Atwater (Montreal Metro)

Atwater
Location 2322, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest and 3015, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°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 by Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  STM buses
Construction
Depth 7.6 metres (24 feet 11 inches), 56th deepest
Architect David, Boulva et Cleve
History
Opened 14 October 1966
Traffic
Passengers 7,221,968 entrances in 2011, 7th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Angrignon
Green Line

Atwater is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located on the border between the city of Westmount and the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]

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 the Place Alexis Nihon, Westmount Square, and Dawson College.

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till 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 Service Times Map Schedule
15 Sainte-Catherine All-day Map Schedule
57 Pointe-Saint-Charles All-day, Located one block east on Lambert-Closse and Ste-Catherine Map Schedule
63 Girouard Weekdays before 8:00PM, Saturdays before 7:00PM Map Schedule
90 Saint-Jacques All-day Map Schedule
104 Cavendish All-day Map Schedule
108 Bannantyne All-day Map Schedule
138 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce All-day, Weekends before 8:00PM Map Schedule
144 Avenue Des Pins All-day Map Schedule
150 René-Lévesque All-day before 7:00PM, Weekends before 6:00PM Map Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle Overnight Map Schedule
354 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue/Downtown Overnight Map Schedule
355 Pie-IX Overnight Map Schedule
356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources Overnight Map Schedule
358 Sainte-Catherine Overnight Map Schedule
360 Avenue des Pins Overnight Map Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud Overnight Map Schedule
369 Côte-des-Neiges Overnight Map Schedule
371 Décarie Overnight Map Schedule
376 Pierrefonds/Downtown Overnight Map Schedule

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city

Other

References

  1. ↑ Atwater Station
  2. ↑ Batshaw

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