Villa-Maria station

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Villa-Maria
Villa-Maria metro.jpg
Location4331, boul. Décarie
Montreal, Quebec H4A 3K4
Canada
Coordinates45°28′46″N 73°37′11″W / 45.47944°N 73.61972°W / 45.47944; -73.61972Coordinates: 45°28′46″N 73°37′11″W / 45.47944°N 73.61972°W / 45.47944; -73.61972
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth19.8 metres (65 feet), 14th deepest
Disabled accessNo
ArchitectAndré Léonard
History
Opened7 September 1981
Passengers
2020[1][2]1,341,723 Decrease 60.3%
Rank40 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Following station
Snowdon
toward Côte-Vertu
 Orange Line Vendôme
toward Montmorency

Villa-Maria is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area.

Overview[]

The station is a normal side platform station, and has an entrance at its south end. The entrance is located in a bus loop.

The station was designed by André Léonard and contains mural sculptures by the architect.

Origin of name[]

Villa-Maria station takes its name from the nearby Villa Maria school, which in turn takes its name from the Latin House of Mary.

The surrounding lands were once owned by the Decarie family. The land was sold in 1795 to Sir James Monk and the Monk residence built in 1804. This is the central section of the present-day Villa Maria school. In 1844, the building was leased to the Crown as a residence for the Governors-Generals of Canada. (Lord Metcalfe, Earl Cathcart, and Lord Elgin all resided on the Monklands.)

The property became a country hotel for five years, after which time it was purchased by the nuns of Congregation-de-Notre-Dame in 1854, who turned it into a private girls school which they named Villa Maria. The metro station was built at the foot of the Villa Maria property.

Connecting bus routes[]

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
Autobusmontréal.svg 17 Décarie
STM Autobus 10Min.svg 24 Sherbrooke
Autobusmontréal.svg 63 Girouard
Autobusmontréal.svg 66 The Boulevard
Autobusmontréal.svg 102 Somerled
STM Autobus 10Min.svg 103 Monkland
Autobusmontréal.svg 138 Notre Dame De Grâce
Autobusmontréal.svg 162 Westminster
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 371 Décarie

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. ^ "Villa-Maria Metro Station". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

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