Rosemont is a station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on the Orange Line

Line 2 Orange (Montreal Metro)

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 of the Montreal 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....

 rapid transit system

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal

Société de transport de Montréal

The Société de transport de Montréal is a public transport agency that operates transit bus, and rapid transit services in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

 (STM). It is located in the borough of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is a borough in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the centre-east of the city.-Geography:...

 in Montreal

Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

Canada

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 . The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

Overview

The metro station, designed by Duplessis, Labelle et Derome, is a normal side platform

Side platform

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 station, built in tunnel

Tunnel

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. It has a ticket barrier at transept level leading to a single entrance adjacent to a bus loop and a municipal parking lot.

Origin of the name

This station is named for boulevard Rosemont, the main street of the Rosemont district. This area was developed on an area purchased by land speculators Ucal-Henri Dandurand and Herbert Holt from the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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; it was incorporated as the Village of Rosemont in 1915, named by Dandurand in honour of his mother, née Rose Phillips.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
13 Christophe-Colomb	Rush Hour Monday-Friday	Map	Schedule
25 Angus	Rush Hour Monday-Friday	Map	Schedule
30 St-Denis/St-Hubert	All-day	Map	Schedule
31 Saint-Denis	All-day	Map	Schedule
161 Van Horne 161 Van Horne The 161 Van Horne 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 1:30 AM and is a wheelchair accessible route. It serves the boroughs of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce,...	All-day	Map	Schedule
197 Rosemont 197 Rosemont The 197 Rosemont 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 1:30 AM and is a wheelchair accessible route. It serves the boroughs of Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie and...	All-day	Map	Schedule
361 Saint-Denis	Overnight	Map	Schedule
370 Rosemont	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Aide Juridique (Place de la mode)
• École des métiers de l'automobile
• Monastère des Carmélites
  Carmelites
  The Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel or Carmelites is a Catholic religious order perhaps founded in the 12th century on Mount Carmel, hence its name. However, historical records about its origin remain uncertain...
  
  
• Cour du Québec (Chambre de la jeunesse)
• Centre d'accueil Gouin-Rosemont

External links

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