Cartier (Montreal Metro)

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Railway station
Cartier
Inaugurated (expected in 2007)
Line Orange Line (Laval extension)
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Interstation Distance about 1250 metres to Henri-Bourassa

TBD to De La Concorde

Cartier is a future station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is part of the extension of this line to Laval and is scheduled to open in 2007.

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[edit] Origin of name

The station is named for nearby Cartier Boulevard. The origin of the name of the boulevard is unclear. It may be named for French explorer Jacques Cartier, or for George-Étienne Cartier, a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

(see Société de transport de Laval)

[edit] Regular routes

STL Routes presently passing site: 10, 20, 24, 27, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 43, 48, 60, 61, 72, 74.

The proposed changes were placed onto STL's website in May 2006: 20, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 37, 43, 48, 58, 63, 71, 73, 74, 901, T11--These listed routes will all terminate here, Route 17 will be the lone route passing through to/from Henri Bourassa

[edit] Night routes

None

[edit] Nearby main intersections

  • Boulevard Cartier and Boulevard des Laurentides
  • Boulevard Lévesque east and Boulevard des Laurentides

[edit] Nearby points of interest

  • Cartier's arena (Laval-des-Rapides)
  • Cartier's park (Laval-des-Rapides)
  • Du Marigot's park (Pont-Viau)
  • Laval's Municipal court (Civil Law only)(Pont-Viau)

[edit] External links


Montreal Metro Orange Line (Line 2)

Côte-Vertu | Du Collège | De La Savane | Namur | Plamondon | Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Snowdon | Villa-Maria | Vendôme
Place-Saint-Henri | Lionel-Groulx | Georges-Vanier | Lucien-L'Allier | Bonaventure | Square-Victoria | Place-d'Armes | Champ-de-Mars | Berri-UQAM
Sherbrooke | Mont-Royal | Laurier | Rosemont | Beaubien | Jean-Talon | Jarry | Crémazie | Sauvé
Henri-Bourassa
Under construction: Cartier | De La Concorde | Montmorency

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