Place-Saint-Henri (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough	Le Sud-Ouest
City	Montreal
Opened	28 April 1980
Line	Orange Line
Architect	Julien Hébert & Jean-Louis Lalonde
Artist	Julien Hébert, Jacques de Tonnancour, Joseph-Arthur Vincent
Platform Depth	17.7 metres
Rank	20th deepest
Traffic	2,141,667 entrances in 2006
Rank	43rd busiest
Interstation Distance	1450.88 metres to Vendôme (longest on the island) 579.60 metres to Lionel-Groulx
Address of Entrances	555, rue Saint-Ferdinand  ??? rue Saint-Jacques At the corner of rue Saint-Jacques and place Saint-Henri
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Saint-Jacques / rue Saint-Ferdinand rue Saint-Jacques / place Saint-Henri

Place-Saint-Henri is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Saint-Henri area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada .

The station opened on April 28, 1980, as the western terminus of the first extension of the orange line. It thus took over from Bonaventure station as terminus, and remained so until the extension to Snowdon in 1981.

Overview

The metro station is a normal side platform station, connected by long stairwells to a large mezzanine. The station has three accesses; one is a conventional access within a bus loop, while the other two are open-air staircases linked to an underground gallery connected to the mezzanine. These make Place-Saint-Henri one of the only three stations in Montreal to have uncovered accesses (with Bonaventure and Square-Victoria stations).

The station was designed by Julien Hébert and Jean-Louis Lalonde. It originally contained two artworks: a mural by Hébert in the mezzanine, entitled Bonheur d'occasion, featuring the title of the famous book by Gabrielle Roy (in English called The Tin Flute), set in the neighbourhood; and a motorized mobile sculpture by Jacques de Tonnancour suspended in the mezzanine and over the platforms.

A statue of Jacques Cartier by Joseph-Arthur Vincent, created in 1896, was moved to the station and placed in a light shaft over the Côte-Vertu platform. It had formerly crowned a fountain in a nearby park, but was removed, moved to the station, and replaced with a copy after having crumbled due to exposure.

Origin of the name

This station is named for place Saint-Henri, a short street and public square between rue Saint-Jacques and rue Notre-Dame. The place and the district took their name from a chapel built in 1810 and placed under the protection of Saint Henry, possibly to commemorate Henri-Auguste Roux (1798–1831), superior of Saint-Sulpice Seminary.

Connecting bus routes

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

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
17 Décarie	All-day	Map	Schedule
36 Monk	All-day	Map	Schedule
78 Laurendeau	All-day	Map	Schedule
191 Broadway/Provost	All-day	Map	Schedule
371 Décarie	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Parking

There is parking next to the metro provided by the city of Montreal. Monthly passes are available for $63.

Nearby points of interest

• École secondaire Saint-Henri - École des métiers du Sud-Ouest
• Piscine Saint-Henri
• Parc Saint-Henri
• CLSC Saint-Henri
• Parc Sir-Georges-Étienne-Cartier
• POPIR Comité Logement
• Institut technique Aviron
• Parc Louis-Cyr
• Théâtre Dôme
• Musée des ondes Emile-Berliner

Place-Saint-Henri in Popular Culture

Scenes from Denys Arcand's film Jésus de Montréal (Jesus of Montreal) were filmed in this station.

External links

• Place-Saint-Henri Station, official web page
• Place-Saint-Henri metro station geo location
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• Metro Map