Lucien-L'Allier (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro Station


Borough	Ville-Marie
City	Montreal
Opened	28 April 1980
Line	Orange Line
Architect	David, Boulva & Cleve
Artist	Jean-Jacques Besner
Platform Depth	27.1 metres
Rank	3rd deepest
Traffic	1,341,385 riders (2006)
Rank	54th busiest
Interstation Distance	0.531 km to Georges-Vanier 0.382 km to Bonaventure
Address of Entrances	955, Lucien L'Allier Street
Nearby Main Intersections	Lucien L'Allier Street / Argyle Avenue Lucien L'Allier Street / René Lévesque Boulevard Lucien L'Allier Street / Saint Antoine Street^[1]

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

[edit] Overview

Benches at Lucien-L'Allier station

The station, planned under the name "Aqueduc,"^[3] was designed by the firm of David, Boulva & Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork. The metro station is a normal side platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only Charlevoix and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower.)

The station is intermodal with the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)'s commuter train lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Blainville-Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines. Lucien-L'Allier was built as part of the Bell Centre; it replaced the former Gare Windsor and was initially called Terminus Windsor, but was renamed for the metro station in order to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station. It is also connected to Montreal's underground city.

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Montreal metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Île Notre-Dame for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] STM routes

A train arriving at Lucien-L'Allier station

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

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
36 Monk	All-day	Map	Schedule
107 Verdun	All-day	Map	Schedule
150 Lévesque	All-day on boul. René Lévesque ouest	Map	Schedule
178 Pointe-Nord/Île-des-Soeurs	All-day Weekdays	Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine	Overnight on René Lévesque Boulevard	Map	Schedule
410 Express Notre-Dame	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce	All-day Weekdays	Map	Schedule
430 Express Pointe-aux-Trembles	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
435 Express Du Parc/Côte-des-Neiges	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
715 Old Port/Old Montreal	All-day, on Peel Street one block east	Map	Schedule
747 Express Bus	All-day and overnight on René Lévesque Boulevard	Map	Schedule