Sauvé (Montreal Metro)

Sauvé is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Ahuntsic - Cartierville at the intersection of Rue Sauvé and Rue Berri. Here courses of the orange line 2 In 2006, 3,609,701 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 24th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by Adalbert Niklewicz station was built in the form of a tunnel station. A distribution layer connects the platforms with two simple designed entrances on either side of the Rue Sauvé. Due to the architectural plan ill-conceived prevail generally very cramped conditions.

In 15.9 meters depth, the platform level is with two side platforms. The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from end station to station early, be 1279.60 meters to 771.60 meters Crémazie and Henri- Bourassa up. There are connections to six bus routes and two night bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal.

History

The opening of the station took place on 14 October 1966, together with the portion of Place - d'Armes -Henri - Bourassa the orange line. Thus Sauvé part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. It is named after the Rue Sauvé. She wears since 1912 the name of a former land owner on whose land the road was built. The station is currently being expanded: On the surface, creates a stop for AMT suburb of Repentigny and Mascouche line after that will be open in 2013.