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Lucien-L'Allier (Montreal Metro)
Lucien-L'Allier is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line, located in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal. It was inaugurated on April 28, 1980.
The metro station is a normal side-platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this 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 Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)'s commuter train lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Gare Lucien-L'Allier, a station on the Montreal/Dorion-Rigaud, Montreal/Blainville, and Montreal/Delson lines. Gare Lucien-L'Allier was built as part of the Bell Centre; it replaced the former Gare Windsor and was initially called Terminus Windsor, but was renamed for the metro station in order to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station.
The station was designed by the firm of David, Boulva, and Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork.
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Origin of the name
This station is named for rue Lucien-L'Allier, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier , chief engineer for the initial network of the Montreal metro, as well as for the construction of Île Sainte-Hélène and Île Notre-Dame for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.
Connecting Bus Routes
Regular Routes
- 36 Monk
- 410 Express Notre-Dame
- 430 Express Pointe-aux-Trembles
Night Routes
- none
Address of entrances
- 955, rue Lucien-L'Allier, at av. Argyle (below boul. René-Lévesque)
Nearby Points of Interest
Connected via the Underground City
- Gare Lucien-L'Allier
- Bell Centre - Montreal Canadiens
- Edifice Gare Windsor - Canadian Pacific Railway
- Le 1250 René-Lévesque
- Bonaventure metro station and points east
Other
- Cité du commerce électronique
- Concordia University - Fine Arts pavilion
- YWCA
- Auberge de jeunesse de Montréal
External Links
- Société de transport de Montréal - official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
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