Bonaventure (Montreal Metro)
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| Bonaventure | |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 13 February, 1967 |
| Line | Orange Line |
| Architect | Victor Prus |
| Platform Depth | 22.6 metres |
| Rank | 11th deepest |
| Traffic | 6,193,269 entrances in 2002 |
| Rank | 10th busiest |
| Interstation Distance | 530.60 metres to Lucien-L'Allier 392.60 metres to Square-Victoria |
Bonaventure is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line, located in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal.
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.
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 rails 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 Terminus Centre-Ville (metropolitan bus terminal for 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.
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
Regular Routes
- 36 Monk
- 61 Wellington
- 74 Bridge
- 75 De la Commune
- 107 Verdun
- 168 Cité-du-Havre
- 420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Night Routes
- none
Metropolitan Routes
- Longueuil RTL: 5, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 42, 44, 45(Express Panama), 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55, 59, 86, 87, 90, 115, 132, 142, 150
- AMT #90 - Express TCV
- CIT Le Richelain
- CIT Vallée-du-Richelieu
- CIT Chambly-Richelieu-Carignan
- CIT Haut-St-Laurent
- CIT Roussillon
- CIT Sud-Ouest
- CIT Haut-Richelieu
- OMIT Sainte-Julie
Address of entrances
- Peel entrance: 1166, West La Gauchetière Street, at Stanley
- Cathedral entrance: 955, Cathedral Street, at La Gauchetière (on the side of 1000 de La Gauchetière)
Nearby Points of Interest
Connected via the
- 1000 de La Gauchetière
- Place Ville-Marie
- Place Bonaventure
- Place du Canada - Hôtel Château Champlain
- Gare Centrale - VIA Rail, Amtrak, Canadian National Railway headquarters
- Queen Elizabeth Hotel
- STM headquarters
- Le 1250 René-Lévesque Ouest
- Édifice Gare Windsor - Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters
- Lucien-L'Allier metro station and points west
- Square-Victoria metro station and points east
- McGill metro station and points north
Other
- Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral
- Planétarium de Montréal
- Sun Life Building
- Centre Sheraton
- Tour CIBC
External links
- [Société de transport de Montréal] - official site
- [Agence métropolitaine de transport] - Terminus Centre-Ville official site
- [Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia
| 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 Place-Saint-Henri | Lionel-Groulx | Georges-Vanier | Lucien-L'Allier | Bonaventure | Square-Victoria | Place-d'Armes | Champ-de-Mars | Berri-UQAM Sherbrooke | Mont-Royal | Laurier | Rosemont | Beaubien | Jean-Talon | Jarry | Crémazie | Sauvé Henri-Bourassa Under construction: Cartier | De La Concorde | Montmorency |
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