Place-Saint-Henri station
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| Location | 555, rue Saint-Ferdinand, Montreal Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°28′38″N 73°35′12″W / 45.47722°N 73.58667°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Depth | 17.7 metres (58 feet 1 inch), 20th deepest | ||||||||||
| Architect | Julien Hébert & Jean-Louis Lalonde | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 28 April 1980 | ||||||||||
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| 2023[1][2] | 2,085,670  22.58% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 47 of 68 | ||||||||||
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Place-Saint-Henri station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood.
The station opened on April 28, 1980, as the western terminus of the first extension of the Orange Line, replacing Bonaventure station as the terminus until the extension to Snowdon station opened in 1981.
Overview
The 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-OACI station).
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
| Société de transport de Montréal |
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 17 Décarie
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| 35 Griffintown
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| 36 Monk
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| 77 Station Lionel-Groulx/CUSM
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| 78 Laurendeau
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| 191 Broadway/Provost
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 371 Décarie
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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
In popular culture
Scenes from Denys Arcand's film Jésus de Montréal ("Jesus of Montreal") were filmed in the station.[4]
References
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
- ^ Place-Saint-Henri Metro Station
- ^ Place-Saint-Henri Metro History/Trivia
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
- 2011 STM System Map
- Metro Map
