Préfontaine is a station

Metro station

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 on the Green Line

Line 1 Green (Montreal Metro)

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 of the Montreal Metro

Montreal Metro

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 rapid transit system

Rapid transit

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 operated by the Société de transport de Montréal

Société de transport de Montréal

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 (STM). It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

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 in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve is a borough of Montreal, Quebec.-History:In 1860, Hochelaga developed as a village counting a little more than 1000 inhabitants. In 1874, Hudon — a cotton factory- moved in...

 in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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. It opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand

Honoré-Beaugrand (Montreal Metro)

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.

Overview

Designed by Henri Brillon, it is a normal side platform

Side platform

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 station, built partly in tunnel

Tunnel

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 with a large open cut containing an entrance, the mezzanine

Mezzanine (architecture)

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 and admitting natural light. A secondary entrance is located to the north of rue Hochelaga.

Origin of the name

The station is named for rue Préfontaine and the parc Raymond-Préfontaine. Raymond Préfontaine

Raymond Préfontaine

Joseph Raymond Fournier Préfontaine, PC was a Canadian politician.- Biography :Born in Longueuil, Quebec, he studied at the law faculty of McGill College and was called to the bar in 1873. He was created a Queen's Counsel in 1899.In 1875, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for...

 (1850–1905) was mayor of the former city of Hochelaga, and subsequently mayor of Montreal (1898–1902).

Connecting bus routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
29 Rachel	All-day	Map	Schedule
85 Hochelaga	All-day	Map	Schedule
362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Centre hospitalier J-Henri-Charbonneau
• Centre commercial Maisonneuve
• Héma-Québec
  Héma-Québec
  Héma-Québec is a non-profit organization that manages the blood supply for the Canadian province of Quebec. It was created on March 27, 1998 as a successor to the Canadian Red Cross Blood Program and the Canadian Blood Agency....
  
  
• Parc et aréna Raymond-Préfontaine

External links

• Préfontaine Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• Metro Map