Préfontaine (Montreal Metro)
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Préfontaine is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. It was inaugurated on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.
Designed by Henri Brillon, it is a normal side-platform station, built partly in tunnel with a large open cut containing an entrance, the mezzanine and admitting natural light. A secondary entrance is located to the north of rue Hochelaga.
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[edit] Origin of the name
The station is named for rue Préfontaine and the parc Raymond-Préfontaine. Raymond Préfontaine (1850–1905) was mayor of the former city of Hochelaga, and subsequently mayor of Montreal 1898–1902.
[edit] Connecting bus routes
[edit] Regular routes
- 29 Rachel
- 85 Hochelaga
[edit] Night routes
- 364 Hochelaga
[edit] Address of entrances
- Hochelaga Sud entrance: 3100, rue Hochelaga, at rue Moreau
- Hochelaga Nord entrance: 3105, rue Hochelaga, at rue Moreau
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Centre hospitalier J-Henri-Charbonneau
- Centre commercial Maisonneuve
- Héma-Québec
- Parc et aréna Raymond-Préfontaine
[edit] External links
- Société de transport de Montréal - official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
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