Cartier station (Montreal Metro)

Cartier station ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a Montreal Metro station in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. Located in the Pont-Viau district,<ref name=station>Cartier Metro Station</ref> it is part of an extension into Laval, and opened on April 28, 2007.

Architecture

It is a normal side platform station. The station's main entrance, adjoining the bus terminal, takes the form of a right triangle, with the legs parallel to the streets and the hypotenuse parallel to the tracks, thereby bringing the aboveground and underground world into relation. There is an entrance at each of the two points of the triangle, while the centre is sunken to provide access to the escalators to the ticket hall and to the tunnel to the secondary entrance. The sunken area looks out onto a sunken garden.

A second entrance on the opposite corner of Boul. des Laurentides and Boul. Cartier, to spare pedestrians from crossing the busy boulevard, was opened on May 22, 2009.<ref>Cartier station</ref>

The station features two artworks. The first, L'Homme est un roseau pensant III by Jacek Jarnuszkiewicz, is a pair of tall, slender metal spires on the edge of the garden. The second, Dessins suspendus by Yvon Proulx, is installed in the secondary entrance.

Origin of name

The station is named for nearby Boulevard Cartier, which in turn was named for George-Étienne Cartier, a French-Canadian statesman and Father of Confederation.

Nearby points of interest

• Cartier arena (Laval-des-Rapides)
• Cartier park (Laval-des-Rapides)
• Du Marigot park (Pont-Viau)
• Laval Municipal court (Pont-Viau)
• Ahuntsic Bridge

Terminus Cartier

Template:Infobox station A large bus terminus with 11 platforms and two park and ride lots (599 free spaces<ref name=RTMpage /> ) has been built above the subway station. The covered bus terminal has an Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) ticket counter, a heated waiting area, and electronic boards to display bus departures. In addition, a shopping concourse has been built adjacent to the bus terminal to eventually welcome shops and restaurants. A convenience store and a café are currently the only tenants.

Connecting bus routes

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No.	Route	Connects to	Services times / notes
Template:Rint	Métro Montmorency - Métro Henri-Bourassa	Template:Plainlist	Late-night shuttle
Template:Rint	Pont-Viau - Métro Cartier		Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Auteuil		Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Chomedey		Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Saint-François		Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Sainte-Dorothée		Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Gare Vimont	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Henri-Bourassa - Auteuil	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Montmorency - Métro Cartier	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Sainte-Rose	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Auteuil		Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Gare Vimont	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Saint-Vincent-de-Paul	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Chomedey	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Gare Sainte-Rose	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Métro Montmorency	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Fabreville	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Saint-François		Daily
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Saint-Vincent-de-Paul		Limited weekend service
Template:Rint	Métro Henri-Bourassa - Duvernay	Template:Plainlist	Late-night shuttle
Template:Rint	Métro Henri-Bourassa - Gare Vimont	Template:Plainlist	Late-night shuttle
Template:Rint	Métro Cartier - Saint-François		Weekdays, peak only
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No.	Route	Connects to	Services times / notes
Template:Rint	Terrebonne (West) - Laval		Daily
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No.	Route	Connects to	Services times / notes
Template:Rint	Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines - Laval		Weekdays, peak only

Intercity buses

Intercity buses
Company	Main Destinations
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See also

• List of park and rides in Greater Montreal

External links

• Cartier Station - Official STM web page Template:In lang
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
• STL Schedules
• STL 2011 map Template:In lang
• STM 2011 System map

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