Côte-Vertu (Montreal Metro)
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| Inaugurated | 3 November 1986 |
| Line | Orange Line |
| Architect | Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte, & Co Cayouette & Saia |
| Platform Depth | 17.7 metres |
| Rank | 20th deepest |
| Traffic | 6,536,877 entrances in 2006 |
| Rank | 7th busiest |
| Interstation Distance | 777.24 metres to Du Collège |
Côte-Vertu is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the borough of Saint-Laurent[1].
Inaugurated on November 3, 1986, the station has served as the western terminus of the Orange Line since that date, having taken over from Du Collège station.
It was originally intended as a temporary terminus, to be followed by an extension to the Bois-Franc commuter train station; however, this never took place.
The station is a normal side-platform station with one transept and mezzanine and three entrances.
As this station is the terminus for several bus routes, including the three Société de transport de Laval (STL) buses, a new bus terminal around the northern entrance was completed in 2005. Two new bus shelters at the southern entrance on Edouard-Laurin Boulevard, serving the metropolitan routes, were finished at about the same time.
The station was designed by the architectural firms of Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte, & Co and Cayouette & Saia. It contains two artworks: a set of two mural sculptures by Yves Trudeau in the transept, entitled Relief, négatif positif, and a mural by Éric Lamontagne in the new bus terminus, entitled L'Homo urbanus.
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[edit] Origin of name
This station is named for the boulevard de la Côte-Vertu. The area through which the street runs has been known as Notre-Dame-de-Vertu, Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu, or Notre-Dame-des-Vertus (Our Lady of Virtue) since at least 1700.
[edit] Tragic Incidents
There was a suicide incident reported in the morning of 9 May 2008. An unknown lady jumped from the platform while a train was coming to suicide. The metro was evacuated and blocked from Lionel-Grouxl to Cote-Vertu, mobilizing 1/3 of the orange line.
[edit] Connecting bus routes
- For connecting routes and location of bus stops see Terminus Côte-Vertu
[edit] Nearby main intersections
- Côte Vertu and Décarie Boulevards
[edit] Connecting bus routes
Before this new terminus was built, all bus stops were located near all three entrances, but created a lot of traffic jams, especially on the Côte-Vertu and Decarie boulevards. The buses heading to West Island were inconveniently located at the Edouard-Laurin street entrance, which was troublesome to local citizens.
[edit] STM Regular routes
[edit] (At Terminus Nord)
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 17 Décarie (to various metro stations between Cote Vertu and Place Saint Henri Metro Station) | Map | Schedule |
| 64 Grenet (to Bois-Franc train station and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
| 70 Bois-Franc | Map | Schedule |
| 121 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu (west bound to Place Vertu) | Map | Schedule |
| 128 Ville-Saint-Laurent (Northbound to Montpelier train station, southbound to Du Collège Metro Station and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
| 170 Keller (Bois-Franc station and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
| 171 Henri-Bourassa (west bound to Place Vertu & Sears) | Map | Schedule |
| 174 Côte-Vertu Ouest | Map | Schedule |
| 177 Thimens | Map | Schedule |
| 213 Parc-Industriel-Saint-Laurent (to Sunnybrooke train station, Roxboro-Pierrefonds train station and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
| 215 Henri-Bourassa (to Bois-Franc train station & Fairview Pointe-Claire) | Map | Schedule |
| 216 Transcanadienne (to Fairview Pointe-Claire) | Map | Schedule |
| 225 Hymus (to Fairview Pointe-Claire) | Map | Schedule |
| 470 Express Pierrefonds (to Fairview Pointe-Claire and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
[edit] (At Terminus Sud)
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 121 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu (east bound to Montpellier station, Sauvé Metro station and beyond) | Map | Schedule |
| 171 Henri-Bourassa (east bound to Montpellier station, Bois-de-Boulogne train station & Terminus Henri-Bourassa Sud). | Map | Schedule |
[edit] STM Night routes
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 368 Mont-Royal (At Terminus Nord) | Map | Schedule |
| 371 Décarie (Northbound at Terminus Nord, Southbound at Terminus Sud) | Map | Schedule |
| 378 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu (Friday and Saturday Night only at Terminus Nord) | Map | Schedule |
| 380 Henri-Bourassa (At Terminus Nord) | Map | Schedule |
| 382 Pierrefonds (At Terminus Nord) | Map | Schedule |
[edit] Metropolitan routes
(At Terminus Sud on Macdonald Street / Edouard Laurin Boulevard). These buses are intended for trips heading to/from Laval.
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| STL, 144 Chomedey, Sainte-Dorothée | Map | Schedule |
| STL, 151 Chomedey, Fabreville, Sainte-Rose | Map | Schedule |
| STL 902 Express Le Carrefour (to/from Terminus Le Carrefour near Carrefour Laval) | Map For actual location of bus 902 stop see ref. No. 2. |
Schedule |
- 2008 Current STL System Map (French)
- STL system map, also shows AMT 902(historical reference only)
- Interactive map for all three metropolitan routes as well as the entire STL system
[edit] Nearby points of interest
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Société de transport de Montréal official web page of the station
- Côte-Vertu metro station geo location
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- Agence métropolitaine de transport
- Côte-Vertu Metro Station Neighbourhood map (not up to date, see reference 2. for current layout of bus stops)
- CLSC de Saint-Laurent
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