Frontenac (Montreal Metro)

Frontenac is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the Arrondissement Ville- Marie at the intersection of Rue Ontario and Rue Frontenac. Here the green line trains run 1 In 2006, 2,149,285 passengers used the station; this corresponds to 42nd place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Robillard, Jetté et Beaudoin station emerged as relatively sober designed tunnel train station with tiles in brown and beige tones. In 23.2 meters depth, the platform level is with two side platforms. An overlying distribution level provides access to long escalators to the surface. The original entrance pavilion was replaced by one designed by Christian Bisson post-modern new building in 1999. The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from end station to station early, be 1157.57 meters to Papineau and 1003.95 meters to Préfontaine. There are four connections to bus routes and ten night bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal.

History

The green line was opened on 14 October 1966. The commissioning of the easternmost section of the base network between Papineau and Frontenac was delayed for just over two months and finally took place on 19 December 1966. Frontenac was for around six and a half years, the eastern terminus of the Green Line until this on June 6, 1976 by ​​Honoré - Beaugrand was extended. The namesake of the station is Rue Frontenac. This in turn is named after Louis de Buade, sieur de Frontenac (1622-1698), a governor of the colony of New France and godson of the French king Louis XIII. During the planning phase, the station name Ontario was still provided.