- Villa-Maria (Montreal Metro)
Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Villa-Maria
line=Orange Line
architect= André Léonard
inaugurated=7 September ,1981
depth=19.8 metres
depth-rank=14th deepest
traffic= 2,711,559 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=33rd busiest
distances=884.41 metres to Snowdon
1407.32 metres to Vendôme
addresses= 4331,Decarie Boulevard
intersections= Decarie Boulevard / Monkland Avenue
Monkland Avenue / Girouard Street [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Villa-Maria.pdf Villa-Maria Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |Villa-Maria 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 theNotre-Dame-de-Grâce area of the borough ofCôte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce inMontreal ,Quebec ,Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m48.htm Villa-Maria Metro Station] ] .The station is a normal side-platform station, and has an entrance at its south end. The entrance is located in a bus loop.
The station was designed by
André Léonard and contains mural sculptures by the architect.Origin of name
Villa-Maria station takes its name from the nearby
Villa Maria school, which in turn takes its name from theLatin form of "Ville-Marie", the former name of Montreal.The surrounding lands were once owned by the Decarie family. The land was sold in 1795 to Sir James Monk and the Monk residence built in 1804. This is the central section of the present-day Villa Maria school. In 1844, the building was leased to the Crown as a residence for the Governors-Generals of Canada. (Lord Metcalfe, Earl Cathcart, and Lord Elgin all resided on the Monklands.)
The property became a country hotel for five years, after which time it was purchased by the nuns of Congregation-de-Notre-Dame in 1854, who turned it into a private girls school which they named Villa Maria. The metro station was built at the foot of the Villa Maria property.
Connecting bus routes
Regular STM routes
STM night routes
Nearby points of interest
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Marianopolis College
*Villa Maria Girls School
*Marymount Academy
*TheMonkland Village
*Mackay Centre for Disabled Children
*Centennial AcademyReferences
External links
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m48.htm Villa-Maria Station, official web page]
* [http://mtlmap.com/index.php?mapcategory=metro&locationid=48 Villa-Maria metro station geo location]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/villamaria/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com]
* [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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