Saint-Michel station (Montreal Metro)

Saint-Michel station is a Montreal Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line. It opened in 1986.

Saint-Michel
Location7270 & 7325, boul. Saint-Michel, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°33′35″N 73°36′00″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth15.8 metres (51 feet 10 inches), 33rd deepest
ArchitectLemoyne & Associés
History
Opened16 June 1986
Passengers
2019[1][2]4,770,170 7.1%
Rank22 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Snowdon
Blue LineTerminus

Overview

View of St-Michel from the platform.

It is a side platform station with two entrances on either side of boul. St-Michel connecting to a common ticket hall. Unlike all other stations on the Blue Line, the station is only as long as the six-car trains used on the line; all the others were built to accommodate a nine-car train. However, the station cavern is long enough for a nine-car train; the extra space could be opened and finished to accommodate full-length trains if and when the STM decides to extend the line east into the boroughs of St. Leonard and Anjou, committing to the line's original design.[4]

The platforms feature four abstract paintings under glass bricks, by Normand Moffat, Charles Lemay, Lauréat Marois, and Marcelin Cardinal.

Origin of name

Saint-Michel station takes its name from the street under which it lies, boulevard Saint-Michel, named since about the late eighteenth century for the former Ville Saint-Michel within which it is located. Saint-Michel is the French Catholic title for the archangel Michael.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
41 Quartier Saint-Michel / Ahuntsic
67 Saint-Michel
93 Jean-Talon
141 Jean Talon East
188 Couture
253 Navette Or - Saint-Michel
357 Saint-Michel
372 Jean-Talon
467 Express Saint-Michel

Nearby points of interest

  • Little Maghreb
  • Saint-Michel Library
  • Centre administratif - Ville de Montréal
  • Joseph-François-Perrault School
  • John F Kennedy School
  • François-Perrault Park

References

  1. Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Saint-Michel Metro Station
  4. "Blue line extension". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
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