Assomption (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Assomption
line=Green Line


architect= Duplessis et Labelle
inaugurated=6 June, 1976
depth=19.2 metres
depth-rank=16th deepest
traffic= 990,732 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=62nd busiest
distances=895.87 metres to Viau
781.69 metres to Cadillac
addresses= 3075, boul de l'Assomption
intersections= boul de l'Assomption / rue Chauveau
boul de l'Assomption / rue de Marseille [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Assomption.pdf Assomption Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Assomption 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 Mercier-Ouest in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m22.htm Assomption Metro Station] ] . The station was inaugurated on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.

Designed by Duplessis and Labelle, it is a normal side-platform station built partially in tunnel, with access through a deep open cut leading to the single entrance. Murals by Guy Montpetit are exhibited in the entrance building and the hallways to the stairwell.

Origin of the name

This station (formerly named L'Assomption, a name still seen on the station's nameplates) is named for boul. de l'Assomption, so named in 1951 to commemorate Pope Pius XII's confirmation of the dogma of the Assumption of Mary in his 1950 apostolic constitution "Munificentissimus Deus".

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

* Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
* Municipal golf course
* Complexe Raycom

references

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m22.htm Assomption Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/assomption/ 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]