Frontenac station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is located at 2570 Ontario Street East in the Sainte-Marie neighbourhood, part of the Centre-Sud.
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| Location | 2570, rue Ontario Est Montreal, Quebec H2K 1W7 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°32′00″N 73°33′07″W / 45.53333°N 73.55194°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||
| Depth | 23.2 metres (76 feet 1 inch), 10th deepest | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| Architect | Robillard, Jette, et Beaudoin Christian Bisson (kiosk built in 1999) | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ARTM: A[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 19 December 1966 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2][3] | 2,300,143  21.72% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 43 of 68 | ||||||||||
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Overview edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 85 Hochelaga
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| 94 D'Iberville
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| 125 Ontario
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| 185 Sherbooke
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 350 Verdun/LaSalle
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| 353 Lacordaire/Maurice-Duplessis
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| 355 Pie-IX
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| 356 Lachine/YUL Aéroport/Des Sources
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| 357 Saint-Michel
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| 358 Sainte-Catherine
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| 360 Avenue des Pins
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| 362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame
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| 364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
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| 368 Avenue-du-Mont-Royal
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Nearby points of interest edit
- Place Frontenac
- Maison de la culture et bibliothèque Frontenac
- Éco-quartier de Sainte-Marie
- Parc Médéric-Martin
- Centre Jean-Claude Malépart
- Bain Mathieu - Société pour promouvoir les arts gigantesques (SPAG)
- Maison Norman Bethune
References edit
- ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
- ^ Frontenac Montreal Metro Station
External links edit
- Frontenac Station - official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
- Metro Map