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Georges-Vanier (Montreal Metro)
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| Inaugurated | 28 April 1980 |
| Line | Orange Line |
| Architect | Pierre-W. Major |
| Platform Depth | 17.7 metres |
| Rank | 20th deepest |
| Traffic | 731,646 entrances in 2002 |
| Rank | 64th busiest |
| Interstation Distance | 758.60 metres to Lionel-Groulx 530.60 metres to Lucien-L'Allier |
Georges-Vanier is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Little Burgundy area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest. It was inaugurated on April 28, 1980.
The metro station, designed by architect Pierre-W. Major, is a normal side-platform station, and has one access. A sculpture, Un arbre dans le parc, by Michel Dernuet, is situated on the Côte-Vertu platform; it is a large concrete pillar with illuminated branches, representing a tree.
This station is one of the least used in the network; it was 65th of 65 in traffic in 2001 and 64th in 2002, with only 700,000 passengers embarking here.
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This station is named for the boul. Georges-Vanier, named for the Rt. Hon. Georges-Philias Vanier. Born a few steps from the street that now bears his name, Major-General Vanier was a distinguished soldier in World War I and Canada's ambassador to all Allied governments in World War II. He served as the 19th Governor General of Canada, the first French-Canadian to occupy that position, from 1959 until his death.
No bus routes serve this station. The closest bus route is line 36 Monk (Map, Scedule) on rue Notre-Dame corner boul. Georges-Vanier to the south.
- 2040, rue Saint-Antoine ouest at boul. Georges-Vanier
- Centre communautaire Bon-Pasteur
- Black Community Centre
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Église St. Anthony of Padua
- Société de transport de Montréal - official site (The bus routes shown on the map are not up to date)
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
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| Côte-Vertu • Du Collège • De La Savane • Namur • Plamondon • Côte-Sainte-Catherine • Snowdon • Villa-Maria • Vendôme • Place-Saint-Henri • Lionel-Groulx • Georges-Vanier • Lucien-L'Allier • Bonaventure • Square-Victoria • Place-d'Armes • Champ-de-Mars • Berri-UQAM • Sherbrooke • Mont-Royal • Laurier • Rosemont • Beaubien • Jean-Talon • Jarry • Crémazie • Sauvé • Henri-Bourassa • Cartier • De La Concorde • Montmorency |