Lucien-L'Allier station (Montreal Metro)

For the commuter rail terminus with the same name, see Lucien-L'Allier station (Exo).
Lucien-L'Allier
General information
Location955, rue Lucien-L'Allier
Montreal, Quebec H3G 2C2
Canada
Coordinates45°29′42″N 73°34′16″W / 45.49500°N 73.57111°W / 45.49500; -73.57111
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth27.1 metres (88 feet 11 inches), 3rd deepest
AccessibleNo
ArchitectDavid, Boulva & Cleve
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened28 April 1980
Passengers
2023[2][3]2,065,951  34.12%
Rank48 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Georges-Vanier
toward Côte-Vertu
 Orange Line Bonaventure
toward Montmorency

Lucien-L'Allier station (French pronunciation: [lysjɛ̃ lalje]) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line.

Overview

The station, planned under the name "Aqueduc",[5] was designed by the firm of David, Boulva & Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork. The station is a normal side platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end, which is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only Charlevoix and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower).

The station is intermodal with the Exo commuter rail lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station that serves as the Downtown terminus for the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines. That train station was built as part of the Bell Centre and replaced the former Gare Windsor. It was initially called Terminus Windsor but was renamed for the Metro station to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station. It is also connected to Montreal's underground city.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.

Connecting bus routes

Main article: List of Montreal bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
No. Route
  150  René-Lévesque
  350 ☾   Verdun / LaSalle
  355 ☾   Pie-IX
  358 ☾   René-Lévesque
  364 ☾   Sherbrooke / Joseph-Renaud
  410  Express Notre-Dame
  420  Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
  427  Express Saint-Joseph
  430  Express Pointe-aux-Trembles
  465  Express Côte-des-Neiges
  480  Express Du Parc
  747 ✈  YUL Airport / Downtown

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city

Other

References

  1. ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Lucien-L'Allier Metro Station
  5. ^ Aqueduc
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