Saint-Michel station is a Montreal Metro station in

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, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and is the eastern terminus of the Blue Line. It opened in 1986.

Overview

It is a

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station with two entrances on either side of boul. St-Michel connecting to a common ticket hall. Unlike all other stations on the Blue Line, the station is only as long as the six-car trains used on the line; all of the other stations were built to accommodate a nine-car train. However, the station cavern is long enough for a nine-car train; the extra space could be opened and finished to accommodate full-length trains when the STM extends the line east into the boroughs of

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and to commit to the line's original design. The platforms feature four abstract paintings under glass bricks, by Normand Moffat,

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, Lauréat Marois, and

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Origin of name

Saint-Michel station takes its name from the street under which it lies, boulevard Saint-Michel, named since about the late eighteenth century for the former Ville Saint-Michel within which it is located. Saint-Michel is the French Catholic title for the archangel

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Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

Little Maghreb Little Maghreb (french: Petit Maghreb) is a neighbourhood in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal. The neighbourhood is centered on fifteen blocks of Jean Talon Street stretching from Saint-Michel Boulevard in the W ...

* Saint-Michel Library * Centre administratif - Ville de Montréal * Joseph-François-Perrault School * John F Kennedy School * François-Perrault Park

References

External links

Saint-Michel station on STM websiteMontreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com

2011 STM System Map

{{Montreal Metro navbox Blue Line (Montreal Metro) Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension Railway stations in Canada opened in 1986