Place-d'Armes 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 Old Montreal
in the borough of Ville-Marie
in Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada
.
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.
Overview
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.
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. It
contains a statue of
Paul Chomedey, sieur de
Maisonneuve.
Connecting bus routes
Place d'Armes in Montreal.
Société de transport de Montréal (STM)
Nearby points of interest
Other
References
- Place-d'Armes Metro Station
External links
metro station and points north
- AMT
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