Lucien-L'Allier (Montreal Metro)

Lucien-L'Allier
Location 955, rue Lucien-L'Allier, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°29′42″N 73°34′16″W / 45.49500°N 73.57111°WCoordinates: 45°29′42″N 73°34′16″W / 45.49500°N 73.57111°W
Operated by Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  STM buses
Construction
Depth 27.1 metres (88 feet 11 inches), 3rd deepest
Architect David, Boulva & Cleve
History
Opened 28 April 1980
Traffic
Passengers 1,341,385 riders (2006), 54th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

Lucien-L'Allier 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 in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]

Overview

Benches at Lucien-L'Allier station

The station, planned under the name "Aqueduc",[2] was designed by the firm of David, Boulva & Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork. The station is a normal side platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only Charlevoix and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower.)

The station is intermodal with the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)'s commuter train lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Blainville-Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines. Lucien-L'Allier was built as part of the Bell Centre; it replaced the former Gare Windsor and was initially called Terminus Windsor, but was renamed for the Metro station in order to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station. It is also connected to Montreal's underground city.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Île Notre-Dame for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.

Connecting bus routes

A train arriving at Lucien-L'Allier station
Société de transport de Montréal
Route Service Times Map Schedule
36 Monk, Eastbound All-day, Located 3 blocks south on Saint-Jacques Map Schedule
36 Monk, Westbound All-day, Located on Saint-Antoine and Versailles Map Schedule
107 Verdun All-day, Located on Peel Map Schedule
150 René-Lévesque All-day before 7:00PM, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
178 Pointe-Nord/Île-des-Soeurs Weekdays before 7:00PM, Located on De la Montagne and Des Canadiens-de-Montréal Map Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle Overnight, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
355 Pie-IX Overnight, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine, Westbound Overnight, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud Overnight, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
410 Express Notre-Dame Rush Hours, Morning Arrivals on Lucien L'Allier and Afternoon Departures on De la Montagne Map Schedule
420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Weekday Afternoons, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
430 Express Pointe-aux-Trembles Weekdays before 7:00PM, Morning Arrivals on Lucien L'Allier and Afternoon Departures on De la Montagne Map Schedule
435 Express Du Parc/Côte-des-Neiges Rush Hours, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
715 Old Port/Old Montreal All-day before 11:00PM, Located on Peel Map Schedule
747 Montreal-Trudeau/Downtown 24 Hours Daily-Year Round, Located on René-Lévesque Map Schedule
Agence métropolitaine de transport
No. and Route Name Service Times Route Map Schedule
935 Trainbus Blainville/Centre-ville, operated by the STM. Rush hour along René Lévesque Blvd Map Afternoon schedule

Terminus Centre-Ville

See: Terminus Centre-Ville

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city

Other

References

  1. ↑ Lucien-L'Allier Metro Station
  2. ↑ Aqueduc
  3. ↑ fr:Auberge de jeunesse de Montréal (HI-Montréal)

External links

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