Villa-Maria station

For other uses, see Villa Maria.

Villa-Maria
General information
Location	4331, boul. Décarie, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°28′46″N 73°37′11″W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth	19.8 metres (65 feet), 14th deepest
Architect	André Léonard
History
Opened	7 September 1981
Passengers
2,761,290 entrances in 2006, 32nd of 68
Services
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Villa-Maria is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area.

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, 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

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Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
17 Décarie	All-day, Located a few blocks west on Girouard	Map	Schedule
24 Sherbrooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
63 Girouard	Weekdays before 8:00PM, Saturdays before 7:00PM, Located a few blocks west on Girouard	Map	Schedule
102 Somerled	All-day, Located a few blocks west on Girouard	Map	Schedule
103 Monkland	All-day	Map	Schedule
162 Westminster	All-day	Map	Schedule
371 Décarie	Overnight, Located a few blocks west on Girouard	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Marianopolis College
• Villa Maria Girls School
• Marymount Academy
• The Monkland Village
• MAB-Mackay Rehabilitation Centre
• 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