Rosemont station is a

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station in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie in

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, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Overview

The station, designed by Duplessis, Labelle et Derome, is a normal

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station built into a tunnel. It has a ticket barrier at

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level that leads to a single entrance, adjacent to a bus loop and to a municipal parking lot. In 2015, work began to make the station accessible at a cost of around $10m. This work was completed in January 2017, following the installation of three elevators. The OMHM is building a complex on top of the metro as well a public square on the behalf of the city of Montréal.

Origin of the name

This station is named for boulevard Rosemont, the main street of the Rosemont district. This area was developed on an area purchased by land speculators Ucal-Henri Dandurand and Herbert Holt from the

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; it was incorporated as the Village of Rosemont in 1915, named by Dandurand in honour of his mother, née Rose Phillips.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

*Aide Juridique (Place de la mode) *École des métiers de l'automobile *Monastère des Carmélites *Cour du Québec (Chambre de la jeunesse) *Centre d'accueil Gouin-Rosemont

References

External links

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

{{MTL Metro Orange Accessible Montreal Metro stations Orange Line (Montreal Metro) Railway stations in Canada opened in 1966 Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie