Cartier station () is a

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station in

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, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line. Located in the

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district,Cartier Metro Station
/ref> it is part of an extension into Laval, and opened on April 28, 2007.

Architecture

It is a normal

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station. The station's main entrance, adjoining the bus terminal, takes the form of a right triangle, with the legs parallel to the streets and the hypotenuse parallel to the tracks, thereby bringing the aboveground and underground world into relation. There is an entrance at each of the two points of the triangle, while the centre is sunken to provide access to the escalators to the ticket hall and to the tunnel to the secondary entrance. The sunken area looks out onto a sunken garden. A second entrance on the opposite corner of Boul. des Laurentides and Boul. Cartier, to spare pedestrians from crossing the busy boulevard, was opened on May 22, 2009.Cartier station
/ref> The station features two artworks. The first, ''L'Homme est un roseau pensant III'' by

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, is a pair of tall, slender metal spires on the edge of the garden. The second, ''Dessins suspendus'' by Yvon Proulx, is installed in the secondary entrance.

Origin of name

The station is named for nearby Boulevard Cartier, which in turn was named for

George-Étienne Cartier Sir George-Étienne Cartier, 1st Baronet, (pronounced ; September 6, 1814May 20, 1873) was a Canadians, Canadian statesman and Fathers of Confederation, Father of Confederation. The English spelling of the name—George, instead of Georges, th ...

, a

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statesman and

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Nearby points of interest

* Cartier arena (

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) * Cartier park (

) * Du Marigot park (

) * Laval Municipal court (

) * Ahuntsic Bridge

Terminus Cartier

A large

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with 11 platforms and two

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lots (599 free spaces ) has been built above the subway station. The covered bus terminal has an

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(ARTM) ticket counter, a heated waiting area, and electronic boards to display bus departures. In addition, a shopping concourse has been built adjacent to the bus terminal to eventually welcome shops and restaurants. A convenience store and a café are currently the only tenants.

Connecting bus routes

Intercity buses

References

External links

Cartier Station - Official STM web page

Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com

STL Schedules

STL 2011 map

STM 2011 System map
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