Saint-Laurent station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie 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 October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Saint-Laurent
General information
Location10, boul. de Maisonneuve Est
Montreal, Quebec H2X 1J5
Canada
Coordinates45°30′39″N 73°33′53″W / 45.51083°N 73.56472°W / 45.51083; -73.56472
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth9.1 metres (29 feet 10 inches), 56th deepest
AccessibleNo
ArchitectBrassard et Warren
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened14 October 1966
Passengers
2023[2][3]2,224,185 Increase 22.72%
Rank46 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Place-des-Arts
toward Angrignon
Green Line Berri-UQAM

Overview

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Designed by Brassard et Warren, it is a normal side platform station, built in an open cut under boul. de Maisonneuve. The station's volume contains its mezzanine and ticket hall, connected to a single entrance. This is one of the few downtown stations not to have an entrance integrated into another building, and plans for the vacant lot around the station continually surface; the current plan is for a cultural centre, including a school of contemporary dance.[5]

Architecture and art

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The station contains non-figurative tiled murals by noted ceramicist Claude Vermette.

Origin of the name

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The station takes its name from Saint Laurent Boulevard (in French, boulevard Saint-Laurent), a main thoroughfare of Montreal, opened and named by 1720 as the road joining Montreal to the village of Côte-Saint-Laurent, now a borough of Montreal. The latter was named for Saint Lawrence, probably by allusion to the Saint Lawrence River. Saint Laurent Boulevard is considered the dividing line between eastern and western Montreal, and divides addresses between east and west.

Connecting bus routes

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Société de transport de Montréal
Route
  55 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
  363 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
  465 Express Côte-des-Neiges[6]

Nearby points of interest

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References

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  1. ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Saint-Laurent Metro Station
  5. ^ Dance School
  6. ^ "Latest bus news for September". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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