Viau station

Viau
Location	2855, av. Pierre-de Coubertin, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth	4.6 metres (15 feet 1 inch), 60th deepest
Architect	Irving Sager
History
Opened	6 June 1976
Traffic
Passengers	2,888,949 entrances in 2006, 30th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station Pie-IX toward Angrignon Green Line Assomption toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Viau is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Overview

Designed by architect Irving Sager, it is a normal side platform station built in a shallow open cut. The eastern end of the station is surmounted by the large station pavilion, which includes the ticket hall. There is no transept; stairs lead directly from the platforms to street level.

The eastern wall of the mezzanine is decorated by a non-figurative ceramic mural by Jean-Paul Mousseau, entitled Opus 74 and representing the Olympic flame and the tower of the Olympic Stadium.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Viau, named for local industrialist Charles-Théodore Viau, who purchased nearby tracts of land and developed them as a neighbourhood later named Viauville.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
34 Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
125 Ontario	All-day	Map	Schedule
136 Viau	All-day	Map	Schedule
258 Navette Or - Hochelaga-Maisonneuve	Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between Rush Hours	Map	Schedule
353 Lacordaire/Maurice-Duplessis	Overnight, Located one block east on Viau	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

Entrance with the Olympic Stadium in the background

• Olympic Stadium - Montreal Tower, Centre de natation
• Biodome
• Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
• Saputo Stadium
• Aréna Maurice-Richard
• Starcité
• Centre Pierre Charbonneau
• Insectarium
• Parc Maisonneuve
• Olympic Village - Régie du logement
• Free shuttle (Olympic Park, Insectarium, Botanical Gardens)
• See also Pie-IX station

External links

• Media related to at Wikimedia Commons
• Viau Metro Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map