Atwater (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough Ville-Marie (Montreal)
City Montreal and Westmount
Opened 14 October 1966
Line Green Line
Architect David, Boulva et Cleve
Artist n/a
Platform Depth 7.6 metres
Rank 56th deepest
Traffic 6,445,438 entrances in 2006
Rank 8th busiest
Interstation
Distance
1387.74 metres to Lionel-Groulx

681.54 metres to Guy-Concordia

Address of
Entrances
3015, de Maisonneuve Boulevard
4001, de Maisonneuve Boulevard via Dawson College
2322 Saint Catherine Street via Place Alexis Nihon
Nearby Main
Intersections
Atwater Street / Saint Catherine Street
Atwater Street / de Maisonneuve Boulevard[1]

Atwater is a station on the Green Line of the Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located on the border between the city of Westmount and the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2]

The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro; it was the western terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Angrignon in 1978.

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Architecture and art

Designed by David, Boulva et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station, built in open cut under the De Maisonneuve Boulevard. It has a large mezzanine with ticket barriers on either end. It has underground city connections to the Place Alexis Nihon, Westmount Square, and Dawson College.

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Atwater Avenue, named for Edwin Atwater (1808–1874), a municipal alderman of the district of Saint-Antoine. The street was named for him in 1871.

Connecting bus routes

Route Service Times Map Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
15 Sainte-Catherine All-day Map Schedule
57 Pointe-Saint-Charles All-day Map Schedule
63 Girouard All-day Map Schedule
90 Saint-Jacques All-day Map Schedule
104 Cavendish All-day Map Schedule
108 Bannantyne All-day Map Schedule
138 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce All-day Map Schedule
144 Avenue Des Pins All-day Map Schedule
150 René-Lévesque All-day Map Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle Overnight Map Schedule
354 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue/Downtown Overnight Map Schedule
355 Pie-IX Overnight Map Schedule
356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources Overnight Map Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine Overnight Map Schedule
360 Avenue des Pins Overnight Map Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud Overnight Map Schedule
369 Côte-des-Neiges Overnight Map Schedule
371 Décarie Overnight Map Schedule
376 Pierrefonds/Downtown Overnight Map Schedule

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city

Other

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