Bois-Franc station


Bois-Franc is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in the Bois-Franc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is served by the Deux-Montagnes line.

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 . 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.

Location

The station is located at 5465 Henri Bourassa Boulevard West, between Marcel-Laurin Boulevard/Boulevard Laurentien and Grenet Street in Saint-Laurent on the border with Cartierville.

Cartierville branch and station

A single-track electrified branch to Cartierville, a relic of when the line terminated there in Canadian Northern Railway days, left the line at 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. The Cartierville Station was to have been the terminus of Line 3 of the Montreal Metro.

Connecting bus routes