Henri-Bourassa (Montreal Metro)

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Henri-Bourassa

Inaugurated	14 October 1966
Line	Orange Line
Architect	J. Warunkiewicz André Léonard Claude Leclerc
Platform Depth	18.3 metres
Rank	18th deepest
Traffic	8,226,211 entrances in 2002
Rank	3rd busiest
Interstation Distance	771.60 metres to Sauvé

Henri-Bourassa is a station at the eastern terminus of 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.

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 under construction as part of the extension to Laval. A diversion from the main tunnel and a third platform are being added. This will allow some trains to end their run at Henri-Bourassa (using the existing platform) and others to continue to Laval (using the new platform).

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 construction of the Laval platform will see the installation of a new artwork, a light sculpture by Axel Morgenthaler entitled .98.

1 Origin of the name
2 Connecting bus routes
3 Address of entrances
4 Nearby points of interest
5 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

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] Regular routes

30 Saint-Denis/Saint-Hubert
31 Saint-Denis
48 Perras
49 Maurice-Duplessis
53 Bd Saint-Laurent
56 Saint-Hubert
69 Gouin
89 Gouin/Perras
159 Métrobus Henri-Bourassa
164 Dudemaine
171 Henri-Bourassa

[edit] Night routes

361 Saint-Denis
363 Bd Saint-Laurent
380 Henri-Bourassa

[edit] Metropolitan routes

See Henri-Bourassa Terminus Nord

[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. , at Lajeunesse St.
- Lajeunesse St. entrance: (?) Lajeunesse St. part of Henri Bourassa South entrance.