Place-Saint-Henri station

Place-Saint-Henri station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in the Saint-Henri neighbourhood.

Place-Saint-Henri
Location555, rue Saint-Ferdinand, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°28′38″N 73°35′12″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth17.7 metres (58 feet 1 inch), 20th deepest
ArchitectJulien Hébert & Jean-Louis Lalonde
History
Opened28 April 1980
Passengers
2019[1][2]2,867,001  3.9%
Rank42 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

The station opened on April 28, 1980, as the western terminus of the first extension of the Orange Line, replacing Bonaventure station as the terminus until the extension to Snowdon station opened in 1981.

Overview

The station is a normal side platform station, connected by long stairwells to a large mezzanine. The station has three accesses; one is a conventional access within a bus loop, while the other two are open-air staircases linked to an underground gallery connected to the mezzanine. These make Place-Saint-Henri one of the only three stations in Montreal to have uncovered accesses (with Bonaventure and Square-Victoria-OACI station).

The station was designed by Julien Hébert and Jean-Louis Lalonde. It originally contained two artworks: a mural by Hébert in the mezzanine, entitled Bonheur d'occasion, featuring the title of the famous book by Gabrielle Roy (in English called The Tin Flute), set in the neighbourhood; and a motorized mobile sculpture by Jacques de Tonnancour suspended in the mezzanine and over the platforms.

A statue of Jacques Cartier by Joseph-Arthur Vincent, created in 1896, was moved to the station and placed in a light shaft over the Côte-Vertu platform. It had formerly crowned a fountain in a nearby park, but was removed, moved to the station, and replaced with a copy after having crumbled due to exposure.

Starting November 17, 2020, the station's Saint-Jacques North and South exits will be closed to build new entrance buildings and install elevators. The main entrance on Saint-Ferdinand will remain open during construction. The two entrances and elevators are expected to be completed by Fall 2023.[4]

Origin of the name

This station is named for place Saint-Henri, a short street and public square between rue Saint-Jacques and rue Notre-Dame. The place and the district took their name from a chapel built in 1810 and placed under the protection of Saint Henry, possibly to commemorate Henri-Auguste Roux (1798–1831), superior of Saint-Sulpice Seminary.

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
Route
17 Décarie
35 Griffintown
36 Monk
77 Station Lionel-Groulx/CUSM
78 Laurendeau
191 Broadway/Provost
371 Décarie

Nearby points of interest
  • École secondaire Saint-Henri - École des métiers du Sud-Ouest
  • Piscine Saint-Henri
  • Parc Saint-Henri
  • CLSC Saint-Henri
  • Parc Sir-Georges-Étienne-Cartier
  • POPIR Comité Logement
  • Institut technique Aviron
  • Parc Louis-Cyr
  • Théâtre Dôme
  • Musée des ondes Emile-Berliner

Scenes from Denys Arcand's film Jésus de Montréal ("Jesus of Montreal") were filmed in the station.[5]

References
  1. Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Place-Saint-Henri Metro Station
  4. "Upcoming work at Place-Saint-Henri station". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  5. Place-Saint-Henri Metro History/Trivia
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