Lucien-L'Allier station (Montreal Metro)


Lucien-L'Allier station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal and serves the Orange Line.

Overview

The station, planned under the name "Aqueduc", was designed by the firm of David, Boulva & Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork. The station is a normal side platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal
The station is intermodal with the Réseau de transport métropolitain 's commuter train lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme, and Candiac lines. That train station was built as part of the Bell Centre; it replaced the former Gare Windsor and was initially called Terminus Windsor, but was renamed for the Metro station in order to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station. It is also connected to Montreal's underground city.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal|
Route
36 Monk
107 Verdun
150 René-Lévesque
178 Pointe-Nord/Île-des-Soeurs
350 Verdun/LaSalle
355 Pie-IX
358 Sainte-Catherine, Westbound
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
410 Express Notre-Dame
420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
430 Express Pointe-aux-Trembles
465 Express Côte-des-Neiges
480 Express Du Parc
715 Vieux Montreal/Vieux Port
747 Montreal-Trudeau/Downtown

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city