Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)
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The Orange (Line 2) line is one of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was expanded between 1980 and 1986. It is presently being expanded, with three new stations being built on the island of Laval, Quebec, which will make it the second to actually leave Montreal island as part of its route.
[edit] List of stations
| Name | Odonym | Namesake |
|---|---|---|
| Line 2 - Orange | ||
| Côte-Vertu | Chemin de la Côte-Vertu | Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu (Our Lady of Virtue), 18th century name for the area |
| Du Collège | Rue du Collège |
Cégep de Saint-Laurent, local cégep |
| De La Savane | Rue de la Savane | savane - a savanna or Québécois for swamp |
| Namur | Rue Namur | Namur, Belgium |
| Plamondon | Avenue Plamondon | Antoine Plamondon, Québécois painter, or Rodolphe Plamondon, Québécois lyric artist |
| Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Côte Sainte-Catherine, 18th century name for area of Outremont |
| Snowdon | Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood | Name of area's former landowner |
| Villa-Maria | Villa-Maria High School | Latin form of "Ville-Marie," former name of Montreal |
| Vendôme | Avenue de Vendôme | Likely from the French Dukes of Vendôme |
| Place-Saint-Henri | Place Saint-Henri | A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux |
| Lionel-Groulx | Avenue Lionel-Groulx | Fr. Lionel Groulx, Québécois historian |
| Georges-Vanier | Boulevard Georges-Vanier | Georges Vanier, Governor-General of Canada |
| Lucien-L'Allier | Rue Lucien-L'Allier | Lucien L'Allier, Québécois engineer, designer of the Metro |
| Bonaventure | Place Bonaventure | Gare Bonaventure, in turn for former Rue Bonaventure; St Bonaventure, Italian cleric |
| Square-Victoria | Square Victoria | Queen Victoria |
| Place-d'Armes | Place d'Armes | Historical rallying point for city's defenders |
| Champ-de-Mars | Champ de Mars Park | Common term for military exercise ground (Mars, god of war) |
| Berri-UQAM Formerly Berri-de Montigny |
Rue Berri | Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; origin unknown |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | ||
| Rue de Montigny | Testard de Montigny family | |
| Sherbrooke | Rue Sherbrooke | John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor-General of British North America |
| Mont-Royal | Avenue du Mont-Royal | Mount Royal |
| Laurier | Avenue Laurier | Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada |
| Rosemont | Boulevard Rosemont; Rosemont neighbourhood | Named by developer U.-H. Dandurand for his mother, née Rose Phillips |
| Beaubien | Rue Beaubien | Prominent landowning family |
| Jean-Talon | Rue Jean-Talon | Jean Talon, intendant of New France |
| Jarry | Rue Jarry | Stanislas Blénier dit Jarry père, landowner |
| Crémazie | Boul. Crémazie | Octave Crémazie, QC poet |
| Sauvé | Rue Sauvé | Name of a landowner |
| Henri-Bourassa | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Henri Bourassa, Québécois journalist and politician |
| Cartier | Boulevard Cartier | Sir George-Étienne Cartier Québécois politician, Father of Confederation |
| De La Concorde | Boulevard de la Concorde | Place de la Concorde in Paris |
| Montmorency | Collège Montmorency | François de Montmorency-Laval, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec and landowner of Île Jésus (Laval) |
[edit] See also
- Line 1: Green Line
- Line 4: Yellow Line
- Line 5: Blue Line
- Montreal Metro Tunnel
| 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 |
