Frontenac (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough	Ville-Marie
City	Montreal
Opened	19 December 1966
Line	Green Line
Architect	Robillard, Jette, et Beaudoin Christian Bisson (new kiosk built in 1999)
Artist	n/a
Platform Depth	23.2 metres
Rank	10th deepest
Traffic	2,149,285 entrances in 2006
Rank	42nd of 68
Interstation Distance	1157.57 metres to Papineau 1003.95 metres to Préfontaine
Address of Entrances	2570, rue Ontario est
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Ontario est / rue Frontenac rue Ontario est / rue du Havre

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.

Overview

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 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 escalators, 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

Main articles: Société de transport de Montréal and List of Montreal Bus Routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
85 Hochelaga	All-day	Map	Schedule
94 Iberville	All-day	Map	Schedule
125 Ontario	All-day	Map	Schedule
185 Sherbooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
769 La Ronde	All-day Summer Seasonal	Map	Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle	Overnight	Map	Schedule
353 Lacordaire/Maurice-Duplessis	Overnight	Map	Schedule
355 Pie-IX	Overnight	Map	Schedule
356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources	Overnight	Map	Schedule
357 Saint-Michel	Overnight	Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine	Overnight	Map	Schedule
360 Avenue des Pins	Overnight	Map	Schedule
362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame	Overnight	Map	Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud	Overnight	Map	Schedule
368 Mont-Royal	Overnight	Map	Schedule

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

External links

• Frontenac Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• Metro Map