Cartier station (Montreal Metro)

Cartier station is a Montreal Metro station in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. Located in the Pont-Viau district,[4] it is part of an extension into Laval, and opened on April 28, 2007.

Cartier
General information
Location5, boulevard Cartier Ouest
Laval, Quebec H7N 0A3
Canada
Coordinates45°33′37″N 73°40′55″W / 45.56028°N 73.68194°W / 45.56028; -73.68194
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
ConnectionsSee Terminus Cartier
Construction
AccessibleYes
ArchitectRichard Fortin
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: B[1]
History
Opened26 April 2007
Passengers
2023[2][3]2,498,046 Increase 22.38%
Rank38 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Henri-Bourassa Orange Line De La Concorde

Architecture

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It is a normal side platform station. The station's main entrance, adjoining the bus terminal, takes the form of a right triangle, with the legs parallel to the streets and the hypotenuse parallel to the tracks, thereby bringing the aboveground and underground world into relation. There is an entrance at each of the two points of the triangle, while the centre is sunken to provide access to the escalators to the ticket hall and to the tunnel to the secondary entrance. The sunken area looks out onto a sunken garden.

A second entrance on the opposite corner of Boul. des Laurentides and Boul. Cartier, to spare pedestrians from crossing the busy boulevard, was opened on May 22, 2009.[5]

The station features two artworks. The first, L'Homme est un roseau pensant III by Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, is a pair of tall, slender metal spires on the edge of the garden. The second, Dessins suspendus by Yvon Proulx, is installed in the secondary entrance.

Origin of name

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The station is named for nearby Boulevard Cartier, which in turn was named for George-Étienne Cartier, a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.

Nearby points of interest

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Terminus Cartier

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Terminus Cartier
 
General information
Location44, boul. des Laurentides, Laval[6]
Coordinates45°33′36″N 73°40′54″W / 45.56000°N 73.68167°W / 45.56000; -73.68167
Operated byExo
Bus operators
Construction
Parking599 park and ride spaces[6]
Bicycle facilities54 places in racks[6]
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: B[1]
WebsiteTerminus Cartier
Passengers
2016[7]5,064,800 (Exo)

A large bus terminus with 11 platforms and two park and ride lots (599 free spaces[6] ) has been built above the subway station. The covered bus terminal has an Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) ticket counter, a heated waiting area, and electronic boards to display bus departures. In addition, a shopping concourse has been built adjacent to the bus terminal to eventually welcome shops and restaurants. A convenience store and a café are currently the only tenants.

Connecting bus routes

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Société de transport de Laval (STL)
No.[8] Route[9]
2 Henri-Bourassa - Montmorency
12 Pont-Viau - Métro Cartier
17 Auteuil - Métro Cartier
20 Chomedey - Métro Cartier
24 Sainte-Dorothée - Métro Cartier
25 Saint-François - Métro Cartier
27 Vimont - Métro Cartier
28 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - Métro Cartier
31 Auteuil - Métro Henri-Bourassa
33 Métro Montmorency - Métro Cartier
37 Chomedey - Métro Cartier
41 Auteuil - Métro Cartier
43 Auteuil - Métro Cartier
48 Duvernay - Métro Cartier
58 Saint-Vincent-de-Paul - Métro Cartier
60 Chomedey - Métro Cartier
63 Gare Sainte-Rose - Métro Cartier
70 Métro Montmorency - Métro Cartier
73 Fabreville - Métro Cartier
74 Saint-François - Métro Cartier
901 Saint-François - Métro Cartier
Exo Laurentides sector
No.[8] Route
24 Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines - Laval
28 Bois-des-Filion - Laval

Intercity buses

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Intercity buses
Company Main Destinations
Autobus Maheux[10] Montreal • Laval • Gatineau • Ottawa

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
  3. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
  4. ^ Cartier Metro Station
  5. ^ Cartier station
  6. ^ a b c d Terminus Cartier (RTM)
  7. ^ Ridership from Rapport annuel 2016 (PDF). rtm.qc.ca (Report). Montreal: Réseau de transport métropolitain [Metropolitan Transportation Network]. ISBN 978-2-550-75552-4.
  8. ^ a b AMT Plan of Terminus Cartier Archived December 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ STL stops and routes: Métro Cartier
  10. ^ Deschatelets, Ani-Rose (2022-02-09). "Deux entreprises d'autobus desserviront le trajet Ottawa/Gatineau-Montréal". Le Droit. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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