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Fabre (Montreal Metro)

Fabre
FabreMontreal Metro.jpg
Location 1737, rue Jean-Talon Est, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°32′52″N 73°36′26″W / 45.54778°N 73.60722°W / 45.54778; -73.60722Coordinates: 45°32′52″N 73°36′26″W / 45.54778°N 73.60722°W / 45.54778; -73.60722
Operated by Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  STM buses
Construction
Depth 13.0 metres (42 feet 8 inches), 40th deepest
Architect Bédard & Averna
History
Opened 16 June 1986
Traffic
Passengers 2,375,881 entrances in 2011, 44th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Snowdon
Blue Line
toward Saint-Michel

Fabre station is a Montreal Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Blue Line. It is located on the Villeray neighborhood.

It is a normal side platform station with two entrances: one on rue Fabre and another on avenue Papineau. The brightly coloured murals and continuous handrail were designed by artist Jean-Noël Poliquin.

Fabre is named for the nearby rue Fabre. The street name honours Monseigneur Édouard-Charles Fabre (1827–1896), Montreal's first archbishop (1886).



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