Griffintown–Bernard-Landry station

Griffintown–Bernard-Landry is a planned Réseau express métropolitain station in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is planned to be operated by CDPQ Infra and serve as a station on the South Shore branch of the REM.[1]

Griffintown–Bernard-Landry
LocationDalhousie Street, Griffintown, Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Coordinates45.4963°N 73.5588°W / 45.4963; -73.5588
Operated byCDPQ Infra
Platforms2
Connections
  STM buses
History
Opening2023
Future services
Preceding station REM Following station
Central Station
toward Deux-Montagnes, L'Anse-à-l'Orme or Airport
 Réseau express métropolitain Île-des-Soeurs
toward Brossard

Location

Initial proposed location on Peel Bassin

The station was initially tentatively named Bassin Peel station and was planned to be located on the Peel Basin of the Lachine Canal, near the site of the former Goose Village neighbourhood. There was speculation that the Peel Basin would serve as the future site for a baseball stadium serving as a home for a Major League Baseball based in Montreal. On February 12, 2019, the group seeking the return of an MLB team to Montreal, led by Stephen Bronfman, registered Pierre Boivin, the former president of the Montreal Canadiens, as a lobbyist to negotiate the sale of the Peel Basin to build a stadium. The land is currently under the control of the Canada Lands Company, a Federal Crown Corporation.[2]

Relocation of the planned station to Griffintown

In November 2019, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante first expressed a desire to name the station after the late Premier of Quebec, Bernard Landry, due to his involvement as Quebec's Minister of Finance, in the redevelopment of the area adjacent to Griffintown and the western portion of Old Montreal as the Cité du Multimédia, a business cluster for Information Technology companies.[3]

On June 23, 2020, it was announced that the station would be named Griffintown–Bernard-Landry, and be located on the Central Station train viaduct facing Dalhousie Street, between William Street and Ottawa Street in Griffintown.[4]

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References
  1. https://www.cdpqinfra.com/en/content/r%C3%A9seau-%C3%A9lectrique-m%C3%A9tropolitain-rem-three-new-stations-downtown-montr%C3%A9al
  2. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2019/02/12/stade-de-baseball--le-bassin-peel-choisi
  3. "Valérie Plante veut qu'une station du REM rende hommage à Bernard Landry" (in French). Métro. Retrieved 2020-05-31.
  4. "Griffintown–Bernard-Landry station unveiled". Réseau express métropolitain. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
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