Frontenac is a station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on the Green Line

Line 1 Green (Montreal Metro)

The Green line is one of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The line runs through the commercial section of downtown Montreal underneath Boulevard de Maisonneuve, formerly Rue de Montigny...

 of the Montreal Metro

Montreal Metro

The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

 rapid transit system

Rapid transit

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 operated by the Société de transport de Montréal

Société de transport de Montréal

The Société de transport de Montréal is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

 (STM). It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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Overview

Although part of the original network of the metro, it opened two months after the rest of the system, on December 19, 1966. It served as the eastern terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Honoré-Beaugrand

Honoré-Beaugrand (Montreal Metro)

Honoré-Beaugrand is a station, the eastern terminus of the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal...

 was completed in 1976. It is also the only station on the original Green Line not located under boul. De Maisonneuve

De Maisonneuve Boulevard

De Maisonneuve Boulevard is a major westbound boulevard located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named after the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. De Maisonneuve Boulevard is about 11 kilometres long and begins on Havre Street in the east end, and ends in the...

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Designed by Robillard, Jetté et Beaudoin, it is a normal side platform

Side platform

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 station built in tunnel

Tunnel

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. A transept provides access, via several long escalator

Escalator

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s, to the entrance, recently rebuilt according to a design by Christian Bisson.

Renovations occurred in November–December 2005, during which time the station was closed during weekends.

Origin of the name

Frontenac station takes its name from nearby Rue Frontenac, which in turn is named for Louis de Buade, sieur de Frontenac et de Palluau

Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698...

. The godson of King Louis XIII of France

Louis XIII of France

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, he was governor-general of New France

New France

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 between 1672 and his death in 1698. Frontenac is famous for repelling the attack of Sir William Phips

William Phips

Sir William Phips was a shipwright, ship's captain, treasure hunter, military leader, and the first royally-appointed governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay....

, saying, "I will not respond to your general but through the mouths of my cannons and with gunfire."

Connecting bus routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
85 Hochelaga	All-day	Map	Schedule
94 Iberville	All-day	Map	Schedule
125 Ontario 125 Ontario The 125 Ontario is a bus route in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . The route operates from 7 days a week between the hours of 5 AM and 1 AM. It is a wheelchair accessible route. It serves the boroughs of Ville-Marie, and...	All-day	Map	Schedule
169 La Ronde	All-day Summer Seasonal	Map	Schedule
185 Sherbooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle	Overnight	Map	Schedule
353 Lacordaire/Maurice-Duplessis	Overnight	Map	Schedule
355 Pie-IX	Overnight	Map	Schedule
356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources	Overnight	Map	Schedule
357 Saint-Michel	Overnight	Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine	Overnight	Map	Schedule
360 Avenue des Pins	Overnight	Map	Schedule
362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame	Overnight	Map	Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud	Overnight	Map	Schedule
368 Mont-Royal	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Place Frontenac
• Maison de la culture et bibliothèque Frontenac
• Éco-quartier de Sainte-Marie
• Parc Médéric-Martin
• Centre Jean-Claude Malépard
• Bain Mathieu - Société pour promouvoir les arts gigantesques (SPAG)
• Maison Norman Bethune

External links

• Frontenac Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• Metro Map