Lucien-L'Allier station (Montreal Metro)

Lucien-L'Allier
Lucien-L'Allier
General information
Location	955, rue Lucien-L'Allier; Montreal, Quebec H3G 2C2; Canada
Coordinates	45°29′42″N 73°34′16″W / 45.49500°N 73.57111°W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal Lucien-L'Allier station (Exo)
Construction
Depth	27.1 metres (88 feet 11 inches), 3rd deepest
Accessible	No
Architect	David, Boulva & Cleve
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: A
History
Opened	28 April 1980
Passengers
2023	2,065,951 34.12%
Rank	48 of 68
Services

Lucien-L'Allier station (French pronunciation: [lysjɛ̃ lalje]) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line.

Overview

The station, planned under the name "Aqueduc",^[5] was designed by the firm of David, Boulva & Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork. The station is a normal side platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end, which is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only Charlevoix and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower).

The station is intermodal with the Exo commuter rail lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station that serves as the Downtown terminus for the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines. That train station was built as part of the Bell Centre and replaced the former Gare Windsor. It was initially called Terminus Windsor but was renamed for the Metro station to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station. It is also connected to Montreal's underground city.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
36 Monk
107 Verdun
150 René-Lévesque
168 Cité-Du-Havre
350 Verdun/LaSalle
355 Pie-IX
358 Sainte-Catherine, Westbound
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
410 Express Notre-Dame
420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
430 Express Pointe-aux-Trembles
465 Express Côte-des-Neiges
480 Express Du Parc
747 Montreal-Trudeau/Downtown