Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro)

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Henri-Bourassa
Entrance to Henri-Bourassa metro
Inaugurated 14 October 1966 (1st and 2nd platform)
28 April 2007 (3rd platform)
Line Orange Line
Architect J. Warunkiewicz
André Léonard
Claude Leclerc
Richard Fortin
Platform Depth 18.3 metres
Rank 18th deepest
Traffic 8,308,268 entrances in 2006
Rank 3rd busiest
Interstation Distance 771.60 metres to Sauvé
1101.60 metres to Cartier

Henri-Bourassa is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Ahuntsic district in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro and the eastern terminus of the Orange Line.

The original part of the metro station, designed by J. Warunkiewicz, is a normal side-platform station, connected by a transept and a long tunnel to a mezzanine some distance away. This in turn gives access to the station's entrance on 575 Henri Bourassa Boulevard, integrated into a government building, the STM's Terminus Henri-Bourassa Sud and the STL's Terminus Henri-Bourassa Nord.

A second access, closer to the station's platforms on Berri Street, was added later. It was designed by André Léonard and Claude Leclerc.

A large addition to the station is finished as part of the extension to Laval. A diversion from the main tunnel and a third platform have been added. This allows some trains to end their run at Henri-Bourassa (using the existing platform) and others to continue to Laval (using the new platform). The extension opened to the public on April 28, 2007.

The station includes several artworks. A collective work by 330 Montreal children, entitled Les enfants dans la ville ("children in the city"), is found in the mezzanine; composed of moulded concrete blocks, it depicts scenes of parks, houses, play, and transportation. In the Henri Bourassa Blvd. North entrance, a mural relief by Jacques Huet entitled Réveil de la conscience par la solitude ("awakening of consciousness by solitude") forms a firewall between the entrance and the adjacent government office. In the new Berri St. entrance, the architect André Léonard created two terra cotta reliefs entitled Le potager ("the vegetable garden") and Le vent ("the wind"). The finishing of the Laval platform sees the presentation of a new artwork, a light sculpture by Axel Morgenthaler entitled .98.

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[edit] Origin of the name

Henri-Bourassa metro station
Henri-Bourassa metro station

This station is named for Henri Bourassa Blvd. Henri Bourassa (1868–1952), a journalist and politician, served in municipal, provincial, and federal governments, but is best known for founding the newspaper Le Devoir in 1910.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] STM bus routes

[edit] STL and Metropolitan routes

[edit] Address of entrances

  • Berri entrance: 10670 Berri St., at Henri Bourassa Blvd.
  • Henri Bourassa North entrance: 575 Henri Bourassa Blvd., at Lajeunesse St.
  • Terminus Nord entrance: 10765, rue Lajeunesse, at Henri Bourassa Blvd.
  • Henri Bourassa South entrance: 590 Henri Bourassa Blvd East. , at Lajeunesse St.
    • Lajeunesse St. entrance: (?) Lajeunesse St. part of Henri Bourassa South entrance.

[edit] Nearby main intersections

  • boul. Henri-Bourassa / rue Lajeunesse
  • boul. Henri-Bourassa / rue Berri

[edit] Nearby points of interest

[edit] External links

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