Cadillac 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 Mercier-Ouest 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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. The station 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 Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart, et Bourke, it is a normal side platform

Side platform

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 station built in tunnel

Tunnel

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. The central mezzanine

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 gives access to the entrances diagonally across from one another at the corner of rue de Cadillac and rue Sherbrooke. The hallways to these entrances feature complementary mural

Mural

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s by Jean Cartier.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue de Cadillac. Antoine Laumet, dit 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...

 (1658–1730) was a colourful French

France

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 explorer of New France

New France

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. He founded Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

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, Michigan

Michigan

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 and commanded it from 1701 to 1710.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
32 Lacordaire 32 Lacordaire The 32 Lacordaire is a bus route in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . The route operates 7 days a week between the hours of 5 AM and 2 AM and is a wheelchair accessible route. It serves the boroughs of Montréal-Nord, St. Leonard and...	All-day	Map	Schedule
185 Sherbrooke	All-day	Map	Schedule
199 Métrobus Lacordaire	All-day Monday-Friday	Map	Schedule
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph-Renaud	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Sanctuaire Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs
• Centre hospitalier Grace-Dart

External links

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