Connections STM buses Opened 6 June 1976 | Address Montréal, QC, Canada Province Québec | |
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Location 5995, Sherbrooke Street East
and 3315, rue de Cadillac, Montreal
Quebec, Canada Operated by Société de transport de Montréal Depth 12.2 metres (40 feet), 42nd deepest Architect Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke Passengers 2,203,624 entrances in 2006, 41st of 68 Similar Langelier, Assomption, Radisson, Viau, Préfontaine | ||
Cadillac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is in the district of Mercier-Ouest in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.
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Overview
Designed by Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke, it is a normal side platform station built in tunnel. The central mezzanine gives access to the entrances diagonally across from one another at the corner of rue de Cadillac and rue Sherbrooke. The hallways to these entrances feature complementary murals by Jean Cartier.
Origin of the name
This station is named for rue de Cadillac. Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac (1658–1730) was a colourful French explorer of New France. He founded Detroit, Michigan and commanded it from 1701 to 1710.