Lucien-L'Allier (Montreal Metro)

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Lucien-L'Allier is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal. It was inaugurated on April 28, 1980.

The metro station is a normal side-platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only Charlevoix and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower.)

The station is intermodal with the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)'s commuter train lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station on the Dorion-Rigaud, Blainville-Saint-Jerome and Delson-Candiac lines. Lucien-L'Allier was built as part of the Bell Centre; it replaced the former Gare Windsor and was initially called Terminus Windsor, but was renamed for the metro station in order to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station.

The station was designed by the firm of David, Boulva & Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork.

Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Connecting bus routes 2.1 Regular routes 2.2 Night routes 3 Address of station entrance 4 Nearby main intersections 5 Nearby points of interest 5.1 Connected via the underground city 5.2 Other 6 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Montreal metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Île Notre-Dame for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
36 Monk	Map	Schedule
107 Verdun (1 block east on rue de-la- Gauchetiere ouest / rue Peel)	Map	Schedule
150 René-Lévesque (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	Map	Schedule
410 Express Notre-Dame	Map	Schedule
420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	Map	Schedule
430 Express Pointe-aux-Trembles	Map	Schedule
535 Voie réservée Du Parc / Côte-des-Neiges (on boul. René Lévesque ouest)	Map	Schedule

[edit] Night routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine on René Lévesque Blvd.	Map	Schedule

[edit] Address of station entrance

• 955, Lucien L'Allier St., at Argyle Ave. (below René Lévesque Blvd.)

[edit] Nearby main intersections

[edit] Nearby points of interest

[edit] Connected via the underground city

• Lucien-L'Allier station
• Bell Centre - Montreal Canadiens
• Edifice Gare Windsor - Canadian Pacific Railway
• Le 1250 René-Lévesque
• Bonaventure metro station and points east

[edit] Other

• Cité du commerce électronique
• Concordia University - Fine Arts pavilion
• YWCA
• Auberge de jeunesse de Montréal

[edit] External links

• Lucien-L'Allier station web site
• Société de transport de Montréal - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia

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