Angrignon station

Angrignon station is a Montreal Metro station in Le Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal, Quebec. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line.[3] The station includes a large bus terminus for buses to southwest Montreal, the West Island (Dorval), and South Western Quebec.

Angrignon
Location3500, boulevard des Trinitaires, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°26′46″N 73°36′13″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
ConnectionsSee Terminus Angrignon
Construction
Depth4.3 metres (14 feet 1 inch), shallowest, tie with Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke)
ArchitectJean-Louis Beaulieu
History
Opened3 September 1978
Passengers
2019[1][2]5,472,628  8.5%
Rank16 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
TerminusGreen Line

Architecture
Station kiosk

Angrignon station is built with windows encasing the tracks and side platforms, which creates a very light and airy environment. Jean-Louis Beaulieu received an award from the Ordre des architectes du Québec[4] for the design of the station.

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

Origin of the name

Jean-Baptiste Arthur Angrignon was alderman of the district of Saint-Paul and a member of the Executive Committee of the city of Montreal. He oversaw the development of what is now Parc Angrignon on what was land that belonged to the Crawford family. The area was named after him in 1927.

Nearby points of interest

Terminus Angrignon
Terminus Angrignon
Location3500, boul. des Trinitaires[5]
Coordinates45°26′47″N 73°36′15″W
Operated byRTM
Bus operators
  Société de transport de Montréal
  Exo Roussillon sector
  Exo Sud-Ouest sector
  Exo du Haut-Saint-Laurent sector
Construction
Parking733 park and ride spaces[5]
Bicycle facilities90 place racks[5]
Other information
WebsiteTerminus Angrignon
Passengers
2016[6]6,168,600 (Exo)

This large bus terminal is a facility of the Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM). One area has bus bays assigned to suburban commuter buses from southwestern Quebec, with three bus loops being used by the STM[7] for routes that service southwest Montreal and the West Island. They also operate an adjoining park and ride lot.

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
Route
36 Monk
37 Jolicoeur
78 Laurendeau
106 Newman
109 Boulevard Shevchenko
110 Centrale
113 Lapierre
195 Sherbrooke/Notre-Dame
350 Verdun/LaSalle
406 Express Newman
495 Express Lachine/LaSalle
RTM Roussillon (CITROUS)
Route
200 Terminus Angrignon - CÉGEP André-Laurendeau - Autoparc Georges-Gagné
RTM Sud-Ouest (CITSO)
Route
1 Valleyfield - Angrignon
21 Châteauguay - Angrignon
22 Châteauguay - Angrignon
23 Châteauguay - Angrignon
24 Châteauguay - Angrignon
25 Châteauguay - Angrignon
26 Châteauguay - Angrignon
31 Châteauguay - Angrignon
32 Châteauguay - Angrignon
98 Kahnawake - Angrignon
RTM Haut-Saint-Laurent (CITHSL)
Route
111 Ormstown - Angrignon (Service between Sainte-Martine and Ormstown replaced by new local public transit route starting January 4, 2021)[8]

Station improvements

Construction has been underway since October 7, 2019 to install elevators and make the station accessible. Several bus stops have been moved during the construction. The station is expected to be accessible by Fall 2021.[9]

See also

References
  1. Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Angrignon Metro Station
  4. Ordre des architectes du Québec
  5. RTM Terminus Angrignon page
  6. Ridership from Rapport annuel 2016 (PDF). rtm.qc.ca (Report). Montreal: Réseau de transport métropolitain [Metropolitan Transportation Network]. ISBN 978-2-550-75552-4.
  7. "Neighbourhood Map" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  8. Pitre, Mario (2020-12-14). "Le transport collectif en route le 4 janvier dans le Haut-Saint-Laurent" [Public transit on the way in Haut-Saint-Laurent region starting January 4] (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  9. Société de transport de Montréal. "Work underway at Angrignon Station". Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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