Crémazie station () is a

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station in

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, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located on the border between the boroughs of

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and

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Crémazie Metro Station
/ref> The station opened October 14, 1966, as part of the original Metro network.

Overview

The station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, is a normal

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station, built in tunnel. A large volume serves as the

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, with three of the four platform

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s in enclosed

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s. The

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serves two entrances, one on each side of the Autoroute Métropolitaine, and both integrated into buildings; the northern access has doors both in front of and behind the building. A large

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by Georges Lauda, Paul Pannier, and Gérard Cordeau, ''Le poète dans l'univers'' ("the poet in the universe"), is located on the wall of the large volume, over the Montmorency platform. It commemorates three famous Quebec

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Octave Crémazie Octave Crémazie (; April 16, 1827 – January 16, 1879) was a French Canadian poet and bookseller born in Quebec City. Recognized both during and after his lifetime for his patriotic verse and his significant role in the cultural development of ...

Émile Nelligan Émile Nelligan (December 24, 1879 – November 18, 1941) was a Canadian Symbolist poet from Montreal who wrote in French. Even though he stopped writing poetry after being institutionalized at the age of 19, Nelligan remains an iconic figur ...

, and Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, represented by

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s on the mural.

Origin of the name

This station is named for

Crémazie Boulevard Autoroute 40, officially known as Autoroute Félix-Leclerc outside Montreal and Metropolitan Autoroute/Autoroute Métropolitaine within Montreal, is an Autoroutes of Quebec, Autoroute on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Provinces ...

, in turn commemorating

(1827–1879), one of Quebec's most important poets and the author of "Le Drapeau de Carillon." The street was so named in 1914.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

*Complexe FTQ *

Collège Ahuntsic Collège Ahuntsic is a French-language public college situated in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1967 as a merger of the Collège Saint-Ignace and the Institut de technologies Laval, and in 1970 ...

Collège André-Grasset Collège André-Grasset is a private college in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located near the Quebec Autoroute 40 and the Crémazie metro station. The college was founded in 1927 by the priests of Saint-Sulpice Seminary (Montreal) and named ...

Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard The (), abbreviated CSCR and often referred as ''Centre Claude-Robillard'', is a multi-purpose sport facility, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville. History The was built for the 1976 Summer Olympics. It ...

* Centre Rockland

References

External links

Crémazie Station — official siteMontreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
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2011 STM System Map

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