Crémazie (Montreal Metro)

Crémazie
Station statistics
Address	490 and 505, boul. Crémazie Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°32′46″N 73°38′18″W / 45.54611°N 73.63833°W / 45.54611; -73.63833Coordinates: 45°32′46″N 73°38′18″W / 45.54611°N 73.63833°W / 45.54611; -73.63833
Connections	STM buses
Depth	16.8 metres (55 feet 1 inch), 27th deepest
Other information
Opened	14 October 1966
Architect	Adalbert Niklewicz
Operator	Société de transport de Montréal
OPUS card	vending machine and recharge
Traffic
Passengers ()	3,744,890 entrances in 2006, 21st of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station Jarry toward Côte-Vertu Orange Line Sauvé toward Montmorency

Crémazie is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located on the border between the boroughs of Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[1] The station opened October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

Overview

The metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal side platform station, built in tunnel. A large volume serves as the transept, with three of the four platform stairways in enclosed tunnels. The mezzanine serves two entrances, one on each side of the Autoroute Métropolitaine, and both integrated into buildings; the northern access has doors both in front of and behind the building.

A large ceramic mural by Georges Lauda, Paul Pannier, and Gérard Cordeau, Le poète dans l'univers ("the poet in the universe"), is located on the wall of the large volume, over the Montmorency platform. It commemorates three famous Quebec poets, Octave Crémazie, Émile Nelligan, and Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, represented by wrought iron masks on the mural.

Origin of the name

This station is named for boul. Crémazie, in turn commemorating Octave Crémazie (1827–1879), one of Quebec's most important poets and the author of "Le Drapeau de Carillon." The street was so named in 1914.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
19 Chabanel/Marché Central	Weekdays after 8:00PM	Map	Schedule
31 Saint-Denis	All-day, Weekends before 8:00PM	Map	Schedule
52 Liège	Rush Hours	Map	Schedule
53 Boulevard Saint-Laurent	All-day	Map	Schedule
54 Charland/Chabanel	Weekdays before 8:00PM	Map	Schedule
56 Saint-Hubert	School Year Service before 7:00PM	Map	Schedule
100 Crémazie	All-day	Map	Schedule
135 De l'Esplanade	Rush Hours, Morning Arrivals and Afternoon Departures	Map	Schedule
146 Christophe-Colomb/Meilleur	All-day	Map	Schedule
192 Robert	All-day	Map	Schedule
361 Saint-Denis	Overnight	Map	Schedule
460 Express Métropolitaine	Rush Hours	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Complexe FTQ
• Collège Ahuntsic
• Collège André-Grasset
• Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard

References

1. ↑ Crémazie Metro Station

External links

• Crémazie Station — official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com — photos, information, and trivia
• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map