Saint-Laurent station
{{Short description|Montreal Metro station}}
{{For|the light rail station in Ottawa|St-Laurent station}}
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| style = Montreal Metro
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| address = 10, boul. de Maisonneuve Est
Montreal, Quebec H2X 1J5
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{Coord|45|30|39|N|73|33|53|W|type:railwaystation_region:CA-QC|display=inline,title}}
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| depth = {{convert|9.1|m|ftin|abbr=off}}, 56th deepest
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| opened = 14 October 1966
| architect = Brassard et Warren
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| accessible = No
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| operator = Société de transport de Montréal
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Saint-Laurent station ({{IPA|fr|sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-Saint-Laurent.wav}}) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m30.htm Saint-Laurent Metro Station] 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.[http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=544 Dance School]
File:Édicule Métro Saint-Laurent.jpg|Bixi bicycle rack at the west entrance
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
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!style="background: #0085CA; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;"colspan="4"|Société de transport de Montréal | |
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| {{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|55 | #{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|rush-hour high-frequency}}|#{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|all-day high-frequency}}|border=#{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|all-day high-frequency}}}}
| Saint-Laurent |
| {{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|363 {{emoji presentation|☾|text}} | #{{rcr|Société de transport de Montréal|night}}|#fff}}
| Saint-Laurent |
| {{Avoid wrap|{{ric|Canada transit|STM|size=20px}} {{rbox|465 | #{{rcr|Canada transit|STM}}|#fff}}}}
| Express Côte-des-Neiges |
Nearby points of interest
- UQAM
- Saint Laurent Boulevard
- Pavillon Ste-Catherine
- Ex-Centris
- Just for Laughs Museum
- Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI)
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Saint-Laurent (Montreal Metro)}}
- [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m30.htm Saint-Laurent Station - official site]
- [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/stlaurent/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111215172111/http://www.stm.info/english/info/reseau2011.pdf 2011 STM System Map]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120324194736/http://www.stm.info/english/info/centre-ville2011.pdf 2011 Downtown System Map]
- [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]
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Category:Green Line (Montreal Metro)