Montmorency station (Montreal Metro)

Template:Infobox Montreal Metro Montmorency 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 Laval-des-Rapides district of Laval, Quebec, Canada. The station is part of an extension to the line to Laval and opened on April 28, 2007, becoming the northern terminus of the Orange Line. With the addition of the new metro stations, the Montreal Metro system now generates an extra 60,000 daily passengers. As of 2010, 1,050,000 daily passengers use the Montreal metro.

Overview

Montmorency station during rush hour.

It is a normal side platform station. This station has the highest ceilings of any station in the network. The wall panels are decorated with tiling in diagonal stripes of retro shades of cyan, navy, straw yellow and brick red.

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

Origin of name

The station is located across the street from Cégep Montmorency. The CEGEP got its name from François de Montmorency-Laval (1623–1703), the first bishop of Quebec and New France from 1674 to 1688.

Terminus Montmorency

Terminus Montmorency
AMT Bus Terminus
General information
Location	545, Lucien-Paiement Street, Laval, Quebec
Coordinates	45°33′29″N 73°43′16″W
Owned by	AMT
Line(s)
Construction
Parking	1217 park and ride spaces
Bicycle facilities	300 place racks
Other information
Website	Terminus Montmorency

A large bus terminal with 10 platforms and an indoor waiting area adjoins the station. The building, which is owned by the AMT features an AMT ticket counter as well as a convenience store and a coffee shop. In addition, the station has parking for 1342 cars — 644 free outdoor park and ride spaces and 698 paying spaces (54 outdoor, 644 indoor). The indoor spaces cost $6 a day or $80 per month (if a user purchases a monthly parking pass). All bus traffic enters and leaves on Boulevard de l'Avenir.

Connecting bus routes

style="background: #Template:AMT color; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="4"| STL Regular routes
No.	Route Description	Route Map (Click on "Route map")	Schedule (Click on "Complete schedule")
26	Gare Sainte-Dorothée - Metro Montmorency	Map	West bound schedule East bound schedule
33	Métro Montmorency - Métro Cartier	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
39	Auteuil - Terminus Le Carrefour	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
40	Chomedey - Metro Montmorency	Map	West bound schedule East bound schedule
42	Saint-François - Terminus Le Carrefour, via Metro De La Concorde, see note no. 1 & no. 3	Map	West bound schedule East bound schedule
45	Gare Vimont - Metro Montmorency	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
46	Laval-Ouest - Metro Montmorency	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
50	Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - Terminus Le Carrefour	Map	West bound schedule East bound schedule
56	Sainte-Dorothée - Metro Montmorency	Map	West bond schedule East bound schedule
61	Sainte-Rose - Metro Montmorency	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
63	Gare Ste-Rose - Metro Cartier, see note no. 2 & no. 3	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
65	Gare Ste-Rose - Metro Montmorency	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
70	Métro Montmorency - Métro Cartier	Map	West bound schedule East bound schedule
76	Gare Sainte-Dorothée - Metro Montmorency	Map	West bound schedule East bound schedule
903	Gare Sainte-Dorothée - Metro Montmorency	Map	North bound schedule South bound schedule
style="background: #Template:AMT color; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan=4|STL Night route
No.	Route Description	Route Map	Schedule
2	Night route between Henri-Bourassa and Metro Montmorency via Metro Cartier & Metro De La Concorde, see note no. 4	Map	West bound schedule East bound schedule
Notes
STL route No. 42 no longer enters the terminus proper but stops on on the corner of Lucien-Paiement and rue Jacques-Tétreault as well as on boulevard de l'Avenir outside of the terminus. STL route No. 63 no longer enters the terminus proper but stops on on the corner of Lucien-Paiement and rue Jacques-Tétreault as well as on boulevard de l'Avenir outside of the terminus. The schedules and route maps of lines 42 and 63 contradict the system maps. STL route No. 2 offers a late night and early morning connection between stations Montmorency and Henri-Bourassa, Monday to Saturday only.
Inter municipal buses
Agency	Route No. and Main Destination	Route Map	Schedule
style="background: #Template:AMT color; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" rowspan="2"| CIT Laurentides	8 Express to Terminus Saint-Eustache in Saint-Eustache	West Zone	Schedule
9 Terminus Saint-Jérôme in Saint-Jérôme	Center Zone	Schedule
style="background: #Template:AMT color; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" |CRT Lanaudière	19A Terminus Terrebonne in Terrebonne	System maps	Schedule

Panoramic view of the Terminus Montmorency. To the right is the entrance to the Montmorency metro station.

Nearby points of interest

• Cégep Montmorency
• Centre Laval

See also

• List of Agence métropolitaine de transport park and ride lots

External links

• AMT Montmorency Terminus
• AMT Page on inter municipal bus services
• Montmorency Station web page Template:Fr icon
• Agence métropolitaine de transport - Métro à Laval Template:Fr icon
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
• STL website Template:En icon
• 2005 Service map (before opening of metro extension) dead link] Template:Fr icon
• 2008 Current STL System Map dead link] Template:Fr icon
• STL 2011 map Template:Fr icon

• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map

• Pictures of the new Laval Metro - Template:En icon
• STL Schedules
• Interactive STL map dead link]
• CIT Laurentides
  • Route List
  • Route Maps
• Interactive map of Laval
  • Shows both the borders and names of the 14 former municipalities (purple) and the borders only of the
    current 6 sectors (maroon), tick off both boxes
    beside "Limite administrative".