Villa-Maria (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough	Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
City	Montreal
Opened	7 September 1981
Line	Orange Line
Architect	André Léonard
Artist	André Léonard
Platform Depth	19.8 metres
Rank	14th deepest
Traffic	2,761,290 entrances in 2006
Rank	32nd of 68
Interstation Distance	884.41 metres to Snowdon 1407.32 metres to Vendôme
Address of Entrances	4331, Decarie Boulevard
Nearby Main Intersections	Decarie Boulevard / Monkland Avenue Monkland Avenue / Girouard Street

Villa-Maria 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 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada .

Overview

The station is a normal side platform station, and has an entrance at its south end. The entrance is located in a bus loop.

The station was designed by André Léonard and contains mural sculptures by the architect.

Origin of name

Villa-Maria station takes its name from the nearby Villa Maria (school) school, which in turn takes its name from the Latin House of Mary.

The surrounding lands were once owned by the Decarie family. The land was sold in 1795 to Sir James Monk and the Monk residence built in 1804. This is the central section of the present-day Villa Maria school. In 1844, the building was leased to the Crown as a residence for the Governors-Generals of Canada. (Lord Metcalfe, Earl Cathcart, and Lord Elgin all resided on the Monklands.)

The property became a country hotel for five years, after which time it was purchased by the nuns of Congregation-de-Notre-Dame in 1854, who turned it into a private girls school which they named Villa Maria. The metro station was built at the foot of the Villa Maria property.

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
24 Sherbrooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
103 Monkland	All-day	Map	Schedule
162 Westminster	All-day	Map	Schedule
371 Décarie	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Marianopolis College
• Villa Maria Girls School
• Marymount Academy
• The Monkland Village
• Mackay Centre for Disabled Children
• Centennial Academy

External links

• Villa-Maria Station, official web page
• Villa-Maria metro station geo location
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map