De la Concorde station is an

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station in

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, Canada. It serves the Montreal Metro's Orange Line and connects to

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line. It is located in the

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district and opened April 28, 2007, as part of Montreal Metro's extension into Laval.

Description

The station is named after boulevard de la Concorde, which in turn is named for the

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. The entrance building is split-level, the lower providing access to the Metro station and the upper level to the train station, with the platforms continuing towards the walkway that goes under the rail bridge that crosses Boul. de la Concorde. This walkway is higher than the sidewalk. On the west side of the station, opposite the Metro station, stairs connect the sidewalk with the walkway.

Montreal Metro

The station is a

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station, built in tunnel with an open-pit central section in the shape of a cube. The upper surface of the cube protrudes out of the earth and is rimmed with skylights, producing a sundial-like effect as the progress of the sun changes the light within the cube. The station's decor is primarily bare concrete, metal, and steel, with the platform's ultramarine tiles and enlarged photographs of grass providing colour. The

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shaft from the entrance building to the ticket hall also protrudes out of the earth as a glazed cylinder reminiscent of

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's '' fosterito'' metro entrances in the

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. The entrance building is split-level, one level providing access to the station and the other to the train station; its glazed front is decorated with a large Metro logo. The train station is located at an upper level and the platforms continue onto a viaduct over Boul. de la Concorde. Also at this level is a park and ride loop and bicycle trail access. The area to the east of the station entrance is landscaped, with benches and a terrace provided on top of the station cube. The footpath leading to the station is the site of the station's artwork, ''Nos allers-retours'' (translation: ''our departures and returns'') by

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. The sculpture is a series of tangled metal tubes, in the colours of the Metro lines plus purple for the commuter trains, atop a series of poles, representing the paths taken by the users of public transit.

Commuter rail

De La Concorde station is a

station operated by

, Canada. It is served by the

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. The station replaced Saint-Martin station, a commuter rail station that had been to the north, in order to be intermodal with the new Montreal Metro station, operated by the

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(STM).

Connecting bus routes

Although the station is intermodal with the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro, local bus services do not enter the station. The

Société de transport de Laval Société de transport de Laval (STL) is the public transit system in the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in June 1971 as the ''Commission de transport de la Ville de Laval (CTL)''. STL came about in 1984. It serves the growing subu ...

(STL) bus routes 2, 33, 37 and 42 operate along the adjoining main thoroughfares of de la Concorde Boulevard West and Ampere Avenue.STL 2011 map
STM De La Concorde Station Neighbourhood Map

References

External links

Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com

2008 Current STL System Map

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STL 2011 map

** Shows both the borders and names of the 14 former municipalities (purple) and the borders only of the current 6 sectors (maroon), tick off both boxes beside "Limite administrative".

STM 2011 System map
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