Honoré-Beaugrand station

Honoré-Beaugrand
File:Honore Beaugrand Metro.jpg
Location	Sherbrooke Street / rue Honoré-Beaugrand, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth	9.4 metres (30 feet 10 inches), 55th deepest
Architect	Yves Bernard
History
Opened	6 June 1976
Traffic
Passengers	4,796,913 entrances in 2006, 13th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station Radisson toward Angrignon Green Line Terminus

Honoré-Beaugrand is a station, the eastern terminus of the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the district of Tétreaultville in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The station opened on June 6, 1976, replacing Frontenac station as the terminus.

Overview

Designed by Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie, Le Blanc, Edwards, it is a normal side platform station built in open cut. A vast mezzanine at the eastern end of the station provides access to three exits, two of which are surrounded by bus loops serving a large number of bus routes from the east end of the island. The stairs from the mezzanine to the platforms are surmounted by ceramic murals, one the reverse of the other, by Jean-Paul Mousseau.

Entrances/exits are at 7950 and 7955, rue Sherbrooke and 4755, rue Honoré-Beaugrand

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

Origin of the name

Honoré-Beaugrand was named after the adjoining rue Honoré-Beaugrand, which was in turn named after Honoré Beaugrand, who served as mayor of Montreal from 1885 to 1887. He founded the Montreal newspaper La Patrie in 1879. Soon after, he left the city to travel and write.

Connecting bus routes

File:Honore Beaugrand Metro Entrance.jpg

Entrance to bus platforms

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
18 Beaubien	All-day	Map	Schedule
26 Mercier-Est	All-day before 11:00PM	Map	Schedule
28 Honoré-Beaugrand	All-day	Map	Schedule
85 Hochelaga	All-day	Map	Schedule
141 Jean Talon East	All-day	Map	Schedule
185 Sherbrooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
186 Sherbrooke Est	All-day	Map	Schedule
187 René-Lévesque	All-day	Map	Schedule
189 Notre-Dame	All-day	Map	Schedule
362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame	Overnight	Map	Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud	Overnight	Map	Schedule
370 Rosemont	Overnight	Map	Schedule
486 Express Sherbrooke	Rush Hours, Morning Arrivals and Afternoon Departures	Map	Schedule
487 Express Bout-de-l'Île	Rush Hours	Map	Schedule
CRT Lanaudière
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
4 Express Repentigny - Montréal	All-day Weekdays	N/A	Schedule
13 Express L'Assomption - Montréal	All-day Weekdays	N/A	Schedule
20 Express Repentigny - Montréal	All-day Weekdays	N/A	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Centre hospitalier juif de l'Espérance
• Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel
• Centre Champlain (Village Champlain) See

External links

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