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Atwater station (Montreal Metro)

Coordinates: 45°29′23″N 73°35′10″W / 45.48972°N 73.58611°W / 45.48972; -73.58611
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Atwater
General information
Location2322, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal, and 3015, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montreal, Quebec H3Z 3G4
Canada
Coordinates45°29′23″N 73°35′10″W / 45.48972°N 73.58611°W / 45.48972; -73.58611
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth7.6 metres (24 feet 11 inches), 56th deepest
AccessibleNo
ArchitectDavid, Boulva et Cleve
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened14 October 1966
Passengers
2023[2][3]5,884,878 Increase 16.26%
Rank6 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Lionel-Groulx
toward Angrignon
Green Line Guy-Concordia

Atwater station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line on the border between the city of Westmount and Montreal.[4]

The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro; it was the western terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Angrignon in 1978.

Architecture and art

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Designed by David, Boulva et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station, built in open cut under the De Maisonneuve Boulevard. It has a large mezzanine with ticket barriers on either end. It has underground city connections to Place Alexis Nihon, Westmount Square, and Dawson College.

In August 2016, the Dawson exit was closed for refurbishment. In January 2017 the Cabot Square entrance was closed for major renovations and also to make the building unwelcoming to drug use and violent gangs on the premises

As of 2020, work is underway to make the station universally accessible.[5] Phase 2 of this project has begun in 2024.[6]

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

Station entrance on the southeasterly corner of Atwater Avenue and Saint Catherine Street

it was a blue station

Origin of the name

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This station is named after Atwater Avenue, which itself was named in honor of Edwin Atwater (1808–1874). Edwin Atwater was a municipal alderman of the Saint-Antoine district. The street was officially named after him in 1871.

Connecting bus routes

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Société de transport de Montréal
Route
57 Charlevoix
63 Girouard
90 Saint-Jacques
104 Cavendish
108 Bannantyne
138 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
144 Avenue Des Pins
150 René-Lévesque
350 Verdun/LaSalle
354 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue/Downtown
355 Pie-IX
356 Lachine/Montreal-Trudeau/Des Sources
358 Sainte-Catherine
360 Avenue des Pins
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud
369 Côte-des-Neiges
371 Décarie
376 Pierrefonds/Downtown

Entrances

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3015 Boulevard De Maisonneuve

2322 Rue Ste Catherine (via the Alexis Nihon Complex)

Nearby points of interests

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Connected via the underground city

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Other

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References

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  1. ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
  3. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
  4. ^ Atwater Station
  5. ^ Rowe, Daniel J. (2020-11-06). "New elevators up and running at Montreal's busiest metros station: Berri-UQAM". Montreal. Retrieved 2022-09-20. Elevator construction is underway at the following stations ... Atwater
  6. ^ "Universal accessibility". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-09-20. Atwater (Phase 2 starting in 2023)
  7. ^ Batshaw
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