Lucien-L'Allier (Montreal Metro)

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Lucien-L'Allier

Inaugurated	28 April 1980
Line	Orange Line
Architect	David, Boulva & Cleve
Platform Depth	27.1 metres
Rank	3rd deepest
Traffic	1,021,165 entrances in 2002
Rank	61st busiest
Interstation Distance	530.60 metres to Georges-Vanier 381.60 metres to Bonaventure

Lucien-L'Allier is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in downtown Montreal. It was inaugurated on April 28, 1980.

The metro station is a normal side-platform station, with a mezzanine on its eastern end; this is connected to the exit by an extremely deep open shaft. Passengers have to descend the greatest distance to reach the platforms of any station in Montreal (only Charlevoix and Berri-UQAM have deeper platforms, but those stations also have additional platforms that are shallower.)

The station is intermodal with the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)'s commuter train lines; the entrance is connected by an enclosed walkway to Lucien-L'Allier station, a station on the Dorion-Rigaud, Blainville and Delson-Candiac lines. Lucien-L'Allier was built as part of the Bell Centre; it replaced the former Gare Windsor and was initially called Terminus Windsor, but was renamed for the metro station in order to reduce confusion with the still-extant former station.

The station was designed by the firm of David, Boulva, and Cleve. A sculptural grille by Jean-Jacques Besner covering a ventilation shaft is the only artwork.

1 Origin of the name
2 Connecting bus routes
- 2.1 Regular routes
- 2.2 Night routes
3 Address of entrances
4 Nearby points of interest
- 4.1 Connected via the underground city
- 4.2 Other
5 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for Lucien L'Allier Street, whose name was changed from rue de l'Aqueduc in order to commemorate Lucien L'Allier, chief engineer for the initial network of the Montreal metro, as well as for the construction of Saint Helen's Island and Ile Notre-Dame for Expo 67. He had died while the station was under construction. A plaque in the station commemorates him.