Cartier

Montréal Métro Station
Cartier
Inaugurated	26 April 2007
Line	Orange Line
Architect	Richard Fortin (artists: Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz and Yvon Proulx)
Platform Depth
Rank
Traffic
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Interstation Distance	1101.60 metres to Henri-Bourassa 2073.60 metres to De La Concorde
Address of Entrances	44, Boulevard des Laurentides
Nearby Main Intersections	Boulevard Cartier / Boulevard des Laurentides Boulevard Lévesque east / Boulevard des Laurentides [1] [2]

Cartier 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 Pont-Viau, Laval, Quebec, Canada ^[3]. It is part of the extension of this line into Laval and opened on April 28, 2007.

Architecture

It is a normal side platform station. The station's main entrance, adjoining the bus terminal, takes the form of a right triangle, with the legs parallel to the streets and the hypotenuse parallel to the metro tracks, thereby bringing the aboveground and underground world into relation. There is an entrance at each of the two points of the triangle, while the centre is sunken to provide access to the escalators to the ticket hall and to the tunnel to the secondary entrance. The sunken area looks out onto a sunken garden.

A second entrance on the opposite corner of Boul. des Laurentides and Av. Cartier, to spare pedestrians from crossing the busy boulevard, was opened on May 22, 2009. [1]

The station features two artworks. The first, L'Homme est un roseau pensant III by Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, is a pair of tall, slender metal spires on the edge of the garden. The second, Dessins suspendus by Yvon Proulx, is installed in the secondary entrance.

Station features

A large bus terminal with 11 platforms and 465 free park and ride spaces ^[4] has been built above the subway station. The covered bus terminal has an Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) ticket counter, a heated waiting area, and electronic boards to display the next bus departures. In addition, a shopping concourse has been built adjacent to the bus terminal to eventually welcome shops and restaurants. A convenience store and a café are currently the only tenants.

Origin of name

The station is named for nearby Boulevard Cartier, which in turn was named for George-Étienne Cartier, a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Laval (STL)

• Route 2 offers a late night and early morning connection between stations Montmorency and Henri-Bourassa, Monday to Saturday only.

Inter municipal buses

Nearby points of interest

• Cartier arena (Laval-des-Rapides)
• Cartier park (Laval-des-Rapides)
• Du Marigot park (Pont-Viau)
• Laval Municipal court (Civil Law only) (Pont-Viau)
• Ahuntsic Bridge

See also

• List of Agence métropolitaine de transport park and ride lots

References

1. ^ Cartier Station Neighbourhood Map
2. ^ STL Neighbourhood Map
3. ^ Cartier Metro Station
4. ^ Parking

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