Du Collège station

Du Collège
Location 1490, rue Du Collège & 450, rue Ouimet, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°30′32″N 73°40′27″W / 45.50889°N 73.67417°W / 45.50889; -73.67417Coordinates: 45°30′32″N 73°40′27″W / 45.50889°N 73.67417°W / 45.50889; -73.67417
Operated by Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  STM buses
Construction
Depth 17.1 metres (56 feet 1 inch), 26th deepest
Disabled access Yes
Architect Gilles S. Bonnetto and Jacques Garand
History
Opened 9 January 1984
Rebuilt 2015-18
(north exit)
Traffic
Passengers 2,485,918 entrances in 2006, 39th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
Terminus
Orange Line
toward Montmorency
Map of Montreal's metro system.

Du Collège station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It opened on January 9, 1984, and replaced Plamondon station as the western terminus of the line until Côte-Vertu station opened in 1986.

Overview

The station is a normal side platform station with an entrance at either end. The southern entrance is located in a bus loop.

The station was designed by Gilles S. Bonnetto and Jacques Garand, and contains several artworks. The northern entrance contains four stained-glass windows, one by Lyse Charland Favretti on the theme of education and three by Pierre Osterrath on the borough of Saint-Laurent, its agricultural past, and its future. The southern entrance contains another stained-glass window by Favretti representing the borough's aeronautics industry, as well as an abstract relief in brick by Aurelio Sandonato. The station's best-known architectural feature, however, is an Ionic column in the northern mezzanine.

In May 2018, elevators were inaugurated at the station, making it fully accessible.[2]

Origin of the name

This station is named for the rue du Collège, whose name commemorates the nearby Cégep de Saint-Laurent, inaugurated as a college in 1847 and turned into a Cégep in 1974.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route Service Times Map Schedule
17 Décarie All-day Map Schedule
72 Alfred-Nobel Weekdays before 8:00PM Map Schedule
73 Dalton Rush Hours Map Schedule
76 McArthur Weekdays after 10:00PM Map Schedule
117 O'Brien All-day before 8:00PM Map Schedule
128 Ville-Saint-Laurent All-day Map Schedule
175 Griffith/Saint-François Weekdays before 7:00PM Map Schedule
202 Dawson All-day Map Schedule
220 Kieran 3 Weekday Services Map Schedule
371 Décarie Overnight Map Schedule
378 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu/Mtl-Trudeau Overnight Map Schedule
380 Henri-Bourassa Overnight Map Schedule
382 Pierrefonds/St-Charles Overnight Map Schedule
409 Express Des Sources Rush Hours Map Schedule
460 Express Métropolitaine Rush Hours Map Schedule

Nearby points of interest

  • Vanier College
  • Cégep de Saint-Laurent
  • Promenade de Vieux Saint-Laurent
  • Saint-Laurent Museum of Art
  • former Saint-Laurent Postal Station
  • former Saint-Laurent Police Station
  • Saint-Laurent Public Library
  • Saint-Laurent Municipal Courthouse
  • Montreal Fire Station 73
  • Saint-Laurent City Hall

References

  1. ↑ Du College metro station
  2. ↑ "The new elevators at du College Métro Station are now in service". @stminfo. Twitter. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
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