Jolicoeur (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Jolicoeur
line=Green Line


architect=Claude Boucher
inaugurated=3 September, 1978
depth=4.6 metres
depth-rank=60th deepest
traffic= 1,811,932 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=48th busiest
distances=1062.85 metres to Monk
761.39 metres to Verdun
addresses= 6200 Drake Street
intersections=Drake Street / Jolicoeur Street
Jolicoeur Street / de La Vérendrye Boulevard [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Jolicoeur.pdf Jolicoeur Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Jolicoeur is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Ville-Émard district in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m41.htm Jolicoeur Station] ] . The station was inaugurated on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.

Art and architecture

Designed by Claude Boucher, it is a normal side-platform station, built in a shallow open cut, with the ticket hall integrated into a large glass-walled entrance pavilion. The floor of the platform level is decorated with a series of 42 circular artworks by the architect.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Jolicoeur. Father Jean-Moïse Jolicoeur founded the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours in 1906; the street was renamed in his honour in 1914.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

Nearby points of interest

* Parc de La Vérendrye
* Canal de l'Aqueduc

references

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m41.htm Jolicoeur Metro Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/jolicoeur/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]