Montreal Metro Station
Place-d'Armes
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Inaugurated	14 October 1966
Line	Orange Line
Architect	J. Warunkiewicz
Platform Depth	4.6 metres
Rank	60th deepest
Traffic	4,273,490 entrances in 2002
Rank	16th busiest
Interstation Distance	356.60 metres to Square-Victoria 370.60 metres to Champ-de-Mars
Address of Entrances	960 Saint Urbain Street
Nearby Main Intersections	Saint-Urbain Street / Viger Avenue [1]

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 ^[2].

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.

[edit] Overview

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.

[edit] Origin of the name

Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica in winter

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.^[3] It contains a statue of Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

Place d'Armes in Montreal.

[edit] Société de transport de Montréal (STM)

[edit] Nearby points of interest

[edit] 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

[edit] Other

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Place-d'Armes Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM system map
• 2008 Downtown System Map
• Metro Map

Coordinates: 45°30′22.85″N 73°33′34.88″W / 45.5063472°N 73.5596889°W / 45.5063472; -73.5596889