Société de Transport de Montréal: Division 59 - Frontenac

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Location

STM: Frontenac Division serves the transit mainly to:

  • Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
  • Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie
  • Ville-Marie

The Frontenac division is located near the Frontenac Metro Station, more specifically at 1612 Rue Du Havre.

History

Previous Names:

  • Hochelaga Division (November 27th, 1861 to September 4th 1956)

In 1951, the Montreal Transit Commission (MTC) decided it would replace the tramway system by buses, and this happening in a span of eight (8) years. Construction of garages to store the buses was required.

For a couple of years, buses were temporary being stored in the Hochelaga Division, a Tramway garage. Hochelaga Division started it's service in 1861. Located not too far from the current Division, this tramway garage was located on the corners of Du Harve and St-Cathrine, more specifically on Sainte-Marie street (Now known as Notre-Dame. The building was 80 feet by 30 feet and had room to contain 44 horses and 10 cars. In 1892 the CTM must give up some of their property in order for St-Cathrine street to be extended further east. In 1898 the garage is the victim of a electrical fire which destroys the cabin 20 and 62 trams.

Construction on the Frontenac Division started soon after the announcement of the replacement of the Trams by buses. The construction of the garage was done in 2 steps. Beginning with the South side, where 130 buses would be stored started. The construction ended in 1956 and the garage officially opened on September 4th 1956. The North side of the garage opened in 1958. The North side of the garage gave the division room for 62 more buses.

Upon opening the garage, they received their buses, Canadian Car/Brill series. The only problem with the garage was that the garage was one place and their division was a couple of blocks away. That being said, the construction of a second floor started and finished in 1967. This was to be the new drivers lounge and division clerks offices.

Frontenac Division received their name at the same time as the opening of the new drivers lounge which coincided with the nearby metro station. The old division served as a repair lot, until 1974 after the opening of the Plateau Youville. This division still served as a depot for the communication equipment during the expansion of the green line towards Honoré-Beaugrand. Part of the division served as a bus terminal, up until the opening of the metro where the station replaced the terminus.

In 2010, due to the age of the building, a major makeover was to be done. Because of this work, Frontenac Division had their fleet of buses cut by 50%. Construction supposed to last 1 year starting in January 2010 and ending in December. Construction of the garage area is almost 75% done, with new cement and more windows. New garage doors, replacing the old ones are more durable. Currently the construction in the bus area is 75% completed and the drivers lounge just about 80% completed. Frontenac is currently the second oldest garage in Montreal.


Bus Fleet

  • Oldest Bus: 21-203
  • Newest Bus: 32-032

Frontenac Garage is now a 100% accessible garage.

Current Routes

# Route Name
Nom
Releif Point
Point de Relève
Remarks
Remarques
10 De Lorimier Papineau Metro
12 Île-Des-Soeurs Station LaSalle
15 Sainte-Catherine Station Papineau
22 Notre-Dame Station Assomption
24 Sherbrooke Sherbrooke/Hogan
25 Angus Sherbrooke/Hogan
34 Sainte-Catherine Station Viau
61 Wellington Station McGill
74 Bridge De La Gauchetière/Mansfield
85 Hochelaga Garage Frontenac
94 Iberville Garage Frontenac
125 Ontario Station Frontenac
131 De L'Assomption Station Assomption
150 René-Levesque Station Papineau
168 Cité-du-Havre Station McGill
185 Sherbrooke Garage Frontenac
358 Sainte-Catherine No Releve
  • Night Bus
432 Express Lacordaire Station Cadillac
715 Vieux-Port/Vieux-Montréal Station Berri-UQAM
767 La Ronde Station Jean-Drapeau
  • Seasonal
767 La Plage Station Jean-Drapeau
  • Seasonal
769 Île-Ronde Station Papineau
  • Seasonal
777 Le Casino Station Jean-Drapeau

Former Routes

Route Number Route Name Releve Point Remarks
19 Sainte-Catherine/Bonsecours
26 Vieux-Port
127 Maisonneuve-Rosemont Assomption Metro


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