Griffintown–Bernard-Landry station

Griffintown–Bernard-Landry is an under construction Réseau express métropolitain station in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It will be operated by CDPQ Infra and serve as a station on the South Shore branch of the REM.[3] However, because the station was planned after the start of construction of the rest of the REM, the station will not open until after 2024 (after the REM is scheduled to begin full service).[4][5][6]

Griffintown–Bernard-Landry
General information
LocationDalhousie Street, Griffintown, Montreal
Quebec
Canada
Coordinates45.4963°N 73.5588°W / 45.4963; -73.5588
Operated byCDPQ Infra
Platforms2
ConnectionsBus interchange      Société de transport de Montréal
Other information
WebsiteGriffintown–Bernard-Landry (REM)
History
OpeningAfter 2024[1] (After 2024[2])
Future services
Preceding station REM Following station
Central Station
Terminus
 Réseau express métropolitain
 Île-des-Soeurs
toward Brossard

Location
Griffintown–Bernard-Landry station under construction, spring 2022.

Proposed location on Peel Bassin

The station was initially tentatively named Bassin Peel station and was planned to be located on the Peel Basin of the Lachine Canal, near the site of the former Goose Village neighbourhood. There was speculation that the Peel Basin would serve as the future site for a baseball stadium serving as a home for a Major League Baseball team in Montreal. On February 12, 2019, the group seeking the return of an MLB team to Montreal, led by Stephen Bronfman, registered Pierre Boivin, the former president of the Montreal Canadiens, as a lobbyist to negotiate the sale of the Peel Basin to build a stadium. The land is currently under the control of the Canada Lands Company, a Federal Crown Corporation.[7]

Relocation to Griffintown and naming controversy

In November 2019, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante first expressed a desire to name the station after the late Premier of Quebec, Bernard Landry, due to his involvement as Quebec's Minister of Finance, in the redevelopment of the area adjacent to Griffintown and the western portion of Old Montreal as the Cité du Multimédia, a business cluster for Information Technology companies.[8] This sparked a backlash from the city's Irish community.[9]

On June 23, 2020, it was announced that the station would be located on the Central Station train viaduct facing Dalhousie Street, between William Street and Ottawa Street in Griffintown.[4] It was also announced that the station would be named Griffintown–Bernard-Landry as a compromise but the name still proved controversial.[10]

References
  1. "2023 Work Schedule". REM. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  2. "2023 Work Schedule". REM. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  3. "Three new stations in downtown Montréal - Press Release REM". CDPQ Infra. 25 November 2016. Retrieved 2023-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "Griffintown–Bernard-Landry station unveiled". Réseau express métropolitain. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  5. "Station Griffintown-Bernard-Landry". Agora Montréal. 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  6. "2023 Work Schedule". REM. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
  7. "Stade de baseball : Le bassin Peel choisi?" (in French). TVA Nouvelles. February 12, 2019. Retrieved 2023-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Goudreault, Zacharie (6 November 2019). "Valérie Plante veut qu'une station du REM rende hommage à Bernard Landry" (in French). Métro. Retrieved 2020-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. King, Donovan (December 6, 2019). "An Open Letter from a City of Montreal Ambassador to Mayor Valerie Plante RE: Griffintown REM Proposal and Negative International Reaction". OTL Blog. Retrieved 2020-02-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. Luft, Amy (22 June 2020). "Montreal's Irish community disappointed new REM station in Griffintown will be named after former premier Bernard Landry". CTV News. Retrieved 2023-03-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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