CTRSM. (TNC83)

Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville System

Métropolitain-Sud Incorporated (April 1967 - 1978)
Subsidiary of Provincial Transport Company (See Banlieues de Montréal for prior PTCo history.) Acquired by CTRSM. (TNC83)

Commission de transport de la Rive-Sud de Montréal (1978 - 198x?)
Part of CTRSM (ex-Mét.-Sud.) suburban services outside the CTRSM's formal service area.

OMIT St-Bruno-de-Montarville (198x? - circa 2005?) Municipally operated (or contracted) suburban service between Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Longueuil and (in rush hour) Montréal (TB 1996). Operator Groupe Viens (JM 1998). Municipality amalgamated with others to form Longueuil but transit services merged with CIT Vallée du Richelieu [?]. (JM/PD 1998) (photo Jacques Matte)

Saint-Bruno logo	Vehicle fleet	13 buses
	Data source:	CTHF Bulletin Nov 1997, p. 10. Mike Rivest 1998 (logo)