Plamondon (Montreal Metro)

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Plamondon is a station on Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges section of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

It was inaugurated on June 29, 1982; it served as the western terminus of the Orange Line, replacing Côte-Sainte-Catherine station, until the extension to Du Collège was completed in 1984.

The station is a normal side-platform station with an entrance at either end. The northern entrance is integrated into a social housing project.

The station was designed by Patrice Gauthier.

Contents 1 Origin of the name 2 Connecting bus routes 2.1 Regular routes 2.2 Night routes 3 Address of entrances 4 Nearby main intersections 5 Nearby points of interest 6 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for av. Plamondon, so named by Montreal city council in 1911 without a stated reason. It may be named for Quebec painter Antoine Plamondon (1804–1895) or singer Rodolphe Plamondon (1875–1940).

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
124 Victoria	Map	Schedule
160 Barclay	Map	Schedule
161 Van Horne	Map	Schedule

[edit] Night routes

Route Name	Route Map	Schedule
368 Mont-Royal	Map	Schedule
370 Rosemont	Map	Schedule

[edit] Address of entrances

• Plamondon entrance: 4811, av. Plamondon, at av. Victoria
• Van Horne entrance: 6250, av. Victoria, at av. Van Horne

[edit] Nearby main intersections

[edit] Nearby points of interest

• Académie Shadd
• Collège rabbinique du Canada
• Parc Nelson-Mandela
• Centre commercial Van Horne
• Loisirs Sportifs Cote-Des-Neiges

[edit] External links

• Société de transport de Montréal - station official web page
• Plamondon metro station geo location
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com

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