De La Savane (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Station
De La Savane
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Inaugurated 9 January 1984
Line Orange Line
Architect Guy de Varennes & Almas Mathieu
Platform Depth 19.4 metres
Rank 15th deepest
Traffic 700,714 entrances in 2002
Rank Least busy
Interstation
Distance		 1281.69 metres to Du Collège

786.70 metres to Namur
Address of
Entrances		 8261, boul. Décarie
Nearby Main
Intersections		 Decarie Boulevard / de Sorel Street [1]

De La Savane is a station on Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2] De la Savana Metro Station. It was inaugurated on January 9, 1984.

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[edit] Overview

The station is a normal side platform station with an entrance at the north end. It was planned in such a way as to allow an additional entrance to be built on the other side of the Décarie Autoroute, but this has not yet happened. As it is the station with the least number of passengers (as of 2002), a redevelopment plan for the area is under discussion.

The station was designed by Guy de Varennes and Almas Mathieu. Its artworks include mural treatments in the entrance, mezzanine, and platforms by the architects, as well as a large metal sculpture by Maurice Lemieux, entitled Calcite, affixed to the wall of the mezzanine and illuminated by a light shaft.

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for the rue de la Savane, which has been known by that name since 1778 and was no doubt named for a nearby prairie or swamp (named savane in Quebec French).

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Société de transport de Montréal (STM)

Main article: Société de transport de Montréal
Regular routes
No. Route Name Route Map Schedule
17 Décarie (to various metro stations between Côte-Vertu Metro Station
and Place Saint Henri Metro Station)		 Map Schedule
Night routes
No. Route Name Route Map Schedule
368 Mont-Royal Map Schedule
371 Décarie Map Schedule

[edit] Nearby points of interest

[edit] References

  1. ^ De La Savane Station Neighbourhood Map
  2. ^ De La Savane Station

[edit] External links

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Montreal Metro Orange Line (Line 2)

Coordinates: 45°29′57.29″N 73°39′35.63″W / 45.4992472°N 73.6598972°W / 45.4992472; -73.6598972

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