Côte-Vertu (Montreal Metro)

Côte-Vertu (Montreal Metro)
Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Station
Côte-Vertu (logo).svg
Metro Cote-Vertu.JPG
Borough Saint-Laurent
City Montreal
Opened 3 November 1986
Line MtlMetro2.svg Orange Line
Architect Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte, & Co
Cayouette & Saia
Artist Yves Trudeau,
Éric Lamontagne [1][2]
Platform Depth 17.7 metres
Rank 20th deepest
Traffic 6,536,877 entrances in 2006
Rank 7th busiest
Interstation
Distance
777.24 metres to Du Collège
Address of
Entrances
1515, Chemin de la Côte-Vertu / 1010 Decarie Boulevard
1500 chemin de la Côte-Vertu Ouest
 ???? Edouard-Laurin Boulevard
Nearby Main
Intersections
chemin de la Côte-Vertu and Decarie Boulevard [3]


Côte-Vertu 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 borough of Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [4].

Opened on November 3, 1986, the station has served as the western terminus of the Orange Line since that date, having taken over from Du Collège station.

Contents

Overview

The station is a normal side platform station with one transept, mezzanine and three entrances.

The station was designed by the architectural firms of Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte, & Co and Cayouette & Saia. It contains two artworks: a set of two mural sculptures by Yves Trudeau in the transept, entitled Relief, négatif positif, and a mural by Éric Lamontagne in the new bus terminus, entitled L'Homo urbanus.

It was originally intended as a temporary terminus, to be followed by an two to three station extension to a point somewhat beyond the current Bois-Franc commuter train station; however, this never took place. Because this station was intended to be a temporary terminus the passenger accesses are much too small, during rush hour it can take several minutes for the platform to clear while trains arrive only 2 minutes apart.

As this station is the terminus for several bus routes, including the three Société de transport de Laval (STL) buses, a new bus terminal around the northern entrance was completed in 2005. Two new bus shelters at the southern entrance on Edouard-Laurin Boulevard, serving the metropolitan routes, were finished at about the same time.

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train. In November 2010, Côte-Vertu became the 8th station to be wheelchair accessible as elevators were added.

Origin of name

This station is named for the chemin de la Côte-Vertu. The area through which the street runs has been known as Notre-Dame-de-Vertu, Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu, or Notre-Dame-des-Vertus (Our Lady of Virtue) since at least 1700.

Connecting bus routes

Buses loading passengers at the North Terminal.
View of the North Terminal
Route Service Times Map Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
Autobusmontréal.svg 17 Décarie All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 64 Grenet All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 70 Bois-Franc All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 121 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 128 Ville-Saint-Laurent Al-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 170 Keller All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 171 Henri-Bourassa All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 174 Côte-Vertu Ouest All-day Monday-Friday Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 177 Thimens All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 196 Parc-Industriel-Lachine All-day Monday-Friday Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 213 Parc-Industriel-Saint-Laurent Rush Hour Monday-Friday Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 215 Henri-Bourassa All-day Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 216 Transcanadienne Rush Hour Monday-Friday Map Schedule
Autobusmontréal.svg 225 Hymus Rush Hour Monday-Friday Map Schedule
268 Trainbus Pierrefonds All-day Monday-Friday Map Schedule
STM Metrobus Express.svg 470 Express Pierrefonds All-day Map Schedule
S-nuit.gif 368 Mont-Royal Overnight Map Schedule
S-nuit.gif 371 Décarie Overnight Map Schedule
S-nuit.gif 378 Sauvé/Côte-Vertu/Montreal-Trudeau Overnight Map Schedule
S-nuit.gif 380 Henri-Bourassa Overnight Map Schedule
S-nuit.gif 382 Pierrefonds/Saint-Charles Overnight Map Schedule
Société de transport de Laval
144 Chomedey All-day N/A Schedule
151 Sainte-Rose All-day N/A Schedule
902 Le Carrefour All-day N/A Schedule
CIT La Presqu'Île
40 Express Vaudreuil - Terminus Côte-Vertu Rush Hour Monday-Friday N/A Schedule

Nearby points of interest

  • former Saint-Laurent Postal Station
  • former Saint-Laurent Police Station
  • Saint-Laurent Public Library
  • Saint-Laurent Municipal Courthouse
  • Saint-Laurent Fire Station No.1
  • Saint-Laurent City Hall
  • Decarie Hot Dog

See also

References

  1. ^ Éric Lamontagne
  2. ^ Éric Lamontagne
  3. ^ Côte-Vertu Metro Station Neighbourhood map
  4. ^ "Terminus Côte-Vertu". http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/Terminus_metropolitains/index.asp?source=24. 

External links

Coordinates: 45°30′51″N 73°41′00″W / 45.5142°N 73.6834°W / 45.5142; -73.6834


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