- Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)
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Line 2 Orange / Ligne 2 Orange
Panoramic view of Lionel-Groulx StationOverview Type Rapid transit System Montreal Metro Locale Montreal, (QC), Canada. Termini Côte-Vertu metro station
Montmorency metro stationStations 31 Operation Opened October 14, 1966 Operator(s) Société de transport de Montréal (STM) Rolling stock 423 Bombardier Transportation MR-73 Technical Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
(standard gauge)Electrification "Third rail", 750 V DC on the guidebars at either side of the track Operating speed 40 km/h (25 mph) Route map 
The Orange (Line 2) line is the longest, most congested, and first-planned of the four lines of the Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986. On April 28, 2007, three new stations in Laval opened; this is the second line to leave Montreal Island.
Following the extension of the line into Laval, Gilles Vaillancourt, the mayor of Laval, has suggested that a further six stations be added to the line. Three of these would be in Laval and three in Montreal, in order to create a loop out of the orange line.[1]. Recently, Laval city proposed to add 8 more stations to the line, including 5 in Laval to complete the loop and to serve the Carrefour Laval terminus[2].
List of stations
Name Inauguration date Odonym Namesake Line 2 - Orange Côte-Vertu November 3, 1986 Chemin de la Côte-Vertu Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu (Our Lady of Virtue), 18th century name for the area Du Collège January 9, 1984 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 June 29, 1982 Avenue Plamondon Antoine Plamondon, Québécois painter, or Rodolphe Plamondon [3], Québécois lyric artist Côte-Sainte-Catherine January 4, 1982 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Côte Sainte-Catherine, 18th century name for area of Outremont Snowdon September 7, 1981 for Line 2
January 4, 1988 for Line 5Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood Name of area's former landowner Villa-Maria September 7, 1981 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 April 28, 1980 Place Saint-Henri A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux Lionel-Groulx April 28, 1980 for Line 2
September 3, 1978 for Line 1Avenue Lionel-Groulx Fr. Lionel Groulx, Québécois historian Georges-Vanier April 28, 1980 Boulevard Georges-Vanier Georges Vanier, Governor-General of Canada Lucien-L'Allier Rue Lucien-L'Allier Lucien L'Allier, General Manager of the Transit Commission when the Metro opened Bonaventure February 13, 1967 Place Bonaventure Gare Bonaventure, in turn for former Rue Bonaventure; St Bonaventure, Italian cleric Square-Victoria February 7, 1967 Square Victoria Queen Victoria Place-d'Armes October 14, 1966 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 MontignyOctober 14, 1966
for line 2
and Line 1,
April 1, 1967
for Line 4Rue Berri Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; for Simon Després dit Le Berry Université du Québec à Montréal Rue de Montigny Testard de Montigny family Sherbrooke October 14, 1966 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 October 14, 1966 for Line 2
June 16, 1986 for Line 5Rue Jean-Talon Jean Talon, intendant of New France Jarry October 14, 1966 Rue Jarry Stanislas Blénier dit Jarry père, landowner or Honoré-Bernard Bleignier Jarry 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 April 26, 2007
(Opened to the public
April 28, 2007)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) References
External links
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between Henri-Bourassa and CartierDownstream
Ahuntsic Bridge
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