Snowdon (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Snowdon


inaugurated=7 September, 1981 (Orange Line)
4 January, 1988 (Blue Line)
line=Orange Line
Blue Line
architect= Jean-Louis Beaulieu
depth=19.5 metres (upper platform)
24.6 metres (lower platform)
depth-rank= 6th deepest
traffic= 3,142,990 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 29th busiest (not counting transfers)
distances=Orange Line:
693.00 metres to Côte-Sainte-Catherine
884.41 metres to Villa-Maria----Blue Line:
959.60 metres to Côte-des-Neiges
addresses= 5111, Queen Mary Road
intersections=Queen Mary Road / Westbury Avenue
Queen Mary Road / Decarie Boulevard [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Snowdon.pdf Snowdon Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Snowdon is a station on the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Snowdon neighbourhood of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m49.htm Snowdon Metro Station] ] . It is a transfer station between the Orange Line and Blue Line, and is the western terminus of the Blue Line.

It was inaugurated on September 7, 1981 with service on the orange line only, though the blue line platforms were built at the same time. At the time it was the western terminus of the Orange Line, taking over from Place-Saint-Henri; it is thus the only station to have been the terminus of two different lines. Service on the Blue Line began on January 4, 1988.

The station was constructed as an anti-directional cross-platform interchange, with three lateral tunnels containing two stories each, joined by four cross-tunnels; both lines therefore have stacked platforms. This layout was intended to allow rapid transfer between a future extension into Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and service to downtown; unfortunately, this service never opened, and the station's layout means that most people who transfer between the blue and orange lines must go up or down stairs. The station's central access tunnel is connected at its western end to the station's single entrance, which is integrated into an STM control centre and contains a small sunken garden.

The station was designed by Jean-Louis Beaulieu, who also provided sculptural grilles for the station's main staircase and the rear of the control building. The station's main artwork, a group of four murals by Claude Guité running the full length of the platform and entitled "Les quatre saisons" (the four seasons), has been badly damaged by graffiti and has been removed for restoration.

Origin of the name

This station is named for the Snowdon neighbourhood. This area took its name from Snowdon Street, which in turn took its name from the owner of the farm on which it was built.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

*Décarie Autoroute
*Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Library
*Collège International Marie-de-France
*University of Montreal Geriatrics Institute

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m49.htm Snowdon Station - official web page]
* [http://mtlmap.com/index.php?mapcategory=metro&locationid=49 Snowdon metro station geo location]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/snowdon/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]