Bois-Franc (AMT)

Bois-Franc
Station statistics
Address	5465 Henri-Bourassa Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec[1]
Coordinates	45°31′23″N 73°42′35″W / 45.52306°N 73.70972°W / 45.52306; -73.70972Coordinates: 45°31′23″N 73°42′35″W / 45.52306°N 73.70972°W / 45.52306; -73.70972
Connections	STM buses   Société de transport de Laval
Parking	754 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	21 spaces[1]
Other information
Opened	1994
Electrified	25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
Fare zone	2
Formerly	Lazard, Val-Royal
Traffic
Passengers (2012[2])	824,600 (AMT)
Services
Preceding station   AMT   Following station Sunnybrooke toward Deux-Montagnes Deux-Montagnes Du Ruisseau toward Montreal

Bois-Franc is a commuter rail station on the AMT Deux-Montagnes Line in the Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada area.

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. In later Canadian National years, only one rush-hour trip in each direction existed. It was abandoned in the early 1980s when STM predecessor STCUM took over operation of the Deux-Montagnes line. The Cartierville station was located at the corner of West Gouin 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
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
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 Gare Du Ruisseau and via Gare Bois-de-Boulogne. 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
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. Route No. 46 no longer passes by this station, AMT has neglected to bring this up to date on their website. [6]

See also

• Montreal metro Future projects
• Future Line 2 orange of the (West Branch to East Branch)

References

External links

Media related to Bois-Franc (AMT) at Wikimedia Commons

• Bois Franc
• STM 2011 System Map
• STL 2011 map