Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)

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The Orange (Line 2) line is the longest of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986. On April 28, 2007 three new stations in Laval opened; this is the second line to leave Montreal Island.

Name	Inauguration date	Odonym	Namesake
Line 2 - Orange
Côte-Vertu	November 3, 1986	Chemin de la Côte-Vertu	Notre-Dame-de-la-Vertu (Our Lady of Virtue), 18th century name for the area
Du Collège	January 9, 1984	Rue du Collège	Cégep de Saint-Laurent, local cégep
De La Savane		Rue de la Savane	savane - a savanna or Québécois for swamp
Namur		Rue Namur	Namur, Belgium
Plamondon	June 29, 1982	Avenue Plamondon	Antoine Plamondon, Québécois painter, or Rodolphe Plamondon, Québécois lyric artist
Côte-Sainte-Catherine	January 4, 1982	Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine	Côte Sainte-Catherine, 18th century name for area of Outremont
Snowdon	September 7, 1981 for Line 2 January 4, 1988 for Line 5	Rue Snowdon; Snowdon neighbourhood	Name of area's former landowner
Villa-Maria	September 7, 1981	Villa-Maria High School	Latin form of "Ville-Marie," former name of Montreal
Vendôme	September 7, 1981	Avenue de Vendôme	Likely from the French Dukes of Vendôme
Place-Saint-Henri	April 28, 1980	Place Saint-Henri	A parish church named for Saint Henry II, to commemorate Fr. Henri-Auguste Roux
Lionel-Groulx	April 28, 1980 for Line 2 September 3, 1978 for Line 1	Avenue Lionel-Groulx	Fr. Lionel Groulx, Québécois historian
Georges-Vanier	April 28, 1980	Boulevard Georges-Vanier	Georges Vanier, Governor-General of Canada
Lucien-L'Allier	April 28, 1980	Rue Lucien-L'Allier	Lucien L'Allier, General Manager of the Transit Commission when the Metro opened
Bonaventure	February 13, 1967	Place Bonaventure	Gare Bonaventure, in turn for former Rue Bonaventure; St Bonaventure, Italian cleric
Square-Victoria	February 7, 1967	Square Victoria	Queen Victoria
Place-d'Armes	October 14, 1966	Place d'Armes	Historical rallying point for city's defenders
Champ-de-Mars	October 14, 1966	Champ de Mars Park	Common term for military exercise ground (Mars, god of war)
Berri-UQAM Formerly Berri-de Montigny	October 14, 1966 for line 2 and Line 1, April 1, 1967 for Line 4	Rue Berri	Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; origin unknown
		Université du Québec à Montréal
		Rue de Montigny	Testard de Montigny family
Sherbrooke	October 14, 1966	Rue Sherbrooke	John Coape Sherbrooke, Governor-General of British North America
Mont-Royal		Avenue du Mont-Royal	Mount Royal
Laurier		Avenue Laurier	Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada
Rosemont		Boulevard Rosemont; Rosemont neighbourhood	Named by developer U.-H. Dandurand for his mother, née Rose Phillips
Beaubien		Rue Beaubien	Prominent landowning family
Jean-Talon	October 14, 1966 for Line 2 June 16, 1986 for Line 5	Rue Jean-Talon	Jean Talon, intendant of New France
Jarry	October 14, 1966	Rue Jarry	Stanislas Blénier dit Jarry père, landowner
Crémazie		Boul. Crémazie	Octave Crémazie, QC poet
Sauvé		Rue Sauvé	Name of a landowner
Henri-Bourassa		Boulevard Henri-Bourassa	Henri Bourassa, Québécois journalist and politician
Cartier	April 26, 2007 (Opened to the public April 28, 2007)	Boulevard Cartier	Sir George-Étienne Cartier Québécois politician, Father of Confederation
De La Concorde		Boulevard de la Concorde	Place de la Concorde in Paris
Montmorency		Collège Montmorency	François de Montmorency-Laval, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Quebec and landowner of Île Jésus (Laval)