De La Concorde station

De la Concorde station is an intermodal transit station in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It serves the Montreal Metro's Orange Line and connects to Exo's Saint-Jérôme commuter rail line. It is located in the Laval-des-Rapides district and opened April 28, 2007, as part of Montreal Metro's extension into Laval.^[4]

De La Concorde
General information
Location	1200, Boulevard de la Concorde Ouest Laval, Quebec H7N 5H6 Canada
Coordinates	45°33′39″N 73°42′35″W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	Société de transport de Laval   Line 12 - Saint-Jérôme
Construction
Depth	15 metres (49 feet 3 inches), 25th
Accessible	Yes
Architect	André Marcotte
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: B[1]
History
Opened	26 April 2007
Passengers
2023[2][3]	1,208,475  27.93%
Rank	61 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station Cartier toward Côte-Vertu Orange Line Montmorency Terminus

Description

The station is named after boulevard de la Concorde, which in turn is named for the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The entrance building is split-level, the lower providing access to the Metro station and the upper level to the train station, with the platforms continuing towards the walkway that goes under the rail bridge that crosses Boul. de la Concorde. This walkway is higher than the sidewalk. On the west side of the station, opposite the Metro station, stairs connect the sidewalk with the walkway.

Montreal Metro

A train stop at De La Concorde station.

The station is a side platform station, built in tunnel with an open-pit central section in the shape of a cube. The upper surface of the cube protrudes out of the earth and is rimmed with skylights, producing a sundial-like effect as the progress of the sun changes the light within the cube. The station's decor is primarily bare concrete, metal, and steel, with the platform's ultramarine tiles and enlarged photographs of grass providing colour.

The escalator shaft from the entrance building to the ticket hall also protrudes out of the earth as a glazed cylinder reminiscent of Norman Foster's fosterito metro entrances in the Bilbao metro. The entrance building is split-level, one level providing access to the station and the other to the train station; its glazed front is decorated with a large Metro logo.

The train station is located at an upper level and the platforms continue onto a viaduct over Boul. de la Concorde. Also at this level is a park and ride loop and bicycle trail access.

The area to the east of the station entrance is landscaped, with benches and a terrace provided on top of the station cube. The footpath leading to the station is the site of the station's artwork, Nos allers-retours (translation: our departures and returns) by Yves Gendreau. The sculpture is a series of tangled metal tubes, in the colours of the Metro lines plus purple for the commuter trains, atop a series of poles, representing the paths taken by the users of public transit.

Commuter rail

De La Concorde
General information
Location	1240 av. Léo-Lacombe Laval, Quebec H7N 3Y6[5][6]
Coordinates	45°33′38″N 73°42′36″W
Operated by	Réseau de transport métropolitain
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Bus operators	Société de transport de Laval
Connections	Orange Line[5][7]
Construction
Parking	None[5]
Bicycle facilities	53 spaces[5]
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: B[1]
History
Opened	2007
Passengers
2019[8]	1,277,600 (Exo)
Services
Preceding station Exo Following station Vimont toward Saint-Jérôme Line 12 - Saint-Jérôme Bois-de-Boulogne toward Lucien-L'Allier

De La Concorde station is a commuter rail station operated by Exo in Laval, Quebec, Canada. It is served by the Saint-Jérôme line.

The station replaced Saint-Martin station, a commuter rail station that had been 1.65 km (1.03 mi) to the north, in order to be intermodal with the new Montreal Metro station, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).

Connecting bus routes

Although the station is intermodal with the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro, local bus services do not enter the station. The Société de transport de Laval (STL) bus routes 2, 33, 37 and 42 operate along the adjoining main thoroughfares of de la Concorde Boulevard West and Ampere Avenue.^[7][9]

References

1. "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
2. Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
3. Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
4. De La Concorde Metro Station
5. De La Concorde
6. Location of Léo Lacombe Ave
7. STL 2011 map Archived September 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
8. Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
9. STM De La Concorde Station Neighbourhood Map Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• De La Concorde Station - Official STM web page (in French)
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
• 2008 Current STL System Map^{[dead link]} (in French)
• Pictures of the new Laval Metro - (in English)
• STL 2011 map(in French)
• Interactive map of Laval
  • Shows both the borders and names of the 14 former municipalities (purple) and the borders only of the current 6 sectors (maroon), tick off both boxes beside "Limite administrative".
• Metro Map
• STM 2011 System map