Berri-UQAM_(Montreal_Metro) Berri-UQAM_(Montreal_Metro)

Berri-UQAM (Montreal Metro) - Definition and Overview

Berri-UQAM

Inaugurated 14 October 1966
Line Green Line
Orange Line
Yellow Line
Architect Longpré et Marchand
Gaétan Pelletier (new kiosk built in 1999)
Platform Depth 16.8 metres (Green Line)
10.7 metres (Orange Line)
27.4 metres (Yellow Line)
Rank 2nd deepest
Traffic 11,289,226 entrances in 2002
Rank 2nd busiest (not counting transfers)
Interstation Distance 336.80 metres to Saint-Laurent, 378.36 metres to Beaudry (Green Line)
720.50 metres to Champ-de-Mars, 579.10 metres to Sherbrooke (Orange Line)
2362.10 metres to Jean-Drapeau (longest distance in the system) (Yellow Line)

Berri-UQAM is a station on the Montreal Metro Green, Orange, and Yellow Lines. The artwork of five different artists is featured inside the station.

The Berri-UQAM station was the site of the Metro's inauguration on October 14, 1966.

On September 2, 2001, a canister of tear gas was set off inside Berri-UQAM, forcing the evacuation of the 300 passengers inside.

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Origin of Name

Berri-UQAM is named for both Rue Berri and the Université du Québec à Montréal.

The station was originally named Berri-de Montigny. It is still, very occasionally, called this in speech; it is more often referred to as simply Berri.

Connecting Bus Routes

Regular Routes

Night Routes

Nearby Main Intersections

  • Boul. de Maisonneuve / Rue Berri
  • Boul. de Maisonneuve / Rue St-Denis
  • Boul. de Maisonneuve / Rue St-Hubert
  • Rue Berri / Rue Ste-Catherine
  • Rue St-Denis / Rue Ste-Catherine

Nearby Points of Interest

External links


Montreal Metro: The Green Line (Line 1)

Angrignon | Monk | Jolicoeur | Verdun | De L'Église | LaSalle | Charlevoix
Lionel-Groulx (Transfer to Orange) | Atwater | Guy-Concordia | Peel | McGill | Place-des-Arts
Saint-Laurent | Berri-UQAM (Transfers to Orange or Yellow) | Beaudry | Papineau | Frontenac
Préfontaine | Joliette | Pie-IX | Viau | Assomption | Cadillac | Langelier | Radisson | Honoré-Beaugrand

Montreal Metro: The Orange Line (Line 2)

Côte-Vertu | Du Collège | De La Savane | Namur | Plamondon | Côte-Sainte-Catherine
Snowdon (Transfer to Blue) | Villa-Maria | Vendôme | Place-Saint-Henri | Lionel-Groulx (Transfer to Green)
Georges-Vanier | Lucien-L'Allier | Bonaventure | Square-Victoria | Place-d'Armes | Champ-de-Mars
Berri-UQAM (Transfers to Green or Yellow) | Sherbrooke | Mont-Royal | Laurier | Rosemont
Beaubien | Jean-Talon (Transfer to Blue) | Jarry | Crémazie | Sauvé | Henri-Bourassa
Under construction: Cartier | De La Concorde | Montmorency

Montreal metro: The Yellow Line (Line 4)

Berri-UQAM (Transfers to Green or Orange) | Jean-Drapeau | Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke

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