Atwater station

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Atwater
Atwater-Metro-Station.JPG
Location2322, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal, and 3015, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Westmount, Quebec H3Z 3G4
Canada
Coordinates45°29′23″N 73°35′10″W / 45.48972°N 73.58611°W / 45.48972; -73.58611Coordinates: 45°29′23″N 73°35′10″W / 45.48972°N 73.58611°W / 45.48972; -73.58611
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth7.6 metres (24 feet 11 inches), 56th deepest
Disabled accessNo
ArchitectDavid, Boulva et Cleve
History
Opened14 October 1966
Passengers
2020[1][2]3,048,551 Decrease 62.6%
Rank8 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Following station
Lionel-Groulx
toward Angrignon
 Green Line Guy-Concordia
toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Atwater station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line on the border between the city of Westmount and Montreal.[3]

The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro; it was the western terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Angrignon in 1978.

Architecture and art[]

Designed by David, Boulva et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station, built in open cut under the De Maisonneuve Boulevard. It has a large mezzanine with ticket barriers on either end. It has underground city connections to Place Alexis Nihon, Westmount Square, and Dawson College.

The station is equipped with MétroVision information screens which display news, commercials, and the time until the next train.

Station entrance on the southeasterly corner of Atwater Avenue and Saint Catherine Street

Origin of the name[]

This station is named for Atwater Avenue, named for Edwin Atwater (1808–1874), a municipal alderman of the district of Saint-Antoine. The street was named for him in 1871.

Connecting bus routes[]

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
Autobusmontréal.svg 15 Sainte-Catherine
Autobusmontréal.svg 57 Pointe-Saint-Charles
Autobusmontréal.svg 63 Girouard
STM Autobus 10Min.svg 90 Saint-Jacques
Autobusmontréal.svg 104 Cavendish
Autobusmontréal.svg 108 Bannantyne
Autobusmontréal.svg 138 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Autobusmontréal.svg 144 Avenue Des Pins
Autobusmontréal.svg 150 René-Lévesque
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 350 Verdun/LaSalle
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 354 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue/Downtown
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 355 Pie-IX
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 358 Sainte-Catherine
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 360 Avenue des Pins
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 369 Côte-des-Neiges
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 371 Décarie
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 376 Pierrefonds/Downtown

Nearby points of interest[]

Entrances

3015 Boulevard De Maisonneuve 2322 Rue Ste Catherine

Connected via the underground city[]

Other[]

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. ^ Atwater Station
  4. ^ Batshaw

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