Place-d'Armes (Montreal Metro)

Place-d'Armes is a station on the Montreal Metro Orange Line, located in Old Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie.

It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro. It was briefly the terminus of the orange line until Square-Victoria (Montreal Metro) station opened four months later, quickly followed by Bonaventure station, the planned terminus.

The metro station, designed by J. Warunkiewicz, is a normal side-platform station, built in open-cut due to the presence of weak Utica shale in the surrounding rock. Its mezzanine, with fare barriers at either end, is located directly under the Palais des congrès de Montréal; one end gives direct access to the Palais, while the other opens outside.

Origin of the name

This station is named for the place d'Armes, a short distance to the south. It is the third square in Montreal to have this name, which is the common French name for the rallying place for a fort's defenders. Formerly a central hub of Montreal's streetcar system, it contains a statue of Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve.

Connecting Bus Routes

Regular Routes

• 55 Bd Saint-Laurent
• 129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine

Night Routes

• 361 Saint-Denis
• 363 Bd Saint-Laurent
• 365 Av. du Parc

Address of entrances

• 960, rue Saint-Urbain, at av. Viger

Nearby Points of Interest

Connected via the Underground City

• Palais des Congrès de Montréal
• Complexe Guy-Favreau (Government of Canada)
• Square-Victoria metro station and points west
• Place-d'Armes metro station and points north

Other

• Place d'Armes
• Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica
• Old Montreal
• Old Port
• Musée Pointe-à-Callière
• Palais de justice de Montréal
• Chinatown
• Centaur Theatre
• Old Brewery Mission
• La Presse headquarters
• Bank of Montreal Head Office complex
• Le 500 Place d'Armes – AMT Headquarters

External Links

• Société de transport de Montréal – official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com – photos, information, and trivia