Du Collège (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Station
Du Collège (logo).svg
Du Collège metro station
Borough Saint-Laurent
City Montreal
Opened 9 January 1984
Line MtlMetro2.svg Orange Line
Architect Gilles S. Bonnetto
Jacques Garand
Artist Pierre Osterrath, Lyse Charland Favretti, Aurelio Sandonato
Platform Depth 17.1 metres
Rank 26th deepest
Traffic 2,485,918 entrances in 2006
Rank 39th of 68
Interstation
Distance
777.24 metres to Côte-Vertu

1281.69 metres to De La Savane

Address of
Entrances
2 entrances:
  1. 1490, rue Du Collège
  2. 450, rue Ouimet
Nearby Main
Intersections
Decarie Boulevard and Du College Street [1]

Du Collège 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 borough of Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2].

Opened on January 9, 1984, it replaced Plamondon station as the western terminus of the line, and so remained until the construction of Côte-Vertu station in 1986.

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[edit] Overview

The station is a normal side platform station with an entrance at either end. The southern entrance is located in a bus loop.

The station was designed by Gilles S. Bonnetto and Jacques Garand, and contains several artworks. The northern entrance contains four stained-glass windows, one by Lyse Charland Favretti on the theme of education and three by Pierre Osterrath on the borough of Saint-Laurent, its agricultural past, and its future. The southern entrance contains another stained-glass window by Favretti representing the borough's aeronautics industry, as well as an abstract relief in brick by Aurelio Sandonato. The station's best-known architectural feature, however, is an Ionic column in the northern mezzanine.

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for the rue du Collège, whose name commemorates the nearby Cégep de Saint-Laurent, inaugurated as a college in 1847 and turned into a Cégep in 1974.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route Service Times Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 17 Décarie All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 72 Alfred-Nobel All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 76 McArthur Evening only Weekdays Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 117 O'Brien All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 128 Ville-Saint-Laurent All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 175 Griffith/Saint-François All-day Weekdays Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 202 Dawson All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 214 Des Sources Rush Hour Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 220 Kieran Rush Hour N/A N/A
STM Metrobus Express.svg 460 Express Métropolitaine Rush Hour Map Schedule
S-nuit.gif 371 Décarie Overnight Map Schedule

[edit] Nearby points of interest

[edit] References

  1. ^ Du Collège Station Neighbourhood Map
  2. ^ Du College metro station

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 45°30′33.57″N 73°40′28.78″W / 45.509325°N 73.6746611°W / 45.509325; -73.6746611

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