De L'Église station (French pronunciation: [də leɡliz]) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon station.
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| Location | 250 Rue Galt and 133 av. de l'Église Verdun, Quebec H4G 2P4 Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°27′46″N 73°34′01″W / 45.46278°N 73.56694°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Depth | 19.8 m (65 ft) (Honoré-Beaugrand) 25.6 m (84 ft) (Angrignon platform), 5th deepest | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| Architect | Lemay et Leduc | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ARTM: A[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 September 1978 | ||||||||||
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| 2023[2][3] | 2,571,580  25.01% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 35 of 68 | ||||||||||
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Architecture and art
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Designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé, it was planned as a normal side platform station. However, during the station's construction, a cave-in of the surrounding weak Utica Shale formation made it necessary to build the station with a narrower profile. It is therefore built with stacked platforms, with the Honoré-Beaugrand platform above and Angrignon below, and both directions opening to the left instead of the usual right. There are two accesses, one in the centre and one at the western end of the station, with separate ticket halls.
The station is decorated with a series of circular motifs in ceramic tile on the lower levels and concrete bas-reliefs in the upper levels by Claude Théberge and Antoine D. Lamarche.
In 2022, the STM's Universal Accessibility Report noted that design work to make the station accessible was underway.[5]
Origin of the name
editThis station is named for Rue de l'Église, in turn named for the Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs near the station. (The roadway continues into Côte-Saint-Paul under the name Avenue de l'Église, itself named for the Église Saint-Paul in that neighbourhood.) This roadway has existed since at least 1834; the portion in Verdun, previously called rue du Pavillon, became known as rue de l'Église or Church Street following the construction of the first Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs in 1899.[6]
Connecting bus routes
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 12 Île-des-Soeurs
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| 37 Jolicoeur
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| 38 De l'Église
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| 61 Wellington
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 350 Verdun/LaSalle
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| 71 Pointe-Saint-Charles
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Nearby points of interest
edit- Hôpital de Verdun
- Verdun Auditorium
- Parc Thérien
- Health Canada
- Plage de Verdun
References
edit- ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
- ^ De L'Église Station
- ^ "Rapport d'accessibilité universelle 2022". Société de transport de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
Le développement des plans et devis s'est poursuivi pour les stations de l'Église, Papineau, Côte-des-Neiges.
- ^ "Fiche descriptive - Rue de l'Église". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca. Commission de toponymie du Québec.
External links
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Media related to De L'Église (Montreal Metro) at Wikimedia Commons
- De L'Église Station - official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
- STM 2011 System Map