Bonaventure (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro Station


Borough	Ville-Marie
City	Montreal
Opened	13 February 1967
Line	Orange Line
Architect	Victor Prus
Artist	n/a
Platform Depth	22.6 metres
Rank	11th deepest
Traffic	7,435,734 entrances in 2011
Rank	5th busiest
Interstation Distance	530.60 metres to Lucien-L'Allier 392.60 metres to Square-Victoria
Address of Entrances	1166, West De La Gauchetière Street 955, Cathedral Street (on the side of 1000 de La Gauchetière)
Nearby Main Intersections	De La Gauchetière Street / Stanley Street Cathedral Street / De La Gauchetière Street^[1]

Bonaventure is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada^[2].

It opened on February 13, 1967, four months after most of the initial network. It served as the western terminus of the Orange Line for 14 years until the extension to Place-Saint-Henri was opened in 1981.

[edit] Overview

Station's Platform.

Designed by Victor Prus, the metro station is a normal side platform station, built Cut-and-cover in order to provide a large space for the heavily trafficked mezzanine. As a key part of the underground city, the mezzanine has ticket barriers on either side, in order to allow pedestrians to pass from one end of the station to the other. Bridges over the tracks below the mezzanine level allow passengers to cross from one platform to the other.

Until 1992, the station had only one outdoor entrance, in front of Windsor Station; two additional accesses led directly to Place Bonaventure and Gare Centrale (Central Station) on one end, and the Château Champlain and Place du Canada on the other. When 1000 de La Gauchetière was built directly above the station, additional accesses were added to the office tower and the Downtown Terminus (metropolitan bus terminal for Réseau de transport de Longueuil and South Shore buses) within it, as well as a street entrance on the western side of the building on Cathédrale Street and improved access to Central Station and Place Bonaventure.

The station is intermodal with the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)'s commuter train lines, through its underground access to Central Station, a station on the Montreal/Deux-Montagnes and Montreal/Mont-Saint-Hilaire lines. There is also underground access to the Lucien-L'Allier train station as well as the Lucien-L'Allier metro station.

Elevators were added between the mezzanine and the platforms in November 2009, making the station more accessible to people with reduced mobility. However, there is currently no step-free access to the surface, nor do the elevators allow passengers to change platforms without exiting the ticket barriers. An existing elevator connecting the station to Place du Canada and the Château Champlain, formerly the only elevator in the system, is separated from the mezzanine level by steps. An elevator link between the station and the AMT bus terminus and thence to the surface is planned.

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for Place Bonaventure, a major commercial complex containing businesses, the Hilton Hotel, and the Société de transport de Montréal's headquarters. This was named for Bonaventure Station, a former station on the Grand Trunk Railway, which in turn was named for its location on Saint Bonaventure Street, now Saint Jacques Street. All derive their name from St. Bonaventure, a 13th-century Italian philosopher and mystic.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

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

The Terminus Centre-Ville

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal (On the streets)
36 Monk	All-day	Map	Schedule
61 Wellington	All-day	Map	Schedule
74 Bridge	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
75 de la Commune	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
107 Verdun (On Peel Street)	All-day	Map	Schedule
150 Lévesque (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	All-day	Map	Schedule
168 du Havre	All-day	Map	Schedule
178 Pointe-Nord/Île-des-Sœurs (University Street / de La Gauchetière Street)	Rush Hour Monday-Friday	Map	Schedule
410 Express Notre-Dame (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	All-day Weekdays	Map	Schedule
430 Express Pointe-aux-Trembles (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
435 Express Du Parc/Côte-des-Neiges (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
715 Old Port/Old Montreal (On Peel Street)	All-day	Map	Schedule
747 Express Bus (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	All-day & Overnight	Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	Overnight	Map	Schedule
Réseau de transport de Longueuil

CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan

CIT de la Vallée du Richelieu

CIT du Sud-Ouest

Sainte-Julie public transit

CIT Le Richelain

CIT Roussillon

CIT du Haut-Saint-Laurent

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu public transit

Agence métropolitaine de transport