Papineau (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough	Ville-Marie
City	Montreal
Opened	14 October 1966
Line	Green Line
Architect	Bolduc et Venne Mario Bibeau (new kiosk built in 1999)
Artist	Jean Cartier & George Juhasz
Platform Depth	21.6 metres
Rank	13th deepest
Traffic	2,484,968 entrances in 2006
Rank	37th busiest
Interstation Distance	495 metres to Beaudry 1157.57 metres to Frontenac
Address of Entrances	1425, rue Cartier
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Sainte-Catherine est / avenue Papineau rue Cartier / rue Sainte-Catherine

Papineau 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 Montreal's Village gai, part of the Centre-Sud district in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro. It briefly served as the terminus of the Green Line until Frontenac station was opened two months later.

Overview

Designed by Bolduc et Venne, it is a normal side platform station, built in tunnel. A transept leads to a long set of stairways to the entrance, located in the centre of a public square. The temporary entrance building was recently replaced by a new permanent one, designed by Mario Bibeau.

Architecture and art

Michel de Broin's Revolutions(2003) in Papineau (Montreal Metro) Montreal, Canada

The station features a set of three murals by Jean Cartier and George Juhasz at the transept level. Entitled Les Patriotes de 1837–1838, these tell the story of the Patriotes Rebellion and commemorate Louis-Joseph Papineau, the famous son of this station's namesake. Also, the redevelopment of the square around the station's entrance included the addition of a sculpture, Révolutions, by Michel de Broin.

Origin of the name

Papineau takes its name from nearby av. Papineau, named for Joseph Papineau, a notary, surveyor, politician, and defender of the rights of the people and of the French language. His son, Louis-Joseph Papineau, led the Patriotes Rebellion, the Lower Canadian portion of the Rebellions of 1837.

Connecting bus routes

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

Main article: Réseau de transport de Longueuil

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
10 De Lorimier	All-day	Map	Schedule
15 Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
34 Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
45 Papineau	All-day	Map	Schedule
150 René-Lévesque	All-day	Map	Schedule
769 La Ronde	All-day Summer Seasonal	Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine	Overnight	Map	Schedule
359 Papineau	Overnight	Map	Schedule
Réseau de transport de Longueuil
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
170 Jacques-Cartier / Métro Papineau	All-day	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• The Village
• Jacques Cartier Bridge
• Édifice de la sécurité publique
• CFTM-TV / TVA studios
• Sonolab
• Confédération des syndicats nationaux
• Télé-Québec
• Téléport de Montréal

External links

• Papineau Metro Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• 2008 Downtown System Map
• Metro Map