Henri-Bourassa station

Henri-Bourassa station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Ahuntsic district. The station opened October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro. It was the eastern terminal of the Orange Line until 2007, when the line expanded to Montmorency station in Laval.

This article is about the Montreal Metro station. For the bus terminal, see Terminus Henri-Bourassa.
Henri-Bourassa
Location575 & 590, boul. Henri-Bourassa Est and 10670 rue Berri, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°33′16″N 73°40′07″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Platforms1 side platform
2 inter-connected side platforms
Tracks3
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
  Société de transport de Laval
  MRC Les Moulins
Construction
Depth18.3 metres (60 feet), 18th deepest
ArchitectJ. Warunkiewicz
André Léonard
Claude Leclerc
Richard Fortin
History
Opened14 October 1966 (1st and 2nd platform)
28 April 2007 (3rd platform)
Passengers
2019[1][2]5,505,010  1%
Rank14 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

Overview
Henri-Bourassa third platform

The original part of the station, designed by Janusz Warunkiewicz, is a normal side platform station, connected by a transept and a long tunnel to a mezzanine some distance away. This in turn gives access to the station's entrance on 575 Henri Bourassa Boulevard, integrated into a government building, the STM's Terminus Henri-Bourassa Sud and the STL's Terminus Henri-Bourassa Nord.

A second access, closer to the station's platforms on Berri Street, was added later. It was designed by André Léonard and Claude Leclerc.

A large addition to the station was added as part of the extension to Laval. A diversion from the main tunnel and a third platform have been added. This allows some trains to end their run at Henri-Bourassa (using the existing platform) and others to continue to Laval (using the new platform). The extension opened to the public on April 28, 2007.

The station includes several artworks. A collective work by 330 Montreal children, titled Les enfants dans la ville ("children in the city"), is found in the mezzanine; composed of moulded concrete blocks, it depicts scenes of parks, houses, play, and transportation. In the Henri Bourassa Blvd. North entrance, a mural relief by Jacques Huet titled Réveil de la conscience par la solitude ("awakening of consciousness by solitude") forms a firewall between the entrance and the adjacent government office. In the new Berri St. entrance, the architect André Léonard created two terra cotta reliefs titled Le potager ("the vegetable garden") and Le vent ("the wind"). The addition of the Laval platform saw the addition of a new artwork, a light sculpture by Axel Morgenthaler titled .98.[4]

On April 26, 2010, Henri-Bourassa became the 6th station to be accessible to the mobility-impaired.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Henri Bourassa Blvd. which in turn is named for Henri Bourassa (1868–1952), a journalist and politician, who served in municipal, provincial, and federal governments, but is best known for founding the newspaper Le Devoir in 1910.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

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. Henri-Bourassa Metro Station
  4. Canadian Architect

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