Bois-Franc station

Bois-Franc is a future Réseau express métropolitain (REM) interchange station in the Bois-Franc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. REM service is expected to begin at the station in the second quarter of 2024.[3]

Bois-Franc
Location	5465 Henri-Bourassa Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec[1]
Coordinates	45°31′23″N 73°42′35″W
Operated by	Réseau de transport métropolitain
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal   Société de transport de Laval
Construction
Parking	742 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	21 spaces[1]
Other information
Fare zone	2
Website	Bois-Franc station (REM)
History
Opened	1994
Closed	December 31, 2020
Rebuilt	2024 (REM)
Electrified	25 kV AC 60 Hz catenary
Previous names	Lazard, Val-Royal
Passengers
2019[2]	737,900 (Exo)
Other services
Preceding station REM Following station Future services Sunnybrooke toward Deux-Montagnes Réseau express métropolitain (opens 2024) Du Ruisseau toward Brossard Des Sources toward 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

It was formerly commuter rail station on the Deux-Montagnes line until Exo ended service in 2020.

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 [4] (likely for the merchant bank Lazard Frères & Co. which underwrote the construction of the Mount Royal Tunnel on this rail line). 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.[5]

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.[6] 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][7] 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
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, the RTM has neglected to bring this up to date on their website.[7]

See also

• Montreal Metro future projects
• Orange Line west branch extension

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. "COVID-19 and the safety of the Mount Royal Tunnel: what to know about the updated REM schedule in relation to the exceptional events of 2020". Réseau express métropolitain. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
4. Walton, Mark (June 6, 2000). "The Mount Royal Tunnel Electrification". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012.
5. N/Réf. T6165/S7 & V/Réf. 5105-VAL-1
6. "Montreal-Cartierville-Deux-Montagnes schedule 1979 pages 3&4". Canadian National suburban Montreal public timetable, August 6, 1979. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
7. STL 2011 map Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Bois-Franc Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)
• Bois-Franc Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM)
• 2016 STM System Map
• STL 2011 map

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