Atwater 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 Green Line on the border between the city of

Westmount Westmount () is a city on the Island of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is an enclave of the city of Montreal, with a population of 19,658 as of the 2021 Canadian census. Westmount is home to schools, an arena, a pool, a public li ...

and Montreal. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro; it was the western terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Angrignon in 1978.

Architecture and art

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station, built in

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under the

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. It has a large

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with ticket barriers on either end. It has

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connections to

Place Alexis Nihon Alexis Nihon Complex (''French: Complexe Alexis Nihon'') is a building complex situated at the border of Downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada and the neighbouring city of Westmount, consisting of a shopping mall, two office towers, and a residential ...

, Westmount Square, and

Dawson College Dawson College is an English-language public college in Westmount and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The college is situated near the heart of Downtown Montreal in a former nunnery on approximately of green space. It is the largest CEGEP in the p ...

. In August 2016, the Dawson exit was closed for refurbishment. In January 2017, the Cabot Square entrance was closed for major renovations and also to make the building unwelcoming to drug use and violent gangs on the premises. , work is underway to make the station universally accessible. Phase 2 of this project has begun in 2024. On April 14, 2025, work is officially complete and Atwater became the 30th accessible station in the network. The station is equipped with MétroVision information screens which display news, commercials, and the time until the next train.

Origin of the name

This station is named after

Atwater Avenue Atwater Avenue (officially in ) is a major north–south street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the Ville-Marie borough to the north, and Henri Duhamel Street in the Verdun borough to the south. It is na ...

, which itself was named in honor of

Edwin Atwater Edwin Atwater (September 14, 1808 – June 18, 1874) was a Canadian businessman, corporate director and municipal politician in Montreal. He started a business dealing paints, varnish and plate-glass, and was the first business to import glass i ...

(1808–1874). Edwin Atwater was a municipal alderman of the Saint-Antoine district. The street was officially named after him in 1871.

Connecting bus routes

Entrances

3015 Boulevard De Maisonneuve 2322 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest (via the Alexis Nihon Complex) 2330 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest (via Cabot Square)

Nearby points of interests

Connected via the underground city

* Westmount Square *

Other

Atwater Library The Atwater Library and Computer Centre (, officially the Atwater Library of the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal) is an independent community library in Westmount, Quebec, Canada, operating the oldest subscription library service in the country. ...

Montreal Forum Montreal Forum () is a historic building located facing Cabot Square, Montreal, Cabot Square in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Called "the most storied building in hockey history" by ''Sporting News'', it was an indoor arena which served as the home o ...

* Cabot Square *Westmount City Hall * Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom * Église Saint-Léon-de-Westmount * Batshaw Youth & Family CentresBatshaw
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References

External links

Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
— photos, information, and trivia
2011 STM System Map

2011 Downtown System Map

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