Préfontaine (Montreal Metro)

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Préfontaine
A train leaving Préfontaine Metro station
Inaugurated 6 June 1976
Line Green Line
Architect Henri Brillon
Platform Depth 12.2 metres
Rank 43rd deepest
Traffic 1,136,189 entrances in 2002
Rank 58th busiest
Interstation Distance 1003.95 metres to Frontenac
383.43 metres to Joliette

Préfontaine is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in the district of Mercier 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 (18501905) was mayor of the former city of Hochelaga, and subsequently mayor of Montreal 18981902.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

Route Name Route Map Schedule
29 Rachel Map Schedule
85 Hochelaga Map Schedule

[edit] Night routes

Route Name Route Map Schedule
364 Hochelaga Map Schedule

[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

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