Plamondon (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Plamondon
line=Orange Line


architect= Patrice Gauthier
inaugurated=29 June, 1982
depth=23.8 metres
depth-rank=8th deepest
traffic= 3,674,985 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=25th busiest
distances=988.47 metres to Namur
451.10 metres to Côte-Sainte-Catherine
addresses= 4811, Plamondon Avenue
4250, Victoria Avenue
intersections= Victoria Avenue / Plamondon Avenue

Victoria Avenue / Van Horne Avenue [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Plamondon.pdf Plamondon Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Plamondon is a station on Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges section of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m51.htm Plamondon Metro Station] ] .

It was inaugurated on June 29, 1982; it served as the western terminus of the Orange Line, replacing Côte-Sainte-Catherine station, until the extension to Du Collège was completed in 1984.

The station is a normal side-platform station with an entrance at either end. The northern entrance is integrated into a social housing project.

The station was designed by Patrice Gauthier.

Origin of the name

This station is named for av. Plamondon, so named by Montreal city council in 1911 without a stated reason. It may be named for Quebec painter Antoine Plamondon (1804–1895) or singer Rodolphe Plamondon [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006322] (1875–1940).

Connecting bus routes

Regular STS routes

STM night routes

Nearby points of interest

*Académie Shadd
*Collège rabbinique du Canada
*Parc Nelson-Mandela
*Centre commercial Van Horne
*Loisirs Sportifs Cote-Des-Neiges

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m51.htm Plamondon Station - official web page]
* [http://mtlmap.com/index.php?mapcategory=metro&locationid=51 Plamondon metro station geo location]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/plamondon/ 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]