Bois-Franc station

Bois-Franc
Bois-Franc
	Bois-Franc station platforms before reconstruction
General information
Location	54–65 Henri Bourassa Boulevard West; Montreal, Quebec; Canada
Coordinates	45°31′23″N 73°42′35″W / 45.52306°N 73.70972°W
Operated by	Canadian Northern Railway (1918–1923); Canadian National Railway (1923–1996); Agence métropolitaine de transport (1996–2017); Réseau de transport métropolitain (2017–2020);
Line(s)	REM main line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bus stands	5
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal Société de transport de Laval
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	742 spaces
Bicycle facilities	120 rack spaces
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: A
Website	rem.info/en/stations/bois-franc
History
Opened	1918
Closed	December 31, 2020
Rebuilt	2024 (REM)
Previous names	Lazard (1918–1926); Val-Royal (1926–1995);
Passengers
2019	737,900 (Exo)
Future services
	Des Sources toward Anse-à-l'Orme
	Marie-Curie toward Airport
Former services

Bois-Franc station 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 fourth quarter of 2024.^[5]

It was formerly a 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^[6] (likely for the Franco-American 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.^[7] The old station site is now a parking lot on the east side of Boulevard Marcel-Laurin.

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.^[8] 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
64 Grenet	All-day
121E Sauvé / Côte-Vertu	School-day service; located on Grenet
126 Polyvalente-Émile-Legault (Thimens/Grenet)	School-day service; located on Grenet and Henri-Bourassa
164 Dudemaine	All-day
170 Keller	All-day
171 Henri-Bourassa	Rush hours
215 Henri Bourassa	Regular; located on Henri-Bourassa Blvd. and Marcel-Laurin
382 Pierrefonds/Saint Charles	Overnight
468 Express Pierrefonds/Gouin	Weekdays before 8:00 PM; located on Grenet and Henri-Bourassa
Société de transport de Laval
No.^[1]^[9] and route description	Service times
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
144 to/from Sainte-Dorothée, Chomedey, and Terminus Côte-Vertu at the Côte-Vertu Metro station. The stops are on Marcel Laurin Boulevard.
151 to/from Chomedey, Fabreville, Sainte-Rose and Terminus Côte-Vertu at the Côte-Vertu Metro station. The stops are on Marcel Laurin Boulevard.
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
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.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bois-Franc (RTM)
^ "Bois-Franc Station". REM. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
^ Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
^ "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.
^ Walton, Mark (June 6, 2000). "The Mount Royal Tunnel Electrification". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012.
^ N/Réf. T6165/S7 & V/Réf. 5105-VAL-1
^ "Montreal-Cartierville-Deux-Montagnes schedule 1979 pages 3&4". Canadian National suburban Montreal public timetable, August 6, 1979. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b STL 2011 map Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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

[gare-1] Bois-Franc (RTM)

[2] "Bois-Franc Station". REM. Retrieved 2023-08-02.

[artmzone-3] "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.

[4] Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.

[schedule-5] "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.

[6] Walton, Mark (June 6, 2000). "The Mount Royal Tunnel Electrification". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. Archived from the original on January 18, 2012.

[7] N/Réf. T6165/S7 & V/Réf. 5105-VAL-1

[8] "Montreal-Cartierville-Deux-Montagnes schedule 1979 pages 3&4". Canadian National suburban Montreal public timetable, August 6, 1979. 15 January 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[map-9] STL 2011 map Archived 2011-09-20 at the Wayback Machine

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