Rosemont station (Montreal Metro)

Rosemont station ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<ref>Rosemont Metro Station</ref> It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Overview

The station, designed by Duplessis, Labelle et Derome, is a normal side platform station built into a tunnel. It has a ticket barrier at transept level that leads to a single entrance, adjacent to a bus loop and to a municipal parking lot.

In 2015, work began to make the station accessible at a cost of around $10m.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This work was completed in January 2017, following the installation of three elevators.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The OMHM is building a complex on top of the metro as well a public square on the behalf of the city of Montréal.

Origin of the name

This station is named for boulevard Rosemont, the main street of the Rosemont district. This area was developed on an area purchased by land speculators Ucal-Henri Dandurand and Herbert Holt from the Canadian Pacific Railway; it was incorporated as the Village of Rosemont in 1915, named by Dandurand in honour of his mother, née Rose Phillips.

Connecting bus routes

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No.	Route	Connects to	Service times / notes
Template:Rint	Christophe-Colomb		Weekdays only
Template:Rint	Angus	Template:Plainlist	Weekdays only
Template:Rint	Saint-Denis / Saint-Hubert	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Saint-Denis	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Van Horne	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Rosemont	Template:Plainlist	Daily
Template:Rint	Saint-Denis	Replaces the Orange Line from Henri-Bourassa to Place-d'Armes	Night service
Template:Rint	Rosemont	Template:Plainlist	Night service

Nearby points of interest

• Aide Juridique (Place de la mode)
• École des métiers de l'automobile
• Monastère des Carmélites
• Cour du Québec (Chambre de la jeunesse)
• Centre d'accueil Gouin-Rosemont

External links

• Rosemont Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map

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