Du Collège (Montreal Metro)
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 Montreal Metro Station |
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| Borough | Saint-Laurent |
| City | Montreal |
| Inaugurated | 9 January 1984 |
| Line | Orange Line |
| Architect | Gilles S. Bonnetto Jacques Garand |
| Platform Depth | 17.1 metres |
| Rank | 26th deepest |
| Traffic | 2,485,918 entrances in 2002 |
| Rank | 38th busiest |
| Interstation Distance |
777.24 metres to Côte-Vertu 1281.69 metres to De La Savane |
| Address of Entrances |
1490, rue Du Collège 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].
Inaugurated 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
[edit] Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
| STM regular routes | |||
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| 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 |
| 72 | Alfred-Nobel (To /from Terminus Côte-Vertu and to/from Terminus Fairview) | Map | Schedule |
| 76 | McArthur (evening only) | Map | Schedule |
| 117 | O'Brien (To/from Du Ruisseau train station and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
| 128 | Ville-Saint-Laurent (Northbound to Côte-Vertu Metro Station and to Montpelier train station, southbound to Cégep de Saint-Laurent and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
| 175 | Griffith/Saint-François | Map | Schedule |
| 202 | Dawson (To/from Dorval train station and Terminus Fairview) | Map | Schedule |
| 214 | Des Sources | Map | Schedule |
| 460 | Métropolitaine | Map | Schedule |
| STM night routes | |||
| No. | Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
| 371 | Décarie | Map | Schedule |
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Vanier College
- Cégep de Saint-Laurent
- Promenade de Vieux Saint-Laurent
- Saint-Laurent Museum of Art
- former Saint-Laurent Postal Station
- former Saint-Laurent Police Station
- Saint-Laurent Public Library
- Saint-Laurent Municipal Courthouse
- Saint-Laurent Fire Station No.1
- Saint-Laurent City Hall
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Du Collège Station - official web page
- Du Collège metro station geo location
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- 2008 STM System Map
- Metro Map
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Coordinates: 45°30′33.57″N 73°40′28.78″W / 45.509325°N 73.6746611°W
