Bois-Franc station

Bois-Franc is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in the Bois-Franc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is served by the Deux-Montagnes line.

Bois-Franc
Location5465 Henri-Bourassa Blvd. West,
Montreal, Quebec[1]
Coordinates45°31′23″N 73°42′35″W
Operated byRéseau de transport métropolitain
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
  Société de transport de Laval
Construction
Parking 742 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities21 spaces[1]
Other information
Fare zone2
WebsiteBois-Franc station (Exo)
History
Opened1994
Electrified25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
Previous namesLazard, Val-Royal
Traffic
Passengers (2019[2])737,900 (Exo)
Services
Preceding station Exo Following station
Sunnybrooke
toward Deux-Montagnes
 Deux-Montagnes Terminus
Other services
Preceding station REM Following station
Future services
Sunnybrooke
toward Deux-Montagnes
 Réseau express métropolitain Du Ruisseau
toward Brossard
Des Sources
toward L’Anse-à-l’Orme
Marie-Curie
toward Airport
Preceding station Exo Following station
Former services
Sunnybrooke
toward Deux-Montagnes
 Deux-Montagnes Du Ruisseau
toward Central Station

Origin of name

Bois-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

The original station was named Lazard [3] (likely for the merchant bank Lazard Frères & Co. which underwrote the construction of the Mount Royal Tunnel on this railline). 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.[4]

Location

The 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

A 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.[5] The Cartierville Station was to have been the terminus of Line 3 (Red) of the Montreal Metro.

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
No.[1] and Route Name Service Times Route Map Schedule
64 Grenet All-Day Map Schedule
126 Polyvalente-Émile-Legault School Day Service, Located on Grenet and Henri-Bourassa Map Schedule
164 Dudemaine All-Day Map Schedule
170 Keller All-Day Map Schedule
171 Henri-Bourassa Rush Hours Map Schedule
215 Henri Bourassa Regular, Located on blvd. Henri-Bourassa and Marcel-Laurin Map Schedule
382 Pierrefonds/Saint Charles Overnight Map Schedule
468 Express Pierrefonds/Gouin Weekdays before 8:00PM, Located on Grenet and Henri-Bourassa Map Schedule
964 Trainbus Bois-Franc/Côte-Vertu Rush hour

TBA

TBA

Société de transport de Laval
No.[1][6] and Route Description Service Times Route Map (Click on "Route map") Schedule
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 Map Schedule, north bound
South bound
144 to/from Sainte-Dorothée, Chomedey, and Terminus Côte-Vertu at the Côte-Vertu Metro station.
The stops are on Marcel Laurin Boulevard.		 Map Schedule, west bound
East bound
151 to/from Chomedey, Fabreville, Sainte-Rose and Terminus Côte-Vertu at the Côte-Vertu Metro station.
The stops are on Marcel Laurin Boulevard.		 Map Schedule, north bound
South bound
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 Map Schedule, north bound
South bound
  1. All bus routes coming from Laval cannot pick up passengers for Montreal-only trips.
    The same routes will pick up passengers for trips heading back to Laval but will not allow passengers to descend until it reaches Laval.
  2. Route No. 46 no longer passes by this station, the RTM has neglected to bring this up to date on their website.[6]

See also

References
  1. Bois-Franc (RTM)
  2. Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
  3. Walton, Mark (June 6, 2000). "The Mount Royal Tunnel Electrification". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012.
  4. N/Réf. T6165/S7 & V/Réf. 5105-VAL-1
  5. "Montreal-Cartierville-Deux-Montagnes schedule 1979 pages 3&4". Canadian National suburban Montreal public timetable, August 6, 1979. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  6. STL 2011 map Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

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