'Bois-Franc' is a
commuter rail station on the
AMT Deux-Montagnes Line in the Greater
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada area. The Bois-Franc station was intended to be an intermodal station with
the Orange Line which was to be extended to Rue de Salaberry at this end. Bois-Franc is in Fare Zone 2.
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, as Henri-Bourassa ended at the
Laurentien 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.
Prior to the modernization of the Deux-Montagnes Line, between 1993 and
1995, the station was named 'Val-Royal'; the original Val-Royal Station was demolished by vandals on
June 5 1995.
Location
The station is located at 5465 Henri-Bourassa Boulevard West in
Saint-Laurent on the
border with
Cartierville. It is located near Henri-Bourassa Boulevard West, between Marcel-Laurin Boulevard/Boulevard Laurentien (
Route 117) and Grenet Street.
Connections
Bus routes
STM
Regular routes
=
Night routes
STL &
AMT
★ All Routes going to, or coming from, Laval cannot pick up passengers for Montreal-only trips.
External links
★
Official website (In
French)