Villa-Maria (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Villa-Maria
line=Orange Line


architect= André Léonard
inaugurated=7 September, 1981
depth=19.8 metres
depth-rank=14th deepest
traffic= 2,711,559 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=33rd busiest
distances=884.41 metres to Snowdon
1407.32 metres to Vendôme
addresses= 4331, Decarie Boulevard
intersections= Decarie Boulevard / Monkland Avenue
Monkland Avenue / Girouard Street [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Villa-Maria.pdf Villa-Maria Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Villa-Maria 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 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m48.htm Villa-Maria Metro Station] ] .

The station is a normal side-platform station, and has an entrance at its south end. The entrance is located in a bus loop.

The station was designed by André Léonard and contains mural sculptures by the architect.

Origin of name

Villa-Maria station takes its name from the nearby Villa Maria school, which in turn takes its name from the Latin form of "Ville-Marie", the former name of Montreal.

The surrounding lands were once owned by the Decarie family. The land was sold in 1795 to Sir James Monk and the Monk residence built in 1804. This is the central section of the present-day Villa Maria school. In 1844, the building was leased to the Crown as a residence for the Governors-Generals of Canada. (Lord Metcalfe, Earl Cathcart, and Lord Elgin all resided on the Monklands.)

The property became a country hotel for five years, after which time it was purchased by the nuns of Congregation-de-Notre-Dame in 1854, who turned it into a private girls school which they named Villa Maria. The metro station was built at the foot of the Villa Maria property.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

STM night routes

Nearby points of interest

*Marianopolis College
*Villa Maria Girls School
*Marymount Academy
*The Monkland Village
*Mackay Centre for Disabled Children
*Centennial Academy

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m48.htm Villa-Maria Station, official web page]
* [http://mtlmap.com/index.php?mapcategory=metro&locationid=48 Villa-Maria metro station geo location]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/villamaria/ 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]