Connections STM buses Province Québec | Opened 3 September 1978 Architect Lemay et Leduc | |
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Location 250 Rue Galt and
133 av. de l'Église, Montreal
Quebec, Canada Operated by Société de transport de Montréal Depth 19.8 metres (65 feet) (Honoré-Beaugrand)
25.6 metres (84 feet) (Angrignon platform), 5th deepest Passengers 2,295,037 entrances in 2006, 40th of 68 Address Montréal, QC H4G 2P4, Canada Similar Jolicoeur, Angrignon, Charlevoix, Georges‑Vanier, Verdun | ||
De L'Église (French; literally translated, "of the Church") 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 located in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.
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Architecture and art
Designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé, it was planned as a normal side platform station. However, during the station's construction, a cave-in of the surrounding weak Utica Shale formation made it necessary to build the station with a narrower profile. It is therefore built with stacked platforms, with the Honoré-Beaugrand platform above and Angrignon below, and both directions opening to the left instead of the usual right. There are two accesses, one in the centre and one at the western end of the station, with separate ticket halls.
The station is decorated with a series of circular motifs in ceramic tile on the lower levels and concrete bas-reliefs in the upper levels by Claude Théberge and Antoine D. Lamarche
Origin of the name
This station is named for av. de l'Église. The church in question is the Église Saint-Paul in the Côte-Saint-Paul district at the north end of the avenue. This roadway has existed since at least 1834, and became known under its present name some time after 1879.