Du Collège station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It opened on January 9, 1984, and replaced Plamondon station as the western terminus of the line until Côte-Vertu station opened in 1986.

Du Collège
General information
Location1490, rue Du Collège & 450, rue Ouimet
Saint-Laurent, Quebec H4L 2L7
Canada
Coordinates45°30′32″N 73°40′27″W / 45.50889°N 73.67417°W / 45.50889; -73.67417
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth17.1 metres (56 feet 1 inch), 26th deepest
AccessibleYes
ArchitectGilles S. Bonnetto and Jacques Garand
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened9 January 1984
Rebuilt2015-18
(north exit)
Passengers
2023[2][3]2,533,409 Increase 23.06%
Rank36 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Côte-Vertu
Terminus
Orange Line De La Savane

Overview

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The station is a normal side platform station with an entrance at either end. The southern entrance is located in a bus loop.

The station was designed by Gilles S. Bonnetto and Jacques Garand, and contains several artworks. The northern entrance contains four stained-glass windows, one by Lyse Charland Favretti on the theme of education and three by Pierre Osterrath on the borough of Saint-Laurent, its agricultural past, and its future. The southern entrance contains another stained-glass window by Favretti representing the borough's aeronautics industry, as well as an abstract relief in brick by Aurelio Sandonato. The station's best-known architectural feature, however, is an Ionic column in the northern mezzanine.

In May 2018, elevators were inaugurated at the station, making it fully accessible.[5]

Côte-Vertu metro station was closed for 12 weeks from May 29 to August 22, 2021, and Du Collège temporarily served as northwestern terminus of the Orange line.

Origin of the name

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This station is named for the rue du Collège, whose name commemorates the nearby Cégep de Saint-Laurent, inaugurated as a college in 1847 and turned into a Cégep in 1968.

Connecting bus routes

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An installation by artist Aurelio Sandonato located in the metro

With the reopening of Côte-Vertu station on August 23, 2021, the 64, 470 and 968 went back to the regular route at Côte-Vertu station.[6] On the same day, the 76 McArthur is discontinued and the 100 Crémazie and the 460 Express Métropolitaine serve Du Collège station on the westbound and De la Savane station on the eastbound.[7]

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
  17 Décarie
  72 Alfred-Nobel
  73 Dalton
  100 Crémazie (Westbound only)
  117 O'Brien
  128 Saint-Laurent
  175 Griffith/Saint-François
  202 Dawson
  220 Kieran
  371 Décarie
  378 Sauvé/YUL Aéroport
  380 Henri-Bourassa
  382 Pierrefonds/St-Charles
  409 Express Des Sources
  460 Express Métropolitaine (Westbound only)

Nearby points of interest

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References

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  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. ^ Du College metro station
  5. ^ "The new elevators at du College Métro Station are now in service". @stminfo. Twitter. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ^ "work underway at Côte-Vertu station". Société de transport de Montréal. Archived from the original on 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  7. ^ "Changes in the Côte-de-Liesse sector". Société de transport de Montréal. Archived from the original on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
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