Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)
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The Orange (Line 2) line is the longest of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986. On April 28, 2007 three new stations in Laval opened; this is the second line to leave Montreal Island.
Following the extension of the line into Laval, Gilles Vaillancourt, the mayor of Laval, has suggested that a further six stations be added to the line. Three of these would be in Laval and three in Montreal, in order to create a loop out of the orange line. [1] More probable is an extension by one or two stations from Côte Vertu to the AMT station at Bois Franc.
[edit] List of stations
| Name | Inauguration date | Odonym | Namesake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 2 - Orange | |||
| Côte-Vertu | November 3, 1986 | Chemin de la Côte-Vertu | Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu (Our Lady of Virtue), 18th century name for the area |
| Du Collège | January 9, 1984 | Rue du Collège |
Cégep de Saint-Laurent, local cégep |
| De La Savane | Rue de la Savane | savane - a savanna or Québécois for swamp | |
| Namur | Rue Namur | Namur, Belgium | |
| Plamondon | June 29, 1982 | Avenue Plamondon | Antoine Plamondon, Québécois painter, or Rodolphe Plamondon, Québécois lyric artist |
| Côte-Sainte-Catherine | January 4, 1982 | Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Côte Sainte-Catherine, 18th century name for area of Outremont |
| Snowdon | September 7, 1981 for Line 2 January 4, 1988 for Line 5 |
Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood | Name of area's former landowner |
| Villa-Maria | September 7, 1981 | Villa-Maria High School | Latin form of "Ville-Marie," former name of Montreal |
| Vendôme | Avenue de Vendôme | Likely from the French Dukes of Vendôme | |
| Place-Saint-Henri | April 28, 1980 | Place Saint-Henri | A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux |
| Lionel-Groulx | April 28, 1980 for Line 2 September 3, 1978 for Line 1 |
Avenue Lionel-Groulx | Fr. Lionel Groulx, Québécois historian |
| Georges-Vanier | April 28, 1980 | Boulevard Georges-Vanier | Georges Vanier, Governor-General of Canada |
| Lucien-L'Allier | Rue Lucien-L'Allier | Lucien L'Allier, General Manager of the Transit Commission when the Metro opened | |
| Bonaventure | February 13, 1967 | Place Bonaventure | Gare Bonaventure, in turn for former Rue Bonaventure; St Bonaventure, Italian cleric |
| Square-Victoria | February 7, 1967 | Square Victoria | Queen Victoria |
| Place-d'Armes | October 14, 1966 | Place d'Armes | Historical rallying point for city's defenders |
| Champ-de-Mars | Champ de Mars Park | Common term for military exercise ground (Mars, god of war) | |
| Berri-UQAM Formerly Berri-de Montigny |
October 14, 1966 for line 2 and Line 1, April 1, 1967 for Line 4 |
Rue Berri | Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; origin unknown |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | |||
| Rue de Montigny | Testard de Montigny family | ||
| Sherbrooke | October 14, 1966 | Rue Sherbrooke | John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor-General of British North America |
| Mont-Royal | Avenue du Mont-Royal | Mount Royal | |
| Laurier | Avenue Laurier | Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada | |
| Rosemont | Boulevard Rosemont; Rosemont neighbourhood | Named by developer U.-H. Dandurand for his mother, née Rose Phillips | |
| Beaubien | Rue Beaubien | Prominent landowning family | |
| Jean-Talon | October 14, 1966 for Line 2 June 16, 1986 for Line 5 |
Rue Jean-Talon | Jean Talon, intendant of New France |
| Jarry | October 14, 1966 | Rue Jarry | Stanislas Blénier dit Jarry père, landowner or Honoré-Bernard Bleignier Jarry |
| Crémazie | Boul. Crémazie | Octave Crémazie, QC poet | |
| Sauvé | Rue Sauvé | Name of a landowner | |
| Henri-Bourassa | Boulevard Henri-Bourassa | Henri Bourassa, Québécois journalist and politician | |
| Cartier | April 26, 2007 (Opened to the public April 28, 2007) |
Boulevard Cartier | Sir George-Étienne Cartier Québécois politician, Father of Confederation |
| De La Concorde | Boulevard de la Concorde | Place de la Concorde in Paris | |
| Montmorency | Collège Montmorency | François de Montmorency-Laval, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec and landowner of Île Jésus (Laval) | |
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