Assomption (Montreal Metro)

Assomption
Location 3075, boul de l'Assomption, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°34′09″N 73°32′49″W / 45.56917°N 73.54694°W / 45.56917; -73.54694Coordinates: 45°34′09″N 73°32′49″W / 45.56917°N 73.54694°W / 45.56917; -73.54694
Operated by Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  STM buses
Construction
Depth 19.2 metres (63 feet), 16th deepest
Architect Duplessis et Labelle
History
Opened After 6 June 1976
Traffic
Passengers 1,141,977 entrances in 2011, 65th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Angrignon
Green Line

Assomption (formally de L'Assomption) is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is in the district of Mercier-Ouest in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The station opened some time after 6 June, 1976 , as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.

Overview

Designed by Duplessis and Labelle, it is a normal side platform station built partially in tunnel, with access through a deep open cut leading to the single entrance. Murals by Guy Montpetit are exhibited in the entrance building and the hallways to the stairwell.

Origin of the name

This station (formerly named L'Assomption, a name still seen on the station's nameplates) is named for boul. de l'Assomption, so named in 1951 to commemorate Pope Pius XII's confirmation of the dogma of the Assumption of Mary in his 1950 apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus.

Connecting bus routes

Bus stop outside the station
Société de transport de Montréal
Route Service Times Map Schedule
22 Notre-Dame All-day Map Schedule
131 De l'Assomption All-day Map Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud Overnight, Located 2 blocks north on Sherbrooke Map Schedule

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. ↑ Assomption Metro Station

External links

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