Beaudry (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough	Ville-Marie
City	Montreal
Opened	21 December 1966
Line	Green Line
Architect	Adalbert Niklewicz Béïque, Thout, Legault (new kiosk built in 1999)
Artist	Jacques Thibault
Platform Depth	25.9 metres
Rank	4th deepest
Traffic	1,092,714 entrances in 2006
Rank	61st busiest
Interstation Distance	378.36 metres to Berri-UQAM 495 metres to Papineau
Address of Entrances	1255, rue Sainte-Catherine est
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Sainte-Catherine / rue Beaudry

Beaudry is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is in Montreal's Gay Village, part of the Centre-South district in the borough of Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Although part of the original network of the metro, it opened two months after the rest of the network, on December 21, 1966.

Overview

The inclined moving sidewalk inside the station.

New station entrance built in 1999 with rainbow-coloured masts over the door

Designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, it is a normal side platform station, built in-tunnel; a transept leads to a long inclined moving sidewalk, the only one in the metro, traversing the distance between De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Saint Catherine Street, on which the entrance is located. This moving sidewalk has been a burden to the STM because it is unique and replacement parts must be custom built.

The walls in the entrance building, ticket hall, passage to the platforms, and transept area were updated in a stylish light slate blue and stainless steel scheme. The platform is covered in a cream-and-brown tile pattern, however during the renovation in 1999 part of the walls near the exits were redone in the blue tiles and stainless steel pattern.

Architecture and art

The station was renovated and partially redecorated in the Réno-Métro program in 1999. Part of this work included a large new glassed-in entrance building by Béïque, Thuot, and Legault; a unique part of its design are rainbow-coloured masts over the door, an homage to Montreal's large gay and lesbian neighbourhood, the Village (Village gai), which the station serves. These were created by Jacques Thibault.

Origin of the name

The station is named for Beaudry Street. Pierre Beaudry (1774–1848) was the landowner across whose farm the street was opened; he also donated the land on which the Saint-Pierre-Apôtre Church was built.

Connecting bus routes

Main articles: Société de transport de Montréal and List of Montreal Bus Routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
15 Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• The Village
• Maison Radio-Canada
• Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Montreal
• Emploi-Québec
• Écomusée du fier monde
• Marché Saint-Jacques
• Saint-Pierre-Apôtre Church - Centre Saint-Pierre
• CLSC des Faubourgs
  • See also CLSC
• Sky Complex
• Complexe Le Bourbon
• Parc de l'Espoir
• Club Unity

External links

• Beaudry Metro Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• 2008 Downtown System Map
• Metro Map