Frontenac station

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Frontenac
Frontenac Station MontrealMetro.jpg
Location2570, Ontario Street East
Montreal, Quebec H2K 1W7
Canada
Coordinates45°32′00″N 73°33′07″W / 45.53333°N 73.55194°W / 45.53333; -73.55194Coordinates: 45°32′00″N 73°33′07″W / 45.53333°N 73.55194°W / 45.53333; -73.55194
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth23.2 metres (76 feet 1 inch), 10th deepest
Disabled accessNo
ArchitectRobillard, Jette, et Beaudoin
Christian Bisson (kiosk built in 1999)
History
Opened19 December 1966
Passengers
2020[1][2]1,297,354 Decrease 54%
Rank42 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Following station
Papineau
toward Angrignon
 Green Line Préfontaine
toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Frontenac station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is located in the Sainte-Marie neighbourhood, part of the Centre-Sud.

Overview[]

The area around the Frontenac station

Although part of the original network of the Metro, it opened two months after the rest of the system, on December 19, 1966. It served as the eastern terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Honoré-Beaugrand was completed in 1976. It is also the only station on the original Green Line not located under De Maisonneuve Boulevard.

Designed by Robillard, Jetté et Beaudoin, it is a normal side platform station built in tunnel. A transept provides access via several long escalators to the entrance, which was recently rebuilt according to a design by Christian Bisson.

Renovations occurred in November–December 2005, when the station was closed during weekends.

Origin of the name[]

Frontenac station takes its name from nearby Rue Frontenac, which in turn is named for Louis de Buade, sieur de Frontenac et de Palluau. The godson of King Louis XIII of France, he was governor-general of New France between 1672 and his death in 1698. Frontenac is famous for repelling the attack of Sir William Phips, saying, "I will not respond to your general but through the mouths of my cannons and with gunfire."

Connecting bus routes[]

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
Autobusmontréal.svg 34 Sainte-Catherine
Autobusmontréal.svg 85 Hochelaga
Autobusmontréal.svg 94 D'Iberville
Autobusmontréal.svg 125 Ontario
Autobusmontréal.svg 185 Sherbooke
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 350 Verdun/LaSalle
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 353 Lacordaire/Maurice-Duplessis
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 355 Pie-IX
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 357 Saint-Michel
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 358 Sainte-Catherine
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 360 Avenue des Pins
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 368 Mont-Royal

Nearby points of interest[]

  • Place Frontenac
  • Maison de la culture et bibliothèque Frontenac
  • Éco-quartier de Sainte-Marie
  • Parc Médéric-Martin
  • Centre Jean-Claude Malépard
  • Bain Mathieu - Société pour promouvoir les arts gigantesques (SPAG)
  • Maison Norman Bethune

References[]

  1. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2021-04-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2020 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2021.075.
  2. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  3. ^ Frontenac Montreal Metro Station

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