Sherbrooke station

Sherbrooke
File:Sherbrooke Metro.jpg
Location	3580 and 3585, rue Berri, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth	10.4 metres (34 feet 1 inch), 51st deepest
Architect	Jean Dumontier Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron
History
Opened	14 October 1966
Traffic
Passengers	4,007,872 entrances in 2010, 23rd of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station Berri-UQAM toward Côte-Vertu Orange Line Mont-Royal toward Montmorency

Sherbrooke is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in The Plateau neighbourhood of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This station, near downtown, opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Overview

File:Sherbrooke Montreal Metro2.jpg

Sherbrooke Metro station platform.

The station, designed by Jean Dumontier and Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron, is a normal side-platform station, built in open cut due to the difficulty of construction under Berri Street near the Sherbrooke Street overpass. It has a single mezzanine giving access to two entrances, one on either side of Berri Street, both integrated into buildings. The walls are decorated in straw-yellow brick, purple ceiling louvres and bulkhead walls, and orange highlights.

Architecture and art

The station's main artwork is a mosaic, the only one in the Metro, on the Côte-Vertu platform. Designed by Gabriel Bastien and Andrea Vau, it depicts the achievements of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society, whose headquarters are nearby. There are also two mural works by Mario Merola in the accesses.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Sherbrooke Street. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764–1830) served as governor general of British North America 1816–1818. The street was named for him in 1817.

Connecting bus routes

Main article: List of Montreal Bus Routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
24 Sherbrooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
30 St-Denis/St-Hubert	All-day	Map	Schedule
144 Av. des Pins	All-day	Map	Schedule
360 Av. des Pins	Overnight	Map	Schedule
361 Saint-Denis	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec
• Parc Lafontaine
• Square Saint-Louis
• Bibliothèque Centrale
• Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
• Théâtre de Quat'Sous
• Le cinémathèque et la phonothèque de Montréal
• Goethe-Institut

External links

• Sherbrooke Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2011 STM System Map
• 2011 Downtown System Map
• Metro Map