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 Montreal Metro
Station |
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Bonaventure |
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Borough |
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City |
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Inaugurated |
13 February 1967 |
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Line |
Orange Line |
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Architect |
Victor Prus |
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Platform Depth |
22.6 metres |
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Rank |
11th deepest |
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Traffic |
7,410,963 entrances in 2008 |
|
Rank |
4th busiest |
Interstation
Distance |
530.60 metres to Lucien-L'Allier
392.60 metres to Square-Victoria
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Address of
Entrances |
1166, West De La
Gauchetière Street
955, Cathedral Street (on the side of 1000 de La Gauchetière) |
Nearby Main
Intersections |
De La Gauchetière Street / Stanley
Street
Cathedral Street / De La Gauchetière Street [1] |
Bonaventure 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 [2].
It was inaugurated on February 13, 1967, four months after most
of the initial network. It served as the western terminus of the
Orange Line for 14 years until the extension to Place-Saint-Henri
was opened in 1981.
Overview
Designed by Victor Prus, the metro station is a normal side platform
station, built Cut-and-cover
in order to provide a large space for the heavily trafficked mezzanine. As a key part of
the underground
city, the mezzanine has ticket barriers on either side, in order to
allow pedestrians to pass from one end of the station to the other.
Bridges over the tracks below the mezzanine level allow
passengers to cross from one platform to the other.
Until 1992, the station had only one outdoor entrance, in front
of Windsor Station; two
additional accesses led directly to Place Bonaventure and Gare Centrale (Central
Station) on one end, and the Château Champlain and Place du Canada on
the other. When 1000 de La Gauchetière was built
directly above the station, additional accesses were added to the
office tower and the Downtown Terminus
(metropolitan bus terminal for Réseau de transport de
Longueuil and South Shore buses) within it, as
well as a street entrance on the western side of the building on
Cathédrale Street and improved access to Central Station and Place
Bonaventure.
The station is intermodal with the Agence métropolitaine de
transport (AMT)'s commuter train
lines, through its underground access to Central Station, a station
on the Montreal/Deux-Montagnes
and Montreal/Mont-Saint-Hilaire
lines. There is also underground access to the Lucien-L'Allier train station as
well as the Lucien-L'Allier metro
station.
Elevators were added
between the mezzanine and the platforms in November 2009, making
the station more accessible to people with reduced mobility.
However, there is currently no step-free access to the surface, nor
do the elevators allow passengers to change platforms without
exiting the ticket barriers. An existing elevator connecting the
station to Place du Canada and the Château Champlain, formerly the
only elevator in the system, is separated from the mezzanine level
by steps. An elevator link between the station and the AMT bus
terminus and thence to the surface is planned.
Origin of the
name
This station is named for Place Bonaventure, a major commercial
complex containing businesses, the Hilton Hotel, and the
Société de transport de
Montréal's headquarters. This was named for Bonaventure
Station, a former station on the Grand Trunk Railway, which in turn
was named for its location on Saint Bonaventure Street, now Saint
Jacques Street. All derive their name from St. Bonaventure, a
13th-century Italian philosopher and mystic.
Connecting
bus routes
Société
de transport de Montréal (STM)
Metropolitan
routes
See Terminus Centre-Ville
Nearby
points of interest
Connected via the
underground city
Other
References
- ^
Bonaventure Station
Neighbourhood Map
- ^
Bonaventure Metro
Station
External
links
Coordinates: 45°29′53.29″N 73°34′2.23″W / 45.4981361°N
73.5672861°W / 45.4981361;
-73.5672861
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