Préfontaine (Montreal Metro)

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Station Information
Borough	Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
City	Montréal
Inaugurated	6 June 1976
Line	Green Line
Architect	Henri Brillon
Platform Depth	14.3 metres
Rank	33th deepest
Traffic	2,758,766 entrances in 2006
Rank	33th busiest
Interstation Distance	1003.95 metres to Frontenac 383.43 meters to Joliette
Address of Entrances	3100 rue Hochelaga<>3105 rue Hochelaga
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Hochelaga / rue Moreau

Préfontaine is a station on the green line of the Montreal Metro.

History

The station is named after the street and parc that surrounds the station. Raymond Prefontaine (1850-1905) was the mayor of the former city of Hochelaga and later on the mayor of Montreal from 1898 to 1902.

Location

Préfontaine station is located in the borough of Mercier-Hochelage-Maisonneuve on the corner of Hochelaga and Moreau streets.

Thumbnail	Name	Address
	Hochelaga Nord	3105 rue Hochelaga
	Hochelaga Sud	3100 rue Hochelaga

Train Schedule

	Towards Angrignon	Towards Honoré-Beaugrand
First	Last	First	Last
Weekdays	5:40	0:48	5:55	1:03
Saturday	5:40	1:18	5:55	1:33
Sunday	5:40	0:48	5:55	1:03

Connecting bus routes

#	Route name	Route type
29	Rachel	The Commuter Le Classique
85	Hochelaga	The Commuter Le Classique
362	Hochelaga / Notre-Dame	The Midnighter Le Nocturne

Nearby attractions

• Centre Hospitalier J.-Henri-Charbonneau
• Centre d'achats Maisonneuve
• Société Canadienne de la Croix-Rouge
• Aréna et Parc Raymond-Préfontaine
• Institut Teccart
• École Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Area Map

http://i.imgur.com/0DPAC.gif

Sources

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• Photo Credit:Jeangagnon

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