The Green line is one of the four lines of the metro

Montreal Metro

The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

 in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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. The line runs through the commercial section of downtown Montreal underneath Boulevard de Maisonneuve

De Maisonneuve Boulevard

De Maisonneuve Boulevard is a major westbound boulevard located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named after the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve. De Maisonneuve Boulevard is about 11 kilometres long and begins on Havre Street in the east end, and ends in the...

, formerly Rue de Montigny. It runs mainly on a northeast to southwest axis with a connection to Lines 2 and 4 at a station just east of downtown called Berri-UQAM, and with Line 2 west of downtown at Lionel-Groulx

Lionel-Groulx (Montreal Metro)

Lionel-Groulx is a station of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Saint-Henri area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a transfer station between the Green Line and Orange Line.The station...

.

The section between Atwater

Atwater (Montreal Metro)

Atwater is a station on the Green Line of the Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located on the border between the city of Westmount and the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

 and Frontenac

Frontenac (Montreal Metro)

Frontenac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Overview :...

 was part of the initial network; extended to Honoré-Beaugrand

Honoré-Beaugrand (Montreal Metro)

Honoré-Beaugrand is a station, the eastern terminus of the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal...

 in 1976, and to Angrignon

Angrignon (Montreal Metro)

Angrignon is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

 in 1978. The
extension to Honoré-Beaugrand was to provide easy access to 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

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 sites. Most stations are side platform

Side platform

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 stations, and a few have large video screens showing news, weather, advertisements, and the time of the next train.

List of stations

Name	Inauguration date	Odonym	Namesake
Line 1 - Green
Angrignon Angrignon (Montreal Metro) Angrignon is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...	September 3, 1978	Boulevard Angrignon; Parc Angrignon	J.B. Arthur Angrignon, city councillor
Monk Monk (Montreal Metro) Monk is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . The station is located in the Ville-Émard district of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Boulevard Monk	James Monk James Monk Sir James Monk was Chief Justice of Lower Canada. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia where his father had settled in 1749.... , Attorney-General of Quebec
Jolicoeur Jolicoeur (Montreal Metro) Jolicoeur is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Côte-Saint-Paul district in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Rue Jolicoeur	J-Moïse Jolicoeur, parish priest
Verdun Verdun (Montreal Metro) Verdun is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Rue de Verdun; borough of Verdun	Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France, hometown of Seigneur Zacharie Dupuis
De L'Église De L'Église (Montreal Metro) De L'Église is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Avenue de l'Église	Église Saint-Paul
LaSalle LaSalle (Montreal Metro) LaSalle is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Verdun, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Boulevard LaSalle	Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer
Charlevoix Charlevoix (Montreal Metro) Charlevoix is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the district of Pointe-Saint-Charles in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part...		Rue Charlevoix	F.-X. de Charlevoix, French historian and explorer
Lionel-Groulx Lionel-Groulx (Montreal Metro) Lionel-Groulx is a station of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Saint-Henri area of the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is a transfer station between the Green Line and Orange Line.The station...	April 28, 1980 for Line 2 Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro) The Orange line is the longest, most congested, and first-planned of the four lines of the Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986... September 3, 1978 for Line 1	Avenue Lionel-Groulx	Fr. Lionel Groulx Lionel Groulx Lionel-Adolphe Groulx was a Roman Catholic priest, historian and Quebec nationalist. -Early life and ordination:Groulx was born at Chenaux, Quebec, Canada, the son of a farmer and lumberjack, and died in Vaudreuil, Quebec. After his seminary training and studies in Europe, he taught at Valleyfield... , Quebec historian Historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
Atwater Atwater (Montreal Metro) Atwater is a station on the Green Line of the Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located on the border between the city of Westmount and the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....	October 14, 1966	Rue Atwater Atwater Street Atwater Avenue is a major north-south street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is links Doctor Penfield Avenue in the Ville-Marie borough to the north, and Henri Duhamel Street in the Verdun borough to the south...	Edwin Atwater, city councillor
Guy-Concordia Guy-Concordia (Montreal Metro) Guy-Concordia is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is downtown in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro... Formerly Guy		Rue Guy Guy Street Guy Street is a north-south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Concordia University's Integrated Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Complex is located on this street, as is the John Molson School of Business building. The street is home to the Guy-Concordia metro station...	Étienne Guy, landowner
		Concordia University	Concordia salus (Prosperity Through Concord), motto Motto A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...  of Montreal
Peel Peel (Montreal Metro) Peel is a station on the Green Line of the Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is downtown in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Rue Peel Peel Street, Montreal Peel Street is a major north-south street located in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Street links Pine Avenue, near Mount Royal, in the north and Smith Street, in the Southwest borough, in the south. The street's southern end is at the Peel Basin of the Lachine Canal...	Robert Peel Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846... , British United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...  Prime Minister Prime minister A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...
McGill McGill (Montreal Metro) McGill is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located downtown in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada . The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro...		Avenue McGill College McGill College Avenue McGill College Avenue is a street in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Named for McGill University, the street was widened in the 1980s and transformed into a scenic avenue with McGill's Roddick Gates on Sherbrooke Street at its north end and the Place Ville Marie plaza at its south end... ; McGill University McGill University Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...	James McGill James McGill James McGill was a Scottish-Canadian businessman, military commander and philanthropist known for being the founder of McGill University... , Scottish-Canadian businessman
Place-des-Arts Place-des-Arts (Montreal Metro) Place-des-Arts is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is downtown in the borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Place des Arts cultural complex
Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent (Montreal Metro) Saint-Laurent is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Boulevard Saint-Laurent	Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence Lawrence of Rome was one of the seven deacons of ancient Rome who were martyred during the persecution of Valerian in 258.- Holy Chalice :...  or Saint Lawrence River Saint Lawrence River The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...
Berri-UQAM Berri-UQAM (Montreal Metro) Berri-UQAM is the central station of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the Quartier Latin, in the borough of Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network... Formerly Berri-de Montigny	October 14, 1966 for Line 2 Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro) The Orange line is the longest, most congested, and first-planned of the four lines of the Montreal Metro, in Montreal, Canada. It formed part of the initial network, and was extended between 1980 and 1986...   and Line 1, April 1, 1967 for Line 4 Line 4 Yellow (Montreal Metro) The Yellow line is one of the metro's four routes operating in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was popular when it opened for service because it connected Montreal's city centre with the Expo 67 exhibition and La Ronde on Île-Sainte-Hélène. Line 4 has three stations, and travels under the St....	Rue Berri Berri Street Berri Street is a major north-south street located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Berri Street links De la Commune Street in the south and Gouin Boulevard in the north. The street is interrupted between Rosemont Boulevard and Jean Talon Street. Berri Street has two lanes in either direction from De...	Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; named for Simon Després dit Le Berry
		Université du Québec à Montréal Université du Québec à Montréal The Université du Québec à Montréal is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Basic facts:The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec , a public university system with other branches in Gatineau , Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and...
		Rue de Montigny	Testard de Montigny family
Beaudry Beaudry (Montreal Metro) Beaudry is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in Montreal's Gay Village, part of the Centre-South district in the borough of Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...	December 21, 1966	Rue Beaudry	Pierre Beaudry, landowner
Papineau Papineau (Montreal Metro) Papineau is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in Montreal's Village gai, part of the Centre-Sud district in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It opened on October 14, 1966, as part of...	October 14, 1966	Avenue Papineau Papineau Avenue Papineau Avenue, is an important, and longest, north-south street in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Part of the street, between Henri Bourassa Boulevard and Quebec Autoroute 40, is the Montreal portion of Quebec Autoroute 19, commonly referred to as Autoroute Papineau...	Joseph Papineau Joseph Papineau Joseph Papineau was a notary, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.Joseph Papineau was the father of Louis-Joseph Papineau who had the great distinction of being a fiery player in the history of the French dominated British colony called Lower Canada... , Quebec politician (father of Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau Louis-Joseph Papineau , born in Montreal, Quebec, was a politician, lawyer, and the landlord of the seigneurie de la Petite-Nation. He was the leader of the reformist Patriote movement before the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837–1838. His father was Joseph Papineau, also a famous politician in Quebec... )
Frontenac Frontenac (Montreal Metro) Frontenac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is located in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.- Overview :...	December 19, 1966	Rue Frontenac	Louis de Buade de Frontenac Louis de Buade de Frontenac Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau was a French soldier, courtier, and Governor General of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 to his death in 1698... , Governor-General of New France New France New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763...
Préfontaine Préfontaine (Montreal Metro) Préfontaine is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...	June 6, 1976	Rue Préfontaine; Parc Raymond-Préfontaine	Raymond-Fournier Préfontaine, mayor of Montreal
Joliette Joliette (Montreal Metro) Joliette is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . Is located in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Rue Joliette	Barthélemy Joliette Barthélemy Joliette Barthélemy Joliette was a notary, businessman, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada and Canada East.... , founder of Joliette, Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
Pie-IX Pie-IX (Montreal Metro) Pie-IX is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Boulevard Pie-IX Pie-IX Boulevard Pie-IX Boulevard, named after Pope Pius IX, is a major boulevard on the island of Montreal. It runs for roughly in a northwest/southeast direction between Henri Bourassa Boulevard and Notre-Dame East...	Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX Blessed Pope Pius IX , born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, was the longest-reigning elected Pope in the history of the Catholic Church, serving from 16 June 1846 until his death, a period of nearly 32 years. During his pontificate, he convened the First Vatican Council in 1869, which decreed papal...
Viau Viau (Montreal Metro) Viau is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Rue Viau	Charles-Théodore Viau, Quebec cookie magnate and parish volunteer
Assomption Assomption (Montreal Metro) Assomption is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Mercier-Ouest in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...	After June 6, 1976	Boulevard de l'Assomption	Named to commemorate the proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary Assumption of Mary According to the belief of Christians of the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of the Anglican Communion and Continuing Anglicanism, the Assumption of Mary was the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her life...  by Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII The Venerable Pope Pius XII , born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli , reigned as Pope, head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City State, from 2 March 1939 until his death in 1958....  in 1950
Cadillac Cadillac (Montreal Metro) Cadillac is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Mercier-Ouest in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...	June 6, 1976	Rue de Cadillac	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac was a French explorer and adventurer in New France, now an area of North America stretching from Eastern Canada in the north to Louisiana in the south. Rising from a modest beginning in Acadia in 1683 as an explorer, trapper, and a trader of alcohol... , French explorer
Langelier Langelier (Montreal Metro) Langelier is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Mercier-Ouest in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...		Boul. Langelier	François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier, mayor of Quebec City Quebec City Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...  and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
Radisson Radisson (Montreal Metro) Radisson is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . It is in the district of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part...		Rue Radisson	Pierre-Esprit Radisson Pierre-Esprit Radisson Pierre-Esprit Radisson was a French-Canadian fur trader and explorer. He is often linked to his brother-in-law Médard des Groseilliers who was about 20 years older. The decision of Radisson and Groseilliers to enter the English service led to the formation of the Hudson's Bay Company.Born near... , French explorer
Honoré-Beaugrand Honoré-Beaugrand (Montreal Metro) Honoré-Beaugrand is a station, the eastern terminus of the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal...		Rue Honoré-Beaugrand	Honoré Beaugrand Honoré Beaugrand Honoré Beaugrand was a Quebec journalist, politician, author and folklorist, born in Berthier County, Quebec.... , Quebec author Author An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...  and mayor of Montreal>

See also

• Line 3 Red
  Line 3 Red (Montreal Metro)
  In the Montreal Metro, Line 3 was a line that never made it past its planning stage. The line was planned to have 15 stations and end at Cartierville end of Bordeaux-Cartierville, using CN tracks and Mount Royal Tunnel under Mount Royal...
  
  
• Line 6 (Montreal Metro)
• Line 7 White
  Line 7 White (Montreal Metro)
  Montréal Métro Line 7, often referenced as the White Line, was a planned underground subway line for Montreal Metro.Proposed for the first time by the Bureau des Transports de Montréal in September 1983, the original project for a new north-south line would have had 10 stations running under...
  
  

External links

• 2008 STM System Map