Lionel-Groulx (Montreal Metro)
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| Inaugurated | 3 September 1978 (Green line) 28 April 1980 (Orange Line) |
| Line | Green Line Orange Line |
| Architect | Yves Roy |
| Platform Depth | 12.5m metres (upper platform) 16.5m (lower platform) |
| Rank | 29th deepest |
| Traffic | 3,800,084 entrances in 2002 |
| Rank | 23rd busiest (excluding transfers) |
| Interstation Distance | Green Line: 1077.31 metres to Charlevoix 1387.74 metres to Atwater Orange Line: |
Lionel-Groulx is a station of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in the Saint-Henri area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest. It is a transfer station between the Green Line and Orange Line.
It was inaugurated on September 3, 1978 as part of the extension of the Green Line to Angrignon, with service on the Green Line only, though the Orange Line platforms were built at the same time. They did not enter service until the extension to Place-Saint-Henri was opened on April 28, 1980. It was therefore the first transfer station to be opened after Berri-UQAM, in the original network.
The station, built in open cut, features stacked platforms with central platforms between the lines; the orange line is to the south and the green line to the north. The platforms are arranged in a cross-platform interchange, with the two inbound lines (Henri-Bourassa and Honoré-Beaugrand) on the upper level, and the two outbound lines (Côte-Vertu and Angrignon) on the lower level. This allows the majority of passengers to transfer by simply walking across the platform, without having to go up or down stairs. The station's mezzanine, suspended on beams, is located above the upper platform, and gives access to the single entrance.
The station was designed by Yves Roy. It contains two artworks: a pair of stainless steel mural sculptures by the architect over the mezzanine, and in the mezzanine itself, a sculpture called The Tree of Life by Italian artist Joseph Rifesser. Representing the races of humanity growing from a common root, it was carved from the entire trunk of a walnut tree, it was originally located at Man and His World and was given to the Montreal metro by the United Nations.
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[edit] Origin of the name
This station is named for rue Lionel-Groulx, which had its name changed to allow the station to commemorate Lionel Groulx. Fr. Groulx, one of the most influential of Quebec historians, founded the Franco-American History Institute in 1946 and directed the Révue d'histoire de l'Amérique française from 1947 to 1967.
In November of 1996, the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada officially requested that the Executive Committee of the Montreal Urban Community (M.U.C.) recommend a name change to the Lionel Groulx metro station in Montreal.
[edit] Connecting bus routes
[edit] Regular STM routes
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 78 Laurendeau | Map | Schedule |
| 108 Bannantyne | Map | Schedule |
| 173 Métrobus Victoria | Map | Schedule |
| 190 Métrobus Lachine | Map | Schedule |
| 191 Broadway/Provost | Map | Schedule |
| 211 Bord-du-Lac | Map | Schedule |
| 221 Métrobus Lionel-Groulx | Map | Schedule |
[edit] STM Night routes
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 350 Verdun/LaSalle | Map | Schedule |
| 371 Décarie | Map | Schedule |
[edit] Address of entrances
- 620, av. Atwater, between rue Saint-Jacques and rue Delisle; opposite rue Lionel-Groulx
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Atwater Market
- Église Saint-Irénée
- Union United Church
- Parc du Canal de Lachine
- CÉDA (Comité d'éducation aux adultes)
- Solin Hall (Off-Campus Residence of McGill University)
- With bus #211 or #221, with transfer to bus #204: Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
[edit] Trivia
Scenes of the Bruce Willis-Richard Gere film The Jackal were shot in this station, redressed to stand in for the Metro Center station on the Washington Metro.
[edit] External links
- Société de transport de Montréal — station official web page
- Lionel-Groulx metro station geo location
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com — Photos, information, and trivia
| Montreal Metro Green Line (Line 1) |
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Angrignon | Monk | Jolicoeur | Verdun | De L'Église | LaSalle | Charlevoix | Lionel-Groulx | Atwater |
| Montreal Metro Orange Line (Line 2) |
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Côte-Vertu | Du Collège | De La Savane | Namur | Plamondon | Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Snowdon | Villa-Maria | Vendôme |
