Viau (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Viau


inaugurated=6 June 1976
line=Green Line
architect= Irving Sager
depth= 4.6 metres
depth-rank= 60th deepest
traffic= 2,692,560 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 34th busiest
distances=621.85 metres to Pie-IX
895.87 metres to Assomption
addresses=2855, av. Pierre-de Coubertin
intersections=av. Pierre-de Coubertin / rue Théodore [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Viau.pdf Viau Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Viau 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-m23.htm Viau Metro Station] ] . It was inaugurated on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Designed by architect Irving Sager, it is a normal side-platform station built in a shallow open cut. The eastern end of the station is surmounted by the large station pavilion, which includes the ticket hall. There is no transept; stairs lead directly from the platforms to street level.

The eastern wall of the mezzanine is decorated by a non-figurative ceramic mural by Jean-Paul Mousseau, entitled "Opus 74" and representing the Olympic flame and the tower of the Olympic Stadium.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Viau, named for local industrialist Charles-Théodore Viau, who purchased nearby tracts of land and developed them as a neighbourhood later named Viauville.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

* Olympic Stadium - Montreal Tower, Centre de natation
* Biodome
* Aréna Maurice-Richard
* Starcité
* Centre Pierre Charbonneau
* Insectarium
* Parc Maisonneuve
* Free shuttle (Olympic Park, Insectarium, Botanical Gardens)
* "See also Pie-IX station"
* Olympic Village - Régie du logement

references

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m23.htm Viau Metro Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/viau/ 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]