Assomption station

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For the railway station in L'Assomption, Quebec, see L'Assomption station.
Assomption
L'Assomption-metro Station.jpg
Location3075, boul de l'Assomption
Montreal, Quebec H1N 2H1
Canada
Coordinates45°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 bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth19.2 metres (63 feet), 16th deepest
Disabled accessNo
ArchitectDuplessis et Labelle
History
OpenedAfter 6 June 1976
Passengers
2020[1][2]658,916 Decrease 51.5%
Rank62 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Following station
Viau
toward Angrignon
 Green Line Cadillac
toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Assomption station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.[3] 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 of concrete partially in tunnel, with access through a deep open cut leading to the single entrance. Murals by 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
Autobusmontréal.svg 22 Notre-Dame
Autobusmontréal.svg 131 De l'Assomption
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud

Nearby points of interest[]

References[]

  1. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2021-04-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2020 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2021.075.
  2. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  3. ^ Assomption Metro Station

External links[]

Media related to Assomption (Montreal Metro) at Wikimedia Commons

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