Plamondon (Montreal Metro)
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| Plamondon | |
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| Inaugurated | 29 June 1982 |
| Line | Orange Line |
| Architect | Patrice Gauthier |
| Platform Depth | 23.8 metres |
| Rank | 8th deepest |
| Traffic | 3,674,985 entrances in 2002 |
| Rank | 25th busiest |
| Interstation Distance | 988,47 metres to Namur 451,10 metres to Côte-Sainte-Catherine |
Plamondon is a station on Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
It was inaugurated on June 29, 1982; it served as the western terminus of the Orange Line, replacing Côte-Sainte-Catherine station, until the extension to Du Collège was completed in 1984.
The station is a normal side-platform station with an entrance at either end. The northern entrance is integrated into a social housing project.
The station was designed by Patrice Gauthier.
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[edit] Origin of the name
This station is named for av. Plamondon, so named by Montreal city council in 1911 without a stated reason. It may be named for Quebec painter Antoine Plamondon (1804–1895) or singer Rodolphe Plamondon (1875–1940).
[edit] Connecting bus routes
[edit] Regular routes
- 124 Victoria
- 160 Barclay
- 161 Van Horne
[edit] Night routes
- 368 Mont-Royal
- 370 Rosemont
[edit] Address of entrances
- Plamondon entrance: 4811, av. Plamondon, at av. Victoria
- Van Horne entrance: 6250, av. Victoria, at av. Van Horne
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Académie Shadd
- Collège rabbinique du Canada
- Parc Nelson-Mandela
- Centre commercial Van Horne
[edit] External links
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Côte-Vertu | Du Collège | De La Savane | Namur | Plamondon | Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Snowdon | Villa-Maria | Vendôme |
