Sherbrooke (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station=Sherbrooke


inaugurated=14 October 1966
line=Orange Line
architect=Jean Dumontier
Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron
depth=10.4 metres
depth-rank=51st deepest
traffic=3,870,759 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=21st busiest
distances=579.10 metres to Berri-UQAM
932.10 metres to Mont-Royal
addresses=3580, rue Berri
3585, rue Berri
intersections=rue Berri / rue de Rigaud
rue Berri / rue de Malines
rue Berri / rue Cherrier [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Sherbrooke.pdf Sherbrooke Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Sherbrooke is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in The Plateau neighbourhood of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m10.htm Sherbrooke Metro Station] ] . This station, near downtown, was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

Overview

The metro station, designed by Jean Dumontier and Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron, is a normal side-platform station, built in open cut due to the difficulty of construction under Berri Street near the Sherbrooke Street overpass. It has a single mezzanine giving access to two entrances, one on either side of Berri Street, both integrated into buildings.

Architecture and art

The station's main artwork is a mosaic, the only one in the metro, on the Côte-Vertu platform. By Gabriel Bastien and Andrea Vau, it depicts the achievements of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, whose headquarters are nearby.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Sherbrooke Street. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764–1830) served as governor general of British North America 1816–1818. The street was named for him in 1817.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

*Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec
*Parc Lafontaine
*Square Saint-Louis
*Bibliothèque Centrale
*Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
*Théâtre de Quat'Sous
*Le cinémathèque et la phonothèque de Montréal
*Goethe-Institut

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m10.htm Sherbrooke Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/sherbrooke/ 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/info/centre-ville2008.pdf 2008 Downtown System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]