Lucien-L'Allier station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in

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, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line.

Overview

The station, planned under the name "Aqueduc",Aqueduc
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is the only artwork. The station is a normal

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station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only

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and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower.) The station is intermodal with the

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(RTM)'s

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lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station on the Vaudreuil-Hudson,

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, and Candiac lines. That train station was built as part of the

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; it replaced the former

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and was initially called Terminus Windsor, but was renamed for the Metro station in order to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station. It is also connected to Montreal's

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Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from ''rue de l'Aqueduc'' in order to commemorate

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, chief engineer for the initial network of the Metro, as well as for the construction of

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and

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for

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. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city

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* Lucien-L'Allier station *

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/ Canadian Pacific Railway * Le 1250 René-Lévesque *

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Metro station and points east

Other

* Cité du commerce électronique * Concordia University / Fine Arts pavilion *

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References

External links

Lucien-L'Allier station web site
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Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
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