Frontenac (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Frontenac


inaugurated=19 December 1966
line=Green Line
architect= Robillard, Jette, et Beaudoin
Christian Bisson (new kiosk built in 1999)
depth= 23.2 metres
depth-rank= 10th deepest
traffic= 2,228,791 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 41st busiest
distances=1157.57 metres to Papineau
1003.95 metres to Préfontaine
addresses= 2570, rue Ontario est
intersections=rue Ontario est / rue Frontenac [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Frontenac.pdf Frontenac Station neighbourhood map] ] |

Frontenac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m27.htm Frontenac Montreal Metro Station] ] .

Overview

Although part of the original network of the metro, it was inaugurated 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 boul. De Maisonneuve.

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

Renovations occurred in November–December 2005, during which time 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

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

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)

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m27.htm Frontenac Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/frontenac/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]