Laurier (Metro Montreal)

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Original seating on one of the platforms

Laurier is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal arrondissement at the intersection of Rue Berri and Avenue Laurier. Trains on orange line 2 run here . In 2006, 3,834,258 passengers used the station, which corresponds to 20th place out of a total of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .

Building

The station designed by Jean P. Pothier was created as a soberly designed tunnel station . While the walls are clad in gray granite , orange panels at both ends indicate the entrances. The main entrance at the southern end of the station leads via a distribution level with winding walls to a pavilion , which is located in the middle of a small green area on Rue Saint-Joseph and has the shape of an arrowhead. A significantly smaller pavilion on Avenue Laurier can be reached from the north end of the station.

The platform level with two side platforms is 10.7 meters deep . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 499.60 meters to Mont-Royal and 746.10 meters to Rosemont . There are connections to six bus routes and one night bus route operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . Nearby attractions include the National Theater School and the College of Contemporary Ballet.

history

The station opened on October 14, 1966, along with the Place-d'Armes - Henri-Bourassa section of the orange line. Laurier is part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. The name is given to Avenue Laurier, named after Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919), who was Canada's first Francophone Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911 .

Web links

Commons : Laurier (Metro Montreal)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Laurier station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 25, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Laurier station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 25, 2012 (French).
  3. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 25, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 31 '40.7 "  N , 73 ° 35' 19.1"  W.