Beaudry (Montreal Metro)

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Beaudry

Inaugurated	21 December 1966
Line	Green Line
Architect	Adalbert Niklewicz Béïque, Thout, Legault (new kiosk built in 1999)
Platform Depth	25.9 metres
Rank	4th deepest
Traffic	1,123,221 entrances in 2002
Rank	59th busiest
Interstation Distance	378.36 metres to Berri-UQAM 495 metres to Papineau

Station entrance

Beaudry is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in Montreal's Gay Village, part of the Centre-South district in the borough of Ville-Marie. Although part of the original network of the metro, it was opened two months after the rest of the network, on December 21, 1966.

Designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, it is a normal side-platform station, built in-tunnel; a transept leads to a long inclined moving sidewalk, the only one in the metro, traversing the distance between De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Saint Catherine Street, on which the entrance is located. This moving sidewalk has caused grief to the STM because it is unique and replacement parts must be custom built. It is currently under repairs. One of the moving sidewalks is closed. Currently, the working sidewalk is only for going up. It is scheduled to be completed in January 2007.

The station was renovated and partially redecorated in the Réno-Métro program in 1999. Part of this work included a large new glassed-in entrance building by Béïque, Thuot, and Legault; a unique part of its design are rainbow-coloured masts over the door, an homage to Montreal's large gay and lesbian neighbourhood, the Village (Village gai), which the station serves. These were created by Jacques Thibault.

1 Origin of the name
2 Connecting bus routes
- 2.1 Regular routes
- 2.2 Night routes
3 Address of entrances
4 Nearby points of interest
5 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

The station is named for Beaudry Street. Pierre Beaudry (1774–1848) was the landowner across whose farm the street was opened; he also donated the land on which the Saint-Pierre-Apôtre Church was built.