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The Montreal Metro consists of 68 stations on four lines and is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Future of the Montreal Metro
editBy the year 2031, the Montreal Metro will consist of 73 stations once constructions of the extension of the Blue Line (or in French, "Prolongement de la ligne bleue") will be finished, inaugurating 5 new stations.
Odonyms and namesakes
edit| Name | Odonym | Namesake | Line | Accessible | Opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angrignon | Boulevard Angrignon; Parc Angrignon | Jean-Baptiste Angrignon, city councillor | 
|
Yes (2022) | 3 Sep 1978 |
| Monk | Boulevard Monk | James Monk, Quebec Attorney-General |
|
3 Sep 1978 | |
| Jolicoeur | Rue Jolicoeur | Jean-Moïse Jolicoeur, parish priest |
|
Yes (2022) | 3 Sep 1978 |
| Verdun | Rue de Verdun; borough of Verdun | Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France, hometown of Seigneur Zacharie Dupuis |
|
3 Sep 1978 | |
| De L'Église | Avenue de l'Église | Église Saint-Paul |
|
3 Sep 1978 | |
| LaSalle | Boulevard LaSalle | Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer, founder of Lachine |
|
3 Sep 1978 | |
| Charlevoix | Rue Charlevoix | Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian and explorer |
|
3 Sep 1978 | |
| Lionel-Groulx | Avenue Lionel-Groulx | Fr. Lionel Groulx, Quebec historian | 
|
Yes (2009) | 3 Sep 1978 28 Apr 1980
|
| Atwater | Avenue Atwater | Edwin Atwater, city councillor |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Guy–Concordia | Rue Guy Concordia University |
Étienne Guy, landowner Concordia salus (Prosperity Through Concord), motto of Montreal |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Peel | Rue Peel | Robert Peel, British Prime Minister |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| McGill | McGill College Avenue; McGill University | James McGill, Businessman |
|
Yes (2023) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Place-des-Arts | Place des Arts cultural complex | Place des Arts cultural complex |
|
Yes (2022) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Saint-Laurent | Boulevard Saint-Laurent | So-called as the old road to Saint-Laurent |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Berri–UQAM | Rue Berri Université du Québec à Montréal |
Simon Després dit Le Berry, land owner (1659) Université du Québec à Montréal |
 |
Orange (2009) Green (2020) |
14 Oct 1966 1 Apr 1967
|
| Beaudry | Rue Beaudry | Pierre Beaudry, landowner |
|
21 Dec 1966 | |
| Papineau | Avenue Papineau | Joseph Papineau, Quebec politician (father of Louis-Joseph Papineau) |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Frontenac | Rue Frontenac | Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France |
|
19 Dec 1966 | |
| Préfontaine | Rue Préfontaine; Parc Raymond-Préfontaine | Raymond Préfontaine, mayor of Montreal |
|
Yes (2021) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Joliette | Rue Joliette | Barthélemy Joliette, founder of Joliette, Quebec |
|
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Pie-IX | Boulevard Pie-IX | Pope Pius IX |
|
Yes (2022) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Viau | Rue Viau | Charles-Théodore Viau, Quebec cookie magnate |
|
Yes (2021) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Assomption | Boulevard de l'Assomption | Dogma of the Assumption of Mary |
|
after 6 Jun 1976 | |
| Cadillac | Rue de Cadillac | Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer |
|
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Langelier | Boulevard Langelier | François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier, mayor of Quebec City and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec |
|
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Radisson | Rue Radisson | Pierre-Esprit Radisson, French explorer |
|
6 Jun 1976 | |
| Honoré-Beaugrand | Rue Honoré-Beaugrand | Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec author and mayor of Montreal |
|
Yes (2018) | 6 Jun 1976 |
| Côte-Vertu | Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu | Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu (Our Lady of Virtue), 18th-century name for the area |
|
Yes (2010) | 3 Nov 1986 |
| Du Collège | Rue du Collège | Collège Saint Laurent, former ecclesiastical college, now Cégep de Saint-Laurent, local cégep |
|
Yes (2018) | 9 Jan 1984 |
| De La Savane | Rue de la Savane | savane — a savanna or Quebec French for swamp |
|
9 Jan 1984 | |
| Namur | Rue Namur | Namur, Belgium |
|
9 Jan 1984 | |
| Plamondon | Avenue Plamondon | Antoine Plamondon, Quebec painter, or Rodolphe Plamondon, Quebec lyric artist |
|
29 Jan 1982 | |
| Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Côte Sainte-Catherine, 18th century name for area of Outremont |
|
4 Jan 1982 | |
| Snowdon | Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood | Name of area's former landowner | 
|
Yes (2016) | 7 Sep 1981 4 Jan 1988
|
| Villa-Maria | Villa-Maria High School | Latin form of "Ville-Marie", former name of Montreal |
|
Yes (2022) | 7 Sep 1981 |
| Vendôme | Avenue de Vendôme | Likely from the French Dukes of Vendôme |
|
Yes (2021) | 7 Sep 1981 |
| Place-Saint-Henri | Place Saint-Henri | A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux |
|
28 Apr 1980 | |
| Georges-Vanier | Boulevard Georges-Vanier | Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada |
|
28 Apr 1980 | |
| Lucien-L'Allier | Rue Lucien-L'Allier | Lucien L'Allier, Quebec engineer, designer of the Metro |
|
28 Apr 1980 | |
| Bonaventure | Place Bonaventure | Gare Bonaventure, in turn for former Rue Bonaventure; St Bonaventure, Italian cleric |
|
Yes (2009) | 13 Feb 1967 |
| Square-Victoria–OACI | Square Victoria International Civil Aviation Organization |
Queen Victoria Nearby headquarters of ICAO |
|
6 Feb 1967 | |
| Place-d'Armes | Place d'Armes | Historical rallying point for city's defenders |
|
Yes (2017) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Champ-de-Mars | Champ de Mars Park | Common term for military exercise ground (Mars, god of war) |
|
Yes (2014) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Sherbrooke | Rue Sherbrooke | John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor General of British North America |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Mont-Royal | Avenue du Mont-Royal | Mount Royal |
|
Yes (2022) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Laurier | Avenue Laurier | Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Rosemont | Boulevard Rosemont; Rosemont neighbourhood | Named by developer U.-H. Dandurand for his mother, née Rose Phillips |
|
Yes (2017) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Beaubien | Rue Beaubien | Prominent landowning family |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Jean-Talon | Rue Jean-Talon | Jean Talon, intendant of New France |
|
Orange (2015)
Blue (2019) |
14 Oct 1966 16 Jun 1986
|
| Jarry | Rue Jarry | Stanislas Blénier dit Jarry père, landowner |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Crémazie | Boulevard Crémazie | Octave Crémazie, Québécois poet |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Sauvé | Rue Sauvé | Name of a landowner |
|
14 Oct 1966 | |
| Henri-Bourassa | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Henri Bourassa, Quebec journalist and politician |
|
Yes (2010) | 14 Oct 1966 |
| Cartier | Boulevard Cartier | Sir George-Étienne Cartier Quebec politician, Father of Confederation |
|
Yes (2007) | 28 Apr 2007 |
| De La Concorde | Boulevard de la Concorde | Place de la Concorde in Paris |
|
Yes (2007) | 28 Apr 2007 |
| Montmorency | Collège Montmorency | François de Montmorency-Laval, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec and landowner of Île Jésus (Laval) |
|
Yes (2007) | 28 Apr 2007 |
| Jean-Drapeau | Parc Jean-Drapeau Île Sainte-Hélène |
Jean Drapeau, late ex-mayor of Montreal Named by Samuel de Champlain for his wife, née Hélène Boullé |
|
Yes, but no connection other accessible stations (2019) | 1 Apr 1967 |
| Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke | City of Longueuil Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil campus, in Édifice Saint-Charles |
Probably for a town in Normandy Université de Sherbrooke, Longueuil campus, in Édifice Saint-Charles |
|
1 Apr 1967 | |
| Côte-des-Neiges | Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges; Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood | Former Village of Côte-des-Neiges; name Notre-Dame-des-Neiges (Our Lady of the Snows) dates to 18th century | |
4 Jan 1988 | |
| Université-de-Montréal | Université de Montréal | Université de Montréal | |
4 Jan 1988 | |
| Édouard-Montpetit | Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit | Édouard Montpetit, Quebec lawyer, economist and academic |
|
4 Jan 1988 | |
| Outremont | Avenue Outremont; borough of Outremont | Named for a prominent estate (Outremont means "other side of the mountain") |
|
4 Jan 1988 | |
| Acadie | Boulevard de l'Acadie | Commemorates bicentennial of the expulsion of the Acadians |
|
28 Mar 1988 | |
| Parc | Avenue du Parc | Mount Royal Park |
|
15 Jun 1987 | |
| De Castelnau | Rue de Castelnau | Édouard de Castelnau, French soldier |
|
16 Jun 1986 | |
| Fabre | Rue Fabre | Édouard-Charles Fabre, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal |
|
16 Jun 1986 | |
| D'Iberville | Rue d'Iberville | Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Quebec explorer, founder of Louisiana |
|
Yes (2024) | 16 Jun 1986 |
| Saint-Michel | Boulevard Saint-Michel; neighbourhood of Saint-Michel | Saint Michael; long-standing name |
|
16 Jun 1986 | |
| Pie-IX (future)
"Not to be confused with Pie-IX." |
Pie-IX Boulevard | Named after Pope Pius IX.
(To be changed) |
(future) |
2030 | |
| Viau (future)
"Not to be confused with Viau." |
Viau Boulevard, neighbourhood of Viauville. | Named after Charles-Théodore Viau.
(To be changed) |
(future) |
2030 | |
| Lacordaire (future) | Lacordaire Boulevard | (Potentially to be changed) |
(future) |
2030 | |
| Langelier (future)
"Not to be confused with Langelier." |
Langelier Boulevard | Named after Sir François Langelier.
(To be changed) |
(future) |
2030 | |
| Anjou (future) | Borough of Anjou | (Potentially to be changed) |
(future) |
2030 |
Lines
edit| Line | Termini | Length | Stations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green |
Angrignon to Honoré-Beaugrand | 22.1 kilometres (13.7 miles) | 27 |
| Orange |
Côte-Vertu to Montmorency | approx. 24.8 kilometres (15.4 miles) | 31 |
| Yellow |
Berri–UQAM to Longueuil | 4.25 kilometres (2.64 miles) | 3 |
| Blue |
Snowdon to Saint-Michel
(future: Snowdon to Anjou) |
9.7 kilometres (6.0 miles) | 12
(17 by 2030) |
Interstation distances
editReferences
edit- Montreal by Metro: source for dates and distances.