- Sauvé (Montreal Metro)
Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Sauvé
line=Orange Line
inaugurated=14 October ,1966
architect= Adalbert Niklewicz
depth=15.9 metres
depth-rank= 32nd deepest
traffic= 3,609,701 entrances in 2006
traffic-rank= 24th busiest
distances=1279.60 metres to Crémazie
771.60 metres to Henri-Bourassa
addresses=9800 rue Berri
9790 rue Berri
intersections=rue Sauvé / rue Berri [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Sauve.pdf Sauvé Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |Sauvé is a station on the Orange Line of the
Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by theSociété de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in theAhuntsic district in the borough ofAhuntsic-Cartierville inMontreal ,Quebec ,Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m02.htm Sauvé Metro Station] ] . It was inaugurated onOctober 14 ,1966 , as part of the original network of the metro.The metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal side-platform station, built in tunnel. A single mezzanine connects entrances on either side of rue Sauvé.
Just south of the station on Berri Street, is the
Canadian National railway line, which will carry theAgence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) Repentigny-Mascouche Line, which is expected to commence operation in 2010. A Sauvé commuter rail station is planned to be constructed to connect these corridors, and will likely replace the nearbyVIA Rail Ahuntsic railway station .Origin of the name
This station is named for Sauvé Street, named in 1912 for a landowner whose property the street crossed.
Connecting bus routes
Regular STM routes
TM night routes
Nearby points of interest
* Chevra Kadisha-B'nai Jacob Congregation Cemetery
* Shaare Zion congregation Cemetery
* Ahuntsic station -VIA Rail station at Sauve andDurham Street (6 blocks east) via Sauvé
* Henri Julien Park
* Auteuil ParkReferences
External links
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m02.htm Sauvé Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/sauve/ 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]
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