Place-d'Armes (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Place-d'Armes
line=Orange Line


inaugurated=14 October 1966
architect= J. Warunkiewicz
depth=4.6 metres
depth-rank=60th deepest
traffic= 4,273,490 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=16th busiest
distances=356.60 metres to Square-Victoria
370.60 metres to Champ-de-Mars
addresses= 960 Saint Urbain Street
intersections= Saint-Urbain Street / Viger Avenue [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Place-d'Armes.pdf Place-d'Armes Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Place-d'Armes 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 Old Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m13.htm Place-d'Armes Metro Station] ] .

It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro. It was briefly the terminus of the orange line until Square-Victoria station opened four months later, quickly followed by Bonaventure station, the planned terminus.

The metro station, designed by J. Warunkiewicz, is a normal side-platform station, built in open-cut due to the presence of weak Utica shale in the surrounding rock. Its mezzanine, with fare barriers at either end, is located directly under the Palais des congrès de Montréal; one end gives direct access to the Palais, while the other opens outside.

Origin of the name

This station is named for the Place d'Armes, a short distance to the south. It is the third square in Montreal to have this name, which is the common French name for the rallying place for a fort's defenders. [cite web |url=http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m13.htm#origin |title=Place-d'Armes Metro Station: Origin of station's name |accessdate=2008-03-03 |work=Tour toponymique Les stations de métro, Communauté urbaine de Montréal, 1989 |publisher=STM Web site] It contains a statue of Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

=Connected via the underground city=

*Palais des congrès de Montréal
*Complexe Guy-Favreau (Government of Canada)
*Square-Victoria metro station and points west
*Place-des-Arts metro station and points north

Other

*Notre-Dame Basilica
*Old Montreal
*Old Port
*Musée Pointe-à-Callière
*Palais de justice de Montréal
*Chinatown
*Centaur Theatre
*Old Brewery Mission
*"La Presse"
*Bank of Montreal Head Office complex
*500 Place D'Armes - AMT Headquarters

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m13.htm Place-d'Armes Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/placedarmes/ 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/info/centre-ville2008.pdf 2008 Downtown System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]