Atwater station (Montreal Metro)

Atwater Accessible by elevator
General information
Location2322, rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal, and 3015, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montreal, Quebec H3Z 3G4
Canada
Coordinates45°29′23″N 73°35′10″W / 45.48972°N 73.58611°W / 45.48972; -73.58611
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
ConnectionsList of STM bus routes STM bus
Construction
Depth7.6 metres (24 feet 11 inches), 56th deepest
AccessibleYes
ArchitectDavid, Boulva et Cleve
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened14 October 1966
Passengers
2024[2][3]6,175,400 Increase 4.94%
Rank7 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Lionel-Groulx
toward Angrignon
Green Line Guy-Concordia
Location

Atwater station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line on the border between the city of Westmount and Montreal.[4]

The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro; it was the western terminus of the Green Line until the extension to Angrignon in 1978.

Architecture and art

Designed by David, Boulva et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station, built in open cut under the De Maisonneuve Boulevard. It has a large mezzanine with ticket barriers on either end. It has underground city connections to Place Alexis Nihon, Westmount Square, and Dawson College.

In August 2016, the Dawson exit was closed for refurbishment. In January 2017, the Cabot Square entrance was closed for major renovations and also to make the building unwelcoming to drug use and violent gangs on the premises.

As of 2020, work is underway to make the station universally accessible.[5] Phase 2 of this project has begun in 2024. On April 14, 2025, work is officially complete and Atwater became the 30th accessible station in the network.[6][7]

The station is equipped with MétroVision information screens which display news, commercials, and the time until the next train.

Old Station entrance on the southeasterly corner of Atwater Avenue and Saint Catherine Street

Origin of the name

This station is named after Atwater Avenue, which itself was named in honor of Edwin Atwater (1808–1874). Edwin Atwater was a municipal alderman of the Saint-Antoine district. The street was officially named after him in 1871.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
No. Route Connects to Service times / notes
List of STM bus routes  57  Charlevoix Daily
List of STM bus routes  63  Girouard Monday to Saturday only
List of STM bus routes  90  Saint-Jacques Daily
List of STM bus routes  104  Cavendish Daily
List of STM bus routes  108  Bannantyne Daily
List of STM bus routes  138  Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Daily
List of STM bus routes  144  Des Pins Daily
List of STM bus routes  150  René-Lévesque Daily
List of STM bus routes  350 ☾   Verdun / LaSalle Night service
List of STM bus routes  354 ☾   Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue / Centre-ville Night service
List of STM bus routes  355 ☾   Pie-IX Night service
List of STM bus routes  356 ☾   Lachine / YUL Aéroport / Des Sources Night service

Connects to Montréal-Trudeau International Airport

List of STM bus routes  358 ☾   René-Lévesque Night service
List of STM bus routes  360 ☾   Des Pins Night service
List of STM bus routes  364 ☾   Sherbrooke / Joseph-Renaud Night service
List of STM bus routes  369 ☾   Côte-des-Neiges Night service
List of STM bus routes  371 ☾   Décarie Night service
List of STM bus routes  376 ☾   Pierrefonds / Centre-ville Night service

Entrances

3015 Boulevard De Maisonneuve

2322 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest (via the Alexis Nihon Complex)

2330 Rue Ste Catherine Ouest (via Cabot Square)

Nearby points of interests

Connected via the underground city

Other

References

  1. ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2025-03-20). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2024 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2025.093.
  3. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
  4. ^ Atwater Station
  5. ^ Rowe, Daniel J. (2020-11-06). "New elevators up and running at Montreal's busiest metros station: Berri-UQAM". Montreal. Retrieved 2022-09-20. Elevator construction is underway at the following stations ... Atwater
  6. ^ "Work at Atwater station". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2025-04-16. Atwater is now the 30th universally accessible station in the Métro network!
  7. ^ "Universal accessibility". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-09-20. Atwater (Phase 2 starting in 2023)
  8. ^ Batshaw