Laurier station () is a

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station in the borough of

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, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located just to the east of the

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neighbourhood. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Overview

The station, designed by Jean P. Pothier, is a normal

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station, built in

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. It has a

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and an entrance at either end, the southern one incorporating an open sided

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, and the northern one including an automatic ticket barrier. The walls are decorated in grey granite, with orange and red tiles at both ends of the platform.

Origin of the name

This station is named for

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, named for Sir

Wilfrid Laurier Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and Liberal politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadians, French ...

(1841–1919), the first

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(1896–1911).

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

*École nationale de théâtre *École supérieure de la danse du Québec *Plaza Laurier *Parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier *

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Saint-Louis-du-Parc

Film and television appearances

Laurier station appeared in the 2018

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movie ''

The Fall of the American Empire ''The Fall of the American Empire'' () is a 2018 Canadian crime thriller film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Alexandre Landry, Maxim Roy, Yan England and Rémy Girard. It is about a man (Landry) who, after an armed robbery i ...

'' (French: "''La chute de l'empire américain''").

References

External links

Laurier Station - official siteMontreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- photos, information, and trivia
2011 STM System Map

{{MTL Metro Orange Orange Line (Montreal Metro) Le Plateau-Mont-Royal Railway stations in Canada opened in 1966