Line 5 Blue (Montreal Metro)

The Blue (Line 5) line is one of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the fourth to be built, notwithstanding its name. Line 3 was planned, but never built. Unlike the other three routes, Line 5 does not serve the city's main metro station Berri-UQAM.

List of stations

Name	Inauguration date	Odonym	Namesake
Line 5 - Blue
Snowdon	September 7, 1981 for Line 2 January 4, 1988 for Line 5	Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood	Name of landowner
Côte-des-Neiges	January 4, 1988	Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges	Former Village of Côte-des-Neiges; name Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snow) dates to 18th century
Université-de-Montréal		Université de Montréal
Édouard-Montpetit		Boul. Édouard-Montpetit	Édouard Montpetit, Université de Montréal professor
Outremont		Avenue Outremont; borough of Outremont	Named for a prominent estate (Outremont means "other side of the mountain")
Acadie	March 28, 1988	Boulevard de l'Acadie	Commemorates bicentennial of the expulsion of the Acadians
Parc	June 15, 1987	Avenue du Parc	Mont Royal Park
De Castelnau	June 16, 1986	Rue De Castelnau	Édouard de Castelnau, French soldier
Jean-Talon	October 14, 1966 for Line 2 June 16, 1986 for Line 5	Rue Jean-Talon	Jean Talon, intendant of New France
Fabre	June 16, 1986	Rue Fabre	Édouard-Charles Fabre, first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Montreal
D'Iberville		Rue D'Iberville	Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, French explorer, founder of Louisiana
Saint-Michel		Boulevard Saint-Michel; neighbourhood of Saint-Michel (former Ville Saint-Michel)	Saint-Michel; long-standing name

Proposed extensions

Several expansion plans for Line 5 have been proposed over the years. As originally planned, this line was supposed to extend as shown on "Original plan for Line 5" here shown. According to another plan, this line was supposed to extend to Galeries d'Anjou in the east instead.Fact|date=June 2008

See also

* Line 3 Red
* Line 6 (Montreal Metro)
* Line 7 White

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]