Sherbrooke station explained

Sherbrooke
Style:Montreal Metro
Address:3580 and 3585, rue Berri
Montreal, Quebec H2L 4T8
Country:Canada
Coordinates:45.5189°N -73.5689°W
Depth:10.4m (34.1feet), 51st deepest
Opened:14 October 1966
Architect:Jean Dumontier
Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron
Accessible:No
Operator:Société de transport de Montréal
Zone:ARTM

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Sherbrooke station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. This station, near downtown, opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Overview

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. There is an access tunnel that connects the integrated exit to the metro station as well as an exit to Sherbrooke street, the only one in the station. 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

See main article: List of Montreal Bus Routes.

Route
24 Sherbrooke
30 St-Denis/St-Hubert
144 Av. des Pins
356 Lachine/YUL Aéroport Montréal Trudeau/Des Sources
360 Av. des Pins
361 Saint-Denis
427 Express St Joseph

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. Web site: Fare Zones . . 1 July 2022 . 1 July 2022.
  2. http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m10.htm Sherbrooke Metro Station

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