Place-d'Armes (Montreal Metro)

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Place-d'Armes is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in Old Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie.

It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro. It was briefly the terminus of the orange line until Square-Victoria station opened four months later, quickly followed by Bonaventure station, the planned terminus.

The metro station, designed by J. Warunkiewicz, is a normal side-platform station, built in open-cut due to the presence of weak Utica shale in the surrounding rock. Its mezzanine, with fare barriers at either end, is located directly under the Palais des congrès de Montréal; one end gives direct access to the Palais, while the other opens outside.

Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Connecting bus routes 2.1 Regular routes 2.2 Night routes 3 Address of station entrance 4 Nearby main intersections 5 Nearby points of interest 5.1 Connected via the underground city 5.2 Other 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for the Place d'Armes, a short distance to the south. It is the third square in Montreal to have this name, which is the common French name for the rallying place for a fort's defenders.^[1] It contains a statue of Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
55 Bd Saint-Laurent	Map	Schedule
129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine	Map	Schedule

[edit] Night routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
361 Saint-Denis	Map	Schedule
363 Bd Saint-Laurent	Map	Schedule
365 Av. du Parc	Map	Schedule

[edit] Address of station entrance

• 960 Saint-Urbain Street, at Viger Ave.

[edit] Nearby main intersections

[edit] Nearby points of interest

[edit] Connected via the underground city

• Palais des congrès de Montréal
• Complexe Guy-Favreau (Government of Canada)
• Square-Victoria metro station and points west
• Place-des-Arts metro station and points north

[edit] Other

• Notre-Dame Basilica
• Old Montreal
• Old Port
• Musée Pointe-à-Callière
• Palais de justice de Montréal
• Chinatown
• Centaur Theatre
• Old Brewery Mission
• La Presse
• Bank of Montreal Head Office complex
• 500 Place d'Armes - AMT Headquarters

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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

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