Frontenac station

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 .

Frontenac
Location2570, Ontario Street East, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°32′00″N 73°33′07″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth23.2 metres (76 feet 1 inch), 10th deepest
ArchitectRobillard, Jette, et Beaudoin
Christian Bisson (kiosk built in 1999)
History
Opened19 December 1966
Passengers
2019[1][2]2,817,756  4.5%
Rank44 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Angrignon
Green Line

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
34 Sainte-Catherine
85 Hochelaga
94 D'Iberville
125 Ontario
185 Sherbooke
350 Verdun/LaSalle
353 Lacordaire/Maurice-Duplessis
355 Pie-IX
356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources
357 Saint-Michel
358 Sainte-Catherine
360 Avenue des Pins
362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
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 (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Frontenac Montreal Metro Station
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