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Encyclopedia > Line 4 Yellow (Montreal Metro)

The Yellow (Line 4) line is one of the four lines of the Montreal metro. Considered useful because of the Expo 67, the line was built instead of, but numbered as if it had been built in addition to, the Line 3 that was originally planned but cancelled. A three-station shuttle under the Saint Lawrence River between downtown Montreal and Longueuil, Line 4 was part of the initial network of the metro. City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... Place-Saint-Henri station The Montreal Metro is the main form of public transportation within the city of Montreal. ... The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or simply Expo 67 was a Worlds Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1967 to coincide with the Canadian Centennial that year. ... The Saint Lawrence River (French: fleuve Saint-Laurent) is a large west-to-east flowing river in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. ... Motto: Labor et Concordia (work and harmony) Area: 283. ...


List of stations

Name Odonym Namesake
Line 4 - Yellow
Berri-UQAM
Formerly Berri-de Montigny
Rue Berri Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; origin unknown
Université du Québec à Montréal
Rue de Montigny Testard de Montigny family
Jean-Drapeau
Formerly Île-Sainte-Hélène
Parc Jean-Drapeau Jean Drapeau, late ex-mayor of Montreal
Île Sainte-Hélène Named by Samuel de Champlain for his wife, née Hélène Boullé
Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke
Formerly Longueuil
City of Longueuil Probably for a town in Normandy
University of Sherbrooke, Longueuil campus, in Édifice Saint-Charles

A street name or odonym is an identifying name given to a street or road. ... Berri-UQAM is the central station of the Montreal Metro, located in the Quartier Latin in the borough of Ville-Marie. ... The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec. ... Jean-Drapeau is a station on the Montreal Metro Yellow Line. ... Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montréal Jean Drapeau CC , GOQ (February 18, 1916 – August 12, 1999) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Montréal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986. ... Man, a sculpture by Alexander Calder, on Saint Helens Island Saint Helens Island (French ÃŽle Sainte-Hélène) is an island in the Saint Lawrence River, in the territory of the city of Montreal. ... Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel (1870) Samuel de Champlain (3 July 1567 – 25 December 1635) was a French geographer, draftsman, explorer and founder of Quebec City, Quebec. ... Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke is a station on the Montreal Metro, the southern terminus of the Yellow Line. ... Motto: Labor et Concordia (work and harmony) Area: 283. ... Mont Saint Michel, one of the famous symbols of Normandy. ... The Université de Sherbrooke is a large university with three distinct campuses, two of which are located in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, and another, which is located in Longueuil, approximately 170 km west of Sherbrooke. ...

See also


The Green (Line 1) line is one of the four lines of the Montreal metro. ... The Orange (Line 2) line is one of the four lines of the Montreal metro. ... The Blue (Line 5) line is one of the four lines of the Montreal metro. ...

Montreal metro Yellow Line (Line 4) City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... Place-Saint-Henri station The Montreal Metro is the main form of public transportation within the city of Montreal. ...

Berri-UQAM | Jean-Drapeau | Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke Berri-UQAM is the central station of the Montreal Metro, located in the Quartier Latin in the borough of Ville-Marie. ... Jean-Drapeau is a station on the Montreal Metro Yellow Line. ... Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke is a station on the Montreal Metro, the southern terminus of the Yellow Line. ...


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Montreal Metro at AllExperts (3244 words)
The Metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau.
Originally consisting of 26 stations on three separate lines, the Metro now incorporates 65 stations on four lines, serving the north, east and centre of Montreal Island with a connection to Longueuil via the Yellow Line and, soon, Laval, originally to be completed in 2006, but now scheduled to be inaugurated in 2007.
The main lines (Green (Line 1), Atwater to Frontenac; and Orange (Line 2), Bonaventure to Henri-Bourassa) were opened gradually starting in October, 1966, with the Yellow line (Line 4) (Berri-de-Montigny) to Longueuil, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River) not opened until April, 1967.
Line 4 Yellow (Montreal Metro) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (147 words)
The Yellow (Line 4) line is one of the four lines of the Montreal metro.
Considered useful because of the Expo 67, the line was built instead of, but numbered as if it had been built in addition to, the Line 3 that was originally planned but cancelled.
A three-station shuttle under the Saint Lawrence River between downtown Montreal and Longueuil, Line 4 was part of the initial network of the metro.
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