Beaudry (Montreal Metro)

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Beaudry
Moving sidewalk
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 1,092,714 entrances in 2006
Rank 61st busiest
Interstation Distance 378.36 metres to Berri-UQAM
495 metres to Papineau
Station entrance
Station entrance

Beaudry is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, 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.

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.

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[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.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

Route Name Route Map Schedule
15 Sainte-Catherine Map Schedule

[edit] Night routes

Route Name Route Map Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine Map Schedule

[edit] Address of station entrance

1255, rue Sainte-Catherine est, at rue Beaudry

[edit] Nearby main intersections

[edit] Nearby points of interest

  • The Village
  • Maison Radio-Canada
  • Gay and Lesbian Community Centre of Montreal
  • Emploi-Québec
  • Écomusée du fier monde
  • Marché Saint-Jacques
  • Saint-Pierre-Apôtre Church - Centre Saint-Pierre
  • CLSC des Faubourgs
  • Sky Complex
  • Complexe Le Bourbon
  • Parc de l'Espoir
  • Club Unity

[edit] External links

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