Papineau (Montreal Metro)

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Papineau is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is in Montreal's Village gai, part of the Centre-Sud district in the borough of Ville-Marie.

It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro. It briefly served as the terminus of the Green Line until Frontenac station was opened two months later.

Designed by Bolduc et Venne, it is a normal side-platform station, built in tunnel. A transept leads to a long set of stairways to the entrance, located in the centre of a public square. The temporary entrance building was recently replaced by a new permanent one, designed by Mario Bibeau.

The station features a set of three murals by Jean Cartier and George Juhasz at the transept level. Entitled Les Patriotes de 1837–1838, these tell the story of the Patriotes Rebellion and commemorate Louis-Joseph Papineau, the famous son of this station's namesake. Also, the redevelopment of the square around the station's entrance included the addition of a sculpture, Révolutions, by Michel de Broin.

Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Connecting bus routes 2.1 Regular routes 2.2 Night routes 2.3 Metropolitan routes 3 Address of station entrance 4 Nearby main intersections 5 Nearby points of interest 6 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

Papineau takes its name from nearby av. Papineau, named for Joseph Papineau, a notary, surveyor, politician, and defender of the rights of the people and of the French language. His son, Louis-Joseph Papineau, led the Patriotes Rebellion, the Lower Canadian portion of the Rebellions of 1837.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
10 De Lorimier	Map	Schedule
15 Sainte-Catherine	Map	Schedule
34 Sainte-Catherine	Map	Schedule
45 Papineau	Map	Schedule
150 René-Lévesque	Map	Schedule

[edit] Night routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine	Map	Schedule
359 Papineau	Map	Schedule

[edit] Metropolitan routes

Name	Main Destinations	Schedule
RTL #170	Longueuil	Schedule)

[edit] Address of station entrance

• 1425, rue Cartier, at rue Sainte-Catherine est

[edit] Nearby main intersections

[edit] Nearby points of interest

• The Village
• Jacques Cartier Bridge
• Édifice de la sécurité publique
• Télé-Métropole
• Sonolab
• Confédération des syndicats nationaux
• Télé-Québec
• Téléport de Montréal

[edit] External links

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

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