Préfontaine (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= PréfontaineDEFAULTSORT:DEFAULTSORT:

inaugurated=6 June 1976
line=Green Line
architect= Henri Brillon
depth= 12.2 metres
depth-rank= 43rd deepest
traffic= 1,136,189 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 58th busiest
distances=1003.95 metres to Frontenac
383.43 metres to Joliette
addresses= 3100, rue Hochelaga
3105, rue Hochelaga
intersections=rue Hochelaga / rue Moreau [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Prefontaine.pdf Préfontaine Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Préfontaine is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m26.htm Prefontaine Station] ] . It was inaugurated on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.

Overview

Designed by Henri Brillon, it is a normal side-platform station, built partly in tunnel with a large open cut containing an entrance, the mezzanine and admitting natural light. A secondary entrance is located to the north of rue Hochelaga.

Origin of the name

The station is named for rue Préfontaine and the parc Raymond-Préfontaine. Raymond Préfontaine (1850–1905) was mayor of the former city of Hochelaga, and subsequently mayor of Montreal (1898–1902).

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

STM night routes

Nearby points of interest

* Centre hospitalier J-Henri-Charbonneau
* Centre commercial Maisonneuve
* Héma-Québec
* Parc et aréna Raymond-Préfontaine

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m26.htm Préfontaine Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/atwater/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]