Cadillac (Montreal Metro)

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Cadillac
Inaugurated 6 June 1976
Line Green Line
Architect Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke
Platform Depth 12.2 metres
Rank 42nd deepest
Traffic 2,298,888 entrances in 2002
Rank 40th busiest
Interstation Distance 781.69 metres to Assomption

518.51 metres to Langelier

Cadillac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is in the district of Mercier-Ouest 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 Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke, it is a normal side-platform station built in tunnel. The central mezzanine gives access to the entrances diagonally across from one another at the corner of rue de Cadillac and rue Sherbrooke. The hallways to these entrances feature complementary murals by Jean Cartier.

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[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for rue de Cadillac. Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac (1658–1730) was a colourful French explorer of New France. He founded Detroit, Michigan and commanded it from 1701 to 1710.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

Route Name Route Map Schedule
32 Lacordaire Map Schedule
185 Sherbrooke Map Schedule
199 Métrobus Lacordaire Map Schedule

[edit] Night routes

Route Name Route Map Schedule
364 Hochelaga Map Schedule

[edit] Address of entrances

  • Sherbrooke Nord entrance: 5995, rue Sherbrooke est, at rue de Cadillac
  • Sherbrooke Sud entrance: 3315, rue de Cadillac, at rue Sherbrooke

[edit] Nearby main intersections

[edit] Nearby points of interest

  • Sanctuaire Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs
  • Centre hospitalier Grace-Dart

[edit] External links

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