- Rosemont (Montreal Metro)
Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Rosemont
line=Orange Line
inaugurated=14 October ,1966
architect= Duplessis, Labelle et Derome
depth=11.6 metres
depth-rank= 46th deepest
traffic= 2,604,259 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 37th busiest
distances=746.10 metres to Laurier
541.10 metres to Beaubien
addresses=*420, boul. Rosemont
intersections= boul. Rosemont / rue Saint-Denis [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Rosemont.pdf Rosemont Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |Rosemont is a station on the Orange Line of the
Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by theSociété de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the borough ofRosemont–La Petite-Patrie inMontreal ,Quebec ,Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m07.htm Rosemont Metro Station] ] . It was inaugurated onOctober 14 ,1966 , as part of the original network of the metro.The metro station, designed by Duplessis, Labelle et Derome, is a normal side-platform station, built in tunnel. It has a ticket barrier at transept level leading to a single entrance adjacent to a bus loop and a municipal parking lot.
Origin of the name
This station is named for boul. Rosemont, the main street of the Rosemont district. This area was developed on an area purchased by land speculators Ucal-Henri Dandurand and Herbert Holt from the
Canadian Pacific Railway ; it was incorporated as the Village of Rosemont in 1915, named by Dandurand in honour of his mother, née Rose Phillips.Connecting bus routes
Regular STM routes
TM night routes
Nearby points of interest
*Aide Juridique (Place de la mode)
*École des métiers de l'automobile
*Monastère des Carmélites
*Cour du Québec (Chambre de la jeunesse)
*Centre d'accueil Gouin-RosemontReferences
External links
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m07.htm Rosemont Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/rosemont/ 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]
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