Guy-Concordia (Montreal Metro)

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Guy-Concordia

Inaugurated	14 October. 1966
Line	Green Line
Architect	J.A. Chicoine
Platform Depth	19.2 metres
Rank	16th deepest
Traffic	7,218,966 entrances in 2002
Rank	4th busiest
Interstation Distance	681.54 metres to Atwater 593.14 metres to Peel

Guy-Concordia is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie. It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

Designed by J.A. Chicoine, it is a normal side-platform station, built in tunnel with a transept, ticket hall, and access at each end. The eastern access contains shops and services, and an underground city connection to two Concordia University buildings, and projected connections to three more.

1 Origin of the name
2 Connecting bus routes
- 2.1 Regular routes
- 2.2 Night routes
3 Address of entrances
4 Nearby points of interest
- 4.1 Connected via the underground city
- 4.2 Other
5 External links

[edit] Origin of the name

The station was originally called Guy after the street where it is located: Guy Street. On January 1, 1988, it was renamed Guy-Concordia to reflect the fact that it serves the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University.

(Note that in French the name Guy is pronounced to rhyme with he, whereas in English the name is usually pronounced to rhyme with hi. The station is still sometimes referred to simply as Guy.)

Guy Street, in turn, takes its name from Étienne Guy who represented Montreal in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and was the owner of the land through which the street runs.

Concordia University was created in August 1974 from the fusion of Sir George Williams University and Loyola College. It takes its name from the motto of Montreal: concordia salus, "prosperity through concord."