Cadillac (Montreal Metro)
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| Cadillac | |
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| Inaugurated | 6 June, 1976 |
| Line | Green Line |
| Architect | Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke |
| Platform Depth | 12.2 metres |
| Rank | 42nd deepest |
| Traffic | 2,298,888 entrances in 2002 |
| Rank | 40th busiest |
| Interstation Distance | 781.69 metres to Assomption 518.51 metres to Langelier |
Cadillac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in the district of Mercier in the borough of Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. It was inaugurated on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.
Designed by Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart et Bourke, it is a normal side-platform station built in tunnel. The central mezzanine gives access to the entrances diagonally across from one another at the corner of rue de Cadillac and rue Sherbrooke. The hallways to these entrances feature complementary murals by Jean Cartier.
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[edit] Origin of the name
This station is named for rue de Cadillac. Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac (1658–1730) was a colourful French explorer of New France. He founded Detroit, Michigan and commanded it from 1701 to 1710.
[edit] Connecting bus routes
[edit] Regular routes
- 32 Lacordaire
- 185 Sherbrooke
- 199 Métrobus Lacordaire
[edit] Night routes
- 364 Hochelaga
[edit] Address of entrances
- Sherbrooke Nord entrance: 5995, rue Sherbrooke est, at rue de Cadillac
- Sherbrooke Sud entrance: 3315, rue de Cadillac, at rue Sherbrooke
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Sanctuaire Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs
- Centre hospitalier Grace-Dart
- Dunkin Donut
[edit] External links
- Société de transport de Montréal - official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
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