Bonaventure station () is a

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station in the borough of Ville-Marie in

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, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line. It opened on February 13, 1967, four months after most of the initial network. It served as the western terminus of the Orange Line for 14 years until the extension to Place-Saint-Henri station opened in 1980.

Overview

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station, built by

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in order to provide a large space for the heavily trafficked

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. As a key part of the underground city, the mezzanine has ticket barriers on either side to allow pedestrians to pass from one end of the station to the other side. Footbridges over the tracks below the mezzanine level allow passengers to cross from one platform to the other. Until 1992, the station had only one outdoor entrance, in front of Windsor Station, and two additional accesses led directly to Place Bonaventure and Montreal Central Station (Gare Centrale) on one end and to the Château Champlain and Place du Canada on the other. When 1000 de La Gauchetière was built almost directly above the station, additional accesses were added to the office tower and to the Downtown Terminus (metropolitan bus terminal for

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and South Shore buses) within it, as well as a street entrance on the western side of the building on Cathédrale Street and improved access to Central Station and Place Bonaventure. The station is intermodal with the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM)'s

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lines through its underground access to Montreal Central Station, the terminus for Mascouche and Mont-Saint-Hilaire lines. Eventually, it connected to the

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network as well. There is also underground access to the Lucien-L'Allier train station and to the Lucien-L'Allier Metro station.

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s were added between the mezzanine and the platforms in November 2009, which mader the station more accessible to people with reduced mobility. However, no step-free access to the surface was possible until 2019, when elevators were added connecting the mezzanine level to Terminus Centre-Ville and to the lobby of 1000 De La Gauchetière. This was criticised in the media. The elevators do not allow passengers to change platforms unless they exit the ticket barriers. Another elevator connecting the station to Place du Canada and the Château Champlain was once the only elevator in the system; it is separated from the mezzanine level by steps. The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens, which display news, commercials, and the time until the next train.

Origin of the name

This station is named after Place Bonaventure, a major commercial complex containing businesses, the Hôtel Bonaventure (formerly a Hilton Hotel),"Shift"
Montreal Info, February 4, 2015. and the

's headquarters. This was named after

Bonaventure Station Bonaventure station () is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro), ...

, a former station on the

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, which in turn was named for its location on Saint Bonaventure Street, now Saint Jacques Street. All derive their name from St. Bonaventure, a 13th-century Italian philosopher and mystic.

Connecting bus routes

All STM bus routes are located on nearby street stops, while other operators use the Terminus Centre-ville which is connected to the Metro station via underground link.

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city

* Terminus Centre-Ville * 1000 de La Gauchetière * Place Ville Marie * Place Bonaventure * Place du Canada - Hôtel Château Champlain *

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and AMT *

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headquarters * Queen Elizabeth Hotel * STM headquarters (in Place Bonaventure) * Le 1250 René-Lévesque Ouest * Édifice Gare Windsor -
former

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headquarters * Bell Centre * Lucien-L'Allier train station
and Lucien-L'Allier Metro station and points west * Square-Victoria-OACI Metro station and points east * McGill Metro station and points north

Other

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* The

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, now closed for relocation * Sun Life Building * Centre Sheraton * Tour CIBC * Place du Canada * Dorchester Square

References

External links

Bonaventure Station - official site

Terminus Centre-Ville official site

Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- photos, information, and trivia
2011 STM system map

2011 Downtown System Map

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