Bois-Franc station is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) interchange station in the Bois-Franc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. REM service is expected to begin at the station in the fourth quarter of 2024.[5]
Bois-Franc | |||||||||||||
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 Bois-Franc station platforms before reconstruction | |||||||||||||
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| Location | 54–65 Henri Bourassa Boulevard West[1] Montreal, Quebec Canada | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°31′23″N 73°42′35″W / 45.52306°N 73.70972°W | ||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | REM main line | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bus stands | 5 | ||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||
| Parking | 742 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 120 rack spaces[2] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Fare zone | ARTM: A[3] | ||||||||||||
| Website | rem | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1918 | ||||||||||||
| Closed | December 31, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2024 (REM) | ||||||||||||
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| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2019[4] | 737,900 (Exo) | ||||||||||||
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It was formerly a commuter rail station on the Deux-Montagnes line until Exo ended service in 2020.
Origin of name
editBois-Franc takes its name from the nearby Bois-Franc residential development, itself named for chemin du Bois-Franc, the original name of the stretch of boulevard Henri-Bourassa through this area, which had previously ended at the Laurentian Autoroute. Bois Franc was also the original name of the nearby pioneer airstrip that later was known as Cartierville Airport, until its closing in the 1980s.
History
editThe original station was named Lazard[6] (likely for the Franco-American merchant bank Lazard Frères & Co. which underwrote the construction of the Mount Royal Tunnel on this rail line). In 1926, the station was renamed Val-Royal. After the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes Line, between 1993 and 1995, a new station named Bois-Franc was built; the original station was then demolished at the request of the Canadian National Railway and with the permission of Transport Canada on June 5, 1995.[7] The old station site is now a parking lot on the east side of Boulevard Marcel-Laurin.
Location
editThe station is located at 5465 Henri Bourassa Boulevard West, between Marcel-Laurin Boulevard/Boulevard Laurentien (Route 117) and Grenet Street in Saint-Laurent on the border with Cartierville.
Cartierville branch and station
editA single-track electrified (2400 V DC) branch to Cartierville, a relic of when the line terminated there in Canadian Northern Railway days, left the line at (then) Val-Royal station. When the line was run by Canadian National, only one rush-hour trip was scheduled in each direction. It was abandoned in the early 1980s when STM predecessor STCUM took over operations of the Deux-Montagnes line. The Cartierville station was located at the corner of Gouin West and Laurentian boulevards.[8] The Cartierville Station was to have been the terminus of Line 3 (Red) of the Montreal Metro.
Connecting bus routes
edit| Société de transport de Montréal | |
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| No.[1] and route name | Service times |
 64 Grenet
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All-day |
 121E Sauvé / Côte-Vertu
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School-day service; located on Grenet |
| 126 Polyvalente-Émile-Legault (Thimens/Grenet)
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School-day service; located on Grenet and Henri-Bourassa |
| 164 Dudemaine
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All-day |
| 170 Keller
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All-day |
| 171 Henri-Bourassa
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Rush hours |
| 215 Henri Bourassa
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Regular; located on Henri-Bourassa Blvd. and Marcel-Laurin |
 382 Pierrefonds/Saint Charles
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Overnight |
 468 Express Pierrefonds/Gouin
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Weekdays before 8:00 PM; located on Grenet and Henri-Bourassa |
| Société de transport de Laval | |
| No.[1][9] and route description | Service times |
| 55 to/from Laval-Ouest and Henri-Bourassa Terminus Nord via Du Ruisseau station and via Bois-de-Boulogne station. The stops are on Grenet Street. |
Regular |
| 144 to/from Sainte-Dorothée, Chomedey, and Terminus Côte-Vertu at the Côte-Vertu Metro station. The stops are on Marcel Laurin Boulevard. | |
| 151 to/from Chomedey, Fabreville, Sainte-Rose and Terminus Côte-Vertu at the Côte-Vertu Metro station. The stops are on Marcel Laurin Boulevard. | |
| 902 to/from Terminus Le Carrefour at Le Carrefour Laval and Terminus Côte-Vertu at the Côte-Vertu Metro station. The stops are on Marcel Laurin Boulevard. |
Regular, on week days |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Bois-Franc (RTM)
- ^ "Bois-Franc Station". REM. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
- ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
- ^ "COVID-19 and the safety of the Mount Royal Tunnel: what to know about the updated REM schedule in relation to the exceptional events of 2020". Réseau express métropolitain. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ Walton, Mark (June 6, 2000). "The Mount Royal Tunnel Electrification". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012.
- ^ N/Réf. T6165/S7 & V/Réf. 5105-VAL-1
- ^ "Montreal-Cartierville-Deux-Montagnes schedule 1979 pages 3&4". Canadian National suburban Montreal public timetable, August 6, 1979. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- ^ a b STL 2011 map Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Bois-Franc Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)
- Bois-Franc Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM)
- 2016 STM System Map
- STL 2011 map
Media related to Bois-Franc (RTM) at Wikimedia Commons