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Sherbrooke (Montreal Metro)

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Connections
  
STM buses

Depth
  
10 m

Opened
  
14 October 1966

Province
  
Québec

Sherbrooke (Montreal Metro)

Location
  
3580 and 3585, rue Berri, Montreal Quebec, Canada

Operated by
  
Société de transport de Montréal

Architect
  
Jean Dumontier Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron

Passengers
  
4,007,872 entrances in 2010, 23rd of 68

Address
  
Montréal, QC H2L 4T8, Canada

Similar
  
Saint‑Laurent, Laurier, Sauvé, Papineau, Jean‑Talon

Sherbrooke is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in The Plateau neighbourhood of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This station, near downtown, opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

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Overview

The station, designed by Jean Dumontier and Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron, is a normal side-platform station, built in open cut due to the difficulty of construction under Berri Street near the Sherbrooke Street overpass. It has a single mezzanine giving access to two entrances, one on either side of Berri Street, both integrated into buildings. The walls are decorated in straw-yellow brick, purple ceiling louvres and bulkhead walls, and orange highlights.

Architecture and art

The station's main artwork is a mosaic, the only one in the Metro, on the Côte-Vertu platform. Designed by Gabriel Bastien and Andrea Vau, it depicts the achievements of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, whose headquarters are nearby. There are also two mural works by Mario Merola in the accesses.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Sherbrooke Street. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764–1830) served as governor general of British North America 1816–1818. The street was named for him in 1817.

Nearby points of interest

  • Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec
  • Parc Lafontaine
  • Saint-Louis Square
  • Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
  • Théâtre de Quat'Sous
  • Théâtre La Chapelle
  • Prince-Arthur Street
  • References

    Sherbrooke (Montreal Metro) Wikipedia