Park Avenue station (Montreal)

Park Avenue station
Gare Jean-Talon

General information
Type	Metro station, Retail, and formerly railway station
Architectural style	Art Deco
Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Address	395 Jean Talon Street West
Coordinates	45°31′50″N 73°37′25″W / 45.5305°N 73.6237°W / 45.5305; -73.6237Coordinates: 45°31′50″N 73°37′25″W / 45.5305°N 73.6237°W / 45.5305; -73.6237
Current tenants	Joe Fresh
Inaugurated	1931
Design and construction
Architect	Colin Drewitt

Parc

Location

7245, Hutchison Street, Montreal
Quebec, Canada

Coordinates

45°31′49″N 73°37′26″W / 45.53028°N 73.62389°W

Operated by

Société de transport de Montréal

Connections

Parc (AMT)

STM buses

Construction

Depth

15.1 metres (49 feet 6 inches), 35th deepest

Architect

Blouin, Blouin & Associés

Colin M. Drewitt (Park Avenue Station)

History

Opened

15 June 1987

Traffic

Passengers

2,380,755 entrances in 2006, 39th of 68

Services

Preceding station		Montreal Metro		Following station
Acadie toward Snowdon		Blue Line		De Castelnau toward Saint-Michel

Park Avenue station, also known as Jean-Talon station (French: Gare Jean-Talon), is a historic railway station building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its western end currently houses the Montreal Metro's Parc station, while businesses occupy the rest of the building. The main building no longer serves the railway; AMT's commuter rail Park station is adjacent. It is located on Jean-Talon Street at the end of Park Avenue in the Park Extension neighbourhood of the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension.

The station was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1931. Its traffic declined in the 1950s and it closed in 1984 when Via Rail transferred service to lines headed into Montreal Central Station. The City of Montreal purchased the building and the western end was converted as a metro station and the remainder of the building was adapted for business use. It currently houses a Joe Fresh outlet.

The Canadian Pacific Railway built the Park Avenue station, which was designed by architect Colin Drewitt and opened in 1931. It was inaugurated in the presence of Camillien Houde, the mayor of Montreal at the time. Jean-Talon station replaced the Mile End railway station, which was located near the corner of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Bernard Street.

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