STL cancelling about 60 departures per day starting tomorrow due to a lack of buses for the next four to eight weeks.
// Post in French //
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La STL annule environ 60 départs à compter de demain à cause d’un manque d’autobus pour les quatre à huit prochaines semaines.
The STL will be reinstating about 30 departures on Monday
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/03/14/stl-cancels-trips-supply-chain-fleet-challenges/
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La STL rétablira environ 30 départs lundi
Laval’s transit agency, the Société de transport de Laval (STL), began cancelling daily bus trips on Tuesday due to unusual difficulties with its internal parts supply chain and fleet management, saying it currently does not have enough vehicles to operate its full service. The STL operates roughly 2,500 bus trips each day, carrying about 68,000 […]
The service reductions at the LTC are now finished
Me: It’s the first time I see STL’s name translated to LTC! You learn every day 😄
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/03/30/service-reduction-ended-laval-transit-corporation/
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La réduction de service à la STL est maintenant terminée
Moi: C’est la première fois que je vois une traduction du nom de la STL! On apprend à chaque jour 😄
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2242645/mauvais-etat-autobus-stl-service
The Laval Transit Corporation is restoring its regular service, as it now has enough buses in good condition. The transport company had to suspend around 60 journeys on March 10 due to significant delays in the regular maintenance of buses, caused by problems with parts supply and equipment management. On March 9, officials announced that […]
@EdwinG Yeah, some media outlets are pretty agressive about giving official-sounding English versions of names that officially exist only in French. As a translator myself, I understand why they do it; it’s just so much much easier to scan for an English-speaking reader. Pretty sure that the STL wouldn’t approve though. LOL
And in the kind of work I do, it wouldn’t fly at all. I’d probably write something like, “Laval’s transit authority, the STL…”
Edwin G. 
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