Cadillac (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro Station


Borough	Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
City	Montreal
Opened	6 June 1976
Line	Green Line
Architect	Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke
Artist	Jean Cartier
Platform Depth	12.2 metres
Rank	42nd deepest
Traffic	2,203,624 entrances in 2006
Rank	41st of 68
Interstation Distance	781.69 metres to Assomption 518.51 metres to Langelier
Address of Entrances	2 entrances: 5995, rue Sherbrooke est 3315, rue de Cadillac
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Sherbrooke est / rue de Cadillac^[1]

Cadillac 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 the district of Mercier-Ouest in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[2] The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.

[edit] Overview

Designed by Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke, it is a normal side platform station built in tunnel. The central mezzanine gives access to the entrances diagonally across from one another at the corner of rue de Cadillac and rue Sherbrooke. The hallways to these entrances feature complementary murals by Jean Cartier.

Murals by Jean Cartier.

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for rue de Cadillac. Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac (1658–1730) was a colourful French explorer of New France. He founded Detroit, Michigan and commanded it from 1701 to 1710.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

Main articles: Société de transport de Montréal and List of Montreal bus routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
32 Lacordaire	All-day	Map	Schedule
185 Sherbrooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
432 Express Lacordaire	All-day Weekdays	Map	Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud	Overnight	Map	Schedule