Cadillac station

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Cadillac
CadillacStationMetro.jpg
Location5995, Sherbrooke Street East
and 3315,
Montreal, Quebec H1N 1B7
Canada
Coordinates45°34′37″N 73°32′48″W / 45.57694°N 73.54667°W / 45.57694; -73.54667Coordinates: 45°34′37″N 73°32′48″W / 45.57694°N 73.54667°W / 45.57694; -73.54667
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth12.2 metres (40 feet), 42nd deepest
Disabled accessNo
ArchitectLongpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke
History
Opened6 June 1976
Passengers
2020[1][2]1,158,541 Decrease 53.7%
Rank48 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Following station
Assomption
toward Angrignon
 Green Line Langelier
toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Cadillac station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is in the district of Mercier-Ouest.[3] The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand station.

Overview[]

Designed by Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke, it is a normal side platform station built in tunnel. The central mezzanine gives access to the entrances diagonally across from one another at the corner of rue de Cadillac and rue Sherbrooke. The hallways to these entrances feature complementary murals by .

Origin of the name[]

This station is named for rue de Cadillac, itself named after Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac (1658–1730) — a colourful French explorer of New France who founded Detroit, Michigan and commanded it from 1701 to 1710. Despite his name being pronounced as \ka.di.jak\ in French, the station is pronounced as \ka.di.lak\.

Connecting bus routes[]

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Société de transport de Montréal
Route
STM Autobus 10Min.svg 32 Lacordaire
Autobusmontréal.svg 185 Sherbrooke
STM Autobus NavetteOr.svg 259 Navette Or - Mercier-Ouest
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
STM Autobus Express.svg 432 Express Lacordaire

Nearby points of interest[]

  • Sanctuaire Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs
  • Centre hospitalier Grace-Dart

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. ^ a b Cadillac Metro Station

External links[]

Media related to Cadillac (Montreal Metro) at Wikimedia Commons

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