Saint-Laurent station explained

Saint-Laurent
Style:Montreal Metro
Address:10, boul. de Maisonneuve Est
Montreal, Quebec H2X 1J5
Country:Canada
Depth:9.1m (29.9feet), 56th deepest
Opened:14 October 1966
Architect:Brassard et Warren
Accessible:No
Operator:Société de transport de Montréal
Zone:ARTM

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Saint-Laurent station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Overview

Designed by Brassard et Warren, it is a normal side platform station, built in an open cut under boul. de Maisonneuve. The station's volume contains its mezzanine and ticket hall, connected to a single entrance. This is one of the few downtown stations not to have an entrance integrated into another building, and plans for the vacant lot around the station continually surface; the current plan is for a cultural centre, including a school of contemporary dance.[3]

Architecture and art

The station contains non-figurative tiled murals by noted ceramicist Claude Vermette.

Origin of the name

The station takes its name from Saint Laurent Boulevard (in French, boulevard Saint-Laurent), a main thoroughfare of Montreal, opened and named by 1720 as the road joining Montreal to the village of Côte-Saint-Laurent, now a borough of Montreal. The latter was named for Saint Lawrence, probably by allusion to the Saint Lawrence River. Saint Laurent Boulevard is considered the dividing line between eastern and western Montreal, and divides addresses between east and west.

Connecting bus routes

Route
15 Sainte-Catherine
55 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
363 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
465 Express Côte-des-Neiges[4]

Nearby points of interest

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fare Zones . . 1 July 2022 . 1 July 2022.
  2. http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m30.htm Saint-Laurent Metro Station
  3. http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=544 Dance School
  4. Web site: Latest bus news for September . Société de transport de Montréal . 2019-08-22.