Frontenac station


Frontenac station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal and serves the Green Line.

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 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

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

Société de transport de Montréal|
Route
85 Hochelaga
94 Iberville
125 Ontario
185 Sherbooke
350 Verdun/LaSalle
353 Lacordaire/Maurice-Duplessis
355 Pie-IX
356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources
357 Saint-Michel
358 Sainte-Catherine
360 Avenue des Pins
362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
368 Mont-Royal

Nearby points of interest