Place-d'Armes station

Place-d’Armes
General information
Location	960 rue Saint-Urbain Montreal, Quebec H2Z 1K4 Canada
Coordinates	45°30′23″N 73°33′35″W / 45.50639°N 73.55972°W / 45.50639; -73.55972
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	STM bus
Construction
Depth	4.6 metres (15 feet 1 inch), 60th deepest
Accessible	Yes
Architect	J. Warunkiewicz
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: A[1]
History
Opened	14 October 1966
Passengers
2023[2][3]	5,043,089  40.31%
Rank	10 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station Square-Victoria–OACI toward Côte-Vertu Orange Line Champ-de-Mars toward Montmorency

Place-d'Armes station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in Old Montreal.

The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro. It was briefly the terminus of the Orange Line until Square-Victoria-OACI station opened four months later, quickly followed by Bonaventure station, the planned terminus.

The station, designed by Janusz Warunkiewicz, is a normal side platform station, built in open cut due to the presence of weak Utica shale in the surrounding rock. Its mezzanine, with fare barriers at either side, is located directly under the Palais des congrès de Montréal; one end gives direct access to the Palais, while the other opens outside, near Chinatown.

In March 2017, the station was made accessible with the installation of elevators.^[5] The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time until the next train arrives.

This station is named for the Place d'Armes, a short distance to the south. It is the third square in Montreal to have this name, which is the common French name for the rallying place for a fort's defenders.^[6] It contains a statue of Paul Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve.

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
55 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine
361 Saint-Denis
363 Boulevard Saint-Laurent
365 Avenue du Parc

Place d’Armes station was closed from December 1 to December 21, 2022, due to the COP15 conference; the authorities requested a complete closure of the station. The 55, 129, 361, 363 and 365 bus lines were rerouted to not stop at the station.

• Palais des congrès de Montréal
• Complexe Guy-Favreau (Government of Canada)
• Square-Victoria–OACI Metro station and points west
• Place-des-Arts Metro station and points north

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Place-d'Armes (Montreal Metro).

• Place-d'Armes Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2011 STM system map
• 2011 Downtown System Map^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Metro Map