Place-Saint-Henri (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Place-Saint-Henri


inaugurated=28 April, 1980
line=Orange Line
architect= Julien Hébert & Jean-Louis Lalonde
depth=17.7 metres
depth-rank= 20th deepest
traffic= 2,124,989 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 43rd busiest
distances=1450.88 metres to Vendôme (longest on the island)
579.60 metres to Lionel-Groulx
addresses= 555, rue Saint-Ferdinand
??? rue Saint-Jacques
At the corner of rue Saint-Jacques and place Saint-Henri
intersections= rue Saint-Jacques / rue Saint-Ferdinand
rue Saint-Jacques / place Saint-Henri [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Place-Saint-Henri.pdf Place-Saint-Henri Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Place-Saint-Henri 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 Saint-Henri area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m46.htm Place-Saint-Henri Metro Station] ] .

It was inaugurated on April 28, 1980, as the western terminus of the first extension of the orange line. It thus took over from Bonaventure station as terminus, and remained so until the extension to Snowdon in 1981.

The metro station is a normal side-platform station, connected by long stairwells to a large mezzanine. The station has three accesses; one is a conventional access within a bus loop, while the other two are open-air staircases linked to an underground gallery connected to the mezzanine. These make Place-Saint-Henri one of the only three stations in Montreal to have uncovered accesses (with Bonaventure and Square-Victoria stations).

The station was designed by Julien Hébert and Jean-Louis Lalonde. It originally contained two artworks: a mural by Hébert in the mezzanine, entitled "Bonheur d'occasion", featuring the title of the famous book by Gabrielle Roy (in English called "The Tin Flute"), set in the neighbourhood; and a motorized mobile sculpture by Jacques de Tonnancour suspended in the mezzanine and over the platforms.

A statue of Jacques Cartier by Joseph-Arthur Vincent, created in 1896, was moved to the station and placed in a light shaft over the Côte-Vertu platform. It had formerly crowned a fountain in a nearby park, but was removed, moved to the station, and replaced with a copy after having crumbled due to exposure.

Origin of the name

This station is named for place Saint-Henri, a short street and public square between rue Saint-Jacques and rue Notre-Dame. The place and the district took their name from a chapel built in 1810 and placed under the protection of Saint Henry, possibly to commemorate Henri-Auguste Roux (1798–1831), superior of Saint-Sulpice Seminary.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Parking

There is parking next to the metro provided by the city of Montreal. Monthly passes are available for $63.

Nearby points of interest

*École secondaire Saint-Henri - École des métiers du Sud-Ouest
*Piscine Saint-Henri
*Parc Saint-Henri
*CLSC Saint-Henri
*Parc Sir-Georges-Étienne-Cartier
*POPIR Comité Logement
*Institut technique Aviron
*Parc Louis-Cyr
*Théâtre Dôme
* [http://www.berliner.montreal.museum Musée des ondes Emile-Berliner]

Trivia

A number of scenes of the film "Jésus de Montréal" by Denys Arcand were shot in this station.

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m46.htm Place-Saint-Henri Station, official web page]
* [http://mtlmap.com/index.php?mapcategory=metro&locationid=46 Place-Saint-Henri metro station geo location]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/placesthenri/ 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]