De L'Église (Montreal Metro)

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De L'Église is a station on the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is on the Green Line in the borough of Verdun. It was inaugurated on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.

Designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé, it was planned as a normal side-platform station. However, during the station's construction, a cave-in of the surrounding weak Utica shale formation made it necessary to build the station with a narrower profile. It is therefore built with stacked platforms, with the Honoré-Beaugrand platform above and Angrignon below, and both directions opening to the left instead of the usual right. There are two accesses, one in the centre and one at the western end of the station, with separate ticket halls.

The station is decorated with a series of circular motifs in ceramic tile on the lower levels and concrete bas-reliefs in the upper levels, by Claude Théberge.

Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Connecting bus routes 2.1 Regular STM routes 2.2 STM Night routes 3 Address of entrances 4 Nearby main intersections 5 Nearby points of interest 6 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for av. de l'Église. The church in question is the Église Saint-Paul in the Côte-Saint-Paul district at the north end of the avenue. This roadway has existed since at least 1834, and became known under its present name some time after 1879.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular STM routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
37 Jolicoeur	Map	Schedule
58 Wellington	Map	Schedule
61 Wellington	Map	Schedule

[edit] STM Night routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle	Map	Schedule

[edit] Address of entrances

• Wellington entrance: 250, av. Galt, at rue Wellington
• De L'Église entrance: 133, av. de l'Église, at rue Ross

[edit] Nearby main intersections

[edit] Nearby points of interest

• Centre hospitalier Angrignon, Verdun pavilion
• Douglas Hospital
• Verdun Auditorium
• Parc Thérien
• Health Canada

[edit] External links

• Société de transport de Montréal - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia

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