Papineau (Montreal Metro)

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Papineau

Inaugurated	14 October 1966
Line	Green Line
Architect	Bolduc et Venne Mario Bibeau (new kiosk built in 1999)
Platform Depth	21.6 metres
Rank	13th deepest
Traffic	2,722,415 entrances in 2002
Rank	32nd busiest
Interstation Distance	495 metres to Beaudry 1157.57 metres to Frontenac

Papineau is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in Montreal's Village gai, part of the Centre-Sud district in the borough of Ville-Marie.

It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro. It briefly served as the terminus of the Green Line until Frontenac station was opened two months later.

Designed by Bolduc et Venne, it is a normal side-platform station, built in tunnel. A transept leads to a long set of stairways to the entrance, located in the centre of a public square. The temporary entrance building was recently replaced by a new permanent one, designed by Mario Bibeau.

The station features a set of three murals by Jean Cartier and George Juhasz at the transept level. Entitled Les Patriotes de 1837-1838, these tell the story of the Patriotes Rebellion and commemorate Louis-Joseph Papineau, the famous son of this station's namesake. Also, the redevelopment of the square around the station's entrance included the addition of a sculpture, Révolutions, by Michel de Broin.

1 Origin of the name
2 Connecting bus routes
3 Address of entrances
4 Nearby points of interest
5 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

Papineau takes its name from nearby av. Papineau, named for Joseph Papineau, a notary, surveyor, politician, and defender of the rights of the people and of the French language. His son, Louis-Joseph Papineau, led the Patriotes Rebellion, the Lower Canadian portion of the Rebellions of 1837.