Acadie (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Acadie
line=Blue Line


architect= Pierre Mercier, Pierre Boyer-Mercier, and Patrice Poirier
inaugurated=28 March, 1988
depth=16.5 metres
depth-rank=30th deepest
traffic= 944,596 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=63rd busiest
distances=728.60 metres to Outremont
727.60 metres to Parc
addresses=6900, de l'Acadie Boulevard
999, Beaumont Avenue
intersections=de l'Acadie Boulevard / Beaumont Avenue
de l'Acadie Boulevard / Jean-Talon Street [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Acadie.pdf Map] ] |

Acadie is a station on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system , operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Parc-Extension district of the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m59.htm Acadie Metro Station] ] .

Origin of name

Acadie was named for the Boulevard de l'Acadie, in turn named to remember Acadia, the site of the first permanent French settlement in North America.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

*Centre commercial Place l'Acadie-Beaumont
*Clinique René-Laennec

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m59.htm Acadie station on STM website]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/blue/acadie/ 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]