Langelier (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Langelier


inaugurated=6 June, 1976
line=Green Line
architect= Victor Prus & André G. Dionne
depth=14.0 metres
depth-rank= 37th deepest
traffic= 2,640,917 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 35th busiest
distances=518.51 metres to Cadillac
621.79 metres to Radisson
addresses= 6595, rue Sherbrooke est
6610, rue Sherbrooke est
3355, boul. Langelier
intersections=rue Sherbrooke est / boul. Langelier [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Langelier.pdf Langelier Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Langelier 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 [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m20.htm Langelier metro Station] ] . It was inaugurated on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.

Designed by Victor Prus & André G. Dionne, it is a normal side-platform station built in tunnel. The central mezzanine, built within the tunnel vault, gives access to three entrances on three corners of an intersection. On the platforms, sculptural grilles by Charles Daudelin conceal ventilation intakes.

Origin of the name

The station is named for boul. Langelier. Sir François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier (1838–1915) served in a number of high offices in Quebec, including mayor of Quebec City (1882–1890), Chief Justice of Quebec (1906), and Lieutenant-Governor (1911–1915).

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

* Centre commercial Domaine
* Bibliothèque Langelier
* Saint-François d'Assise Cemetery
* Canadian Forces Base Montréal garrison ASU Longue-Pointe

rederences

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m20.htm Langelier Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/langelier/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com]
- photos, information, and trivia
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]