Atwater station (Montreal Metro)
Atwater | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 2322, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal, and 3015, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest Montreal, Quebec H3Z 3G4 Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°29′23″N 73°35′10″W / 45.48972°N 73.58611°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
| Connections | STM bus | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Depth | 7.6 metres (24 feet 11 inches), 56th deepest | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | David, Boulva et Cleve | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | ARTM: A[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 14 October 1966 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2][3] | 5,884,878 16.26% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 6 of 68 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Atwater station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line on the border between the city of Westmount and Montreal.[4]
The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro; it was the western terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Angrignon in 1978.
Architecture and art
Designed by David, Boulva et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station, built in open cut under the De Maisonneuve Boulevard. It has a large mezzanine with ticket barriers on either end. It has underground city connections to Place Alexis Nihon, Westmount Square, and Dawson College.
In August 2016, the Dawson exit was closed for refurbishment. In January 2017, the Cabot Square entrance was closed for major renovations and also to make the building unwelcoming to drug use and violent gangs on the premises.
As of 2020, work is underway to make the station universally accessible.[5] Phase 2 of this project has begun in 2024. On April 14, 2025, work is officially complete and Atwater became the 30th accessible station in the network.[6][7]
The station is equipped with MétroVision information screens which display news, commercials, and the time until the next train.
Origin of the name
This station is named after Atwater Avenue, which itself was named in honor of Edwin Atwater (1808–1874). Edwin Atwater was a municipal alderman of the Saint-Antoine district. The street was officially named after him in 1871.
Connecting bus routes
| Société de transport de Montréal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Route | Connects to | Service times / notes |
| 57 | Charlevoix | Daily | |
| 63 | Girouard | Monday to Saturday only | |
| 90 | Saint-Jacques | Daily | |
| 104 | Cavendish | Daily | |
| 108 | Bannantyne | Daily | |
| 138 | Notre-Dame-de-Grâce | Daily | |
| 144 | Des Pins | Daily | |
| 150 | René-Lévesque | Daily | |
| 350 ☾ | Verdun / LaSalle | Night service | |
| 354 ☾ | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue / Centre-ville | Night service | |
| 355 ☾ | Pie-IX | Night service | |
| 356 ☾ | Lachine / YUL Aéroport / Des Sources | Night service
Connects to Montréal-Trudeau International Airport | |
| 358 ☾ | René-Lévesque | Night service | |
| 360 ☾ | Des Pins | Night service | |
| 364 ☾ | Sherbrooke / Joseph-Renaud | Night service | |
| 369 ☾ | Côte-des-Neiges | Night service | |
| 371 ☾ | Décarie | Night service | |
| 376 ☾ | Pierrefonds / Centre-ville | Night service | |
Entrances
3015 Boulevard De Maisonneuve
2322 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest (via the Alexis Nihon Complex)
2330 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest (via Cabot Square)
Nearby points of interests
Connected via the underground city
Other
- Atwater Library
- Montreal Forum
- Cabot Square
- Westmount City Hall
- Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom
- Église Saint-Léon-de-Westmount
- Batshaw Youth & Family Centres[8]
References
- ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
- ^ Atwater Station
- ^ Rowe, Daniel J. (2020-11-06). "New elevators up and running at Montreal's busiest metros station: Berri-UQAM". Montreal. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
Elevator construction is underway at the following stations ... Atwater
- ^ "Work at Atwater station". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2025-04-16.
Atwater is now the 30th universally accessible station in the Métro network!
- ^ "Universal accessibility". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
Atwater (Phase 2 starting in 2023)
- ^ Batshaw
External links
- Atwater Station — official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com — photos, information, and trivia
- 2011 STM System Map
- 2011 Downtown System Map
- Metro Map