Charlevoix (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough	Le Sud-Ouest
City	Montreal
Opened	3 September 1978
Line	Green Line
Architect	Ayotte et Bergeron
Artist	Pierre Osterrath & Mario Merola
Platform Depth	24.4 metres (Angrignon platform) 29.6 metres (Honoré-Beaugrand platform)
Rank	Deepest
Traffic	1,660,156 entrances in 2006
Rank	49th busiest
Interstation Distance	707.25 metres to LaSalle 1077.31 metres to Lionel-Groulx
Address of Entrances	2600, Centre Street, corner Charlevoix Street
Nearby Main Intersections	Centre Street / Charlevoix Street[1]

Charlevoix 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 located in the district of Pointe-Saint-Charles in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada^[2].The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.

Architecture and art

Stained-glass windows at the station.

Designed by Ayotte et Bergeron, it was built as a stacked platform station, in order to reduce the width of the station owing to the weak Utica shale in which it was built. The lower (Honoré-Beaugrand) platform is 29.6m below the surface, making this the deepest station in the network, as well as the lowest in altitude (the lower platform is below sea level).

The station has one ticket hall and one access. The long stairways to the platforms, built around a light shaft, are brightened by two stained-glass windows by Mario Merola and Pierre Osterrath.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Charlevoix. François-Xavier de Charlevoix (1682–1687) was a French Jesuit historian and explorer of New France.

Connecting bus routes

Main article: Société de transport de Montréal

Main article: List of Montreal Bus Routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
57 Pointe-Saint-Charles	All-day	Map	Schedule
101 Saint-Patrick	Rush Hour Monday-Friday	Map	Schedule
107 Verdun	All-day	Map	Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Centre Saint-Charles
• St. Columba House
• Clinique communautaire de Pointe-Saint-Charles
• Carrefour d'éducation publique
• Parc du Canal-de-Lachine

References

1. ^ Charlevoix Station Neighbourhood Map
2. ^ Charlevoix Station

External links

• Charlevoix Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• 2008 Downtown System Map
• Metro Map

Coordinates: 45°28′42.99″N 73°34′10.26″W / 45.4786083°N 73.5695167°W / 45.4786083; -73.5695167