Viau (Montreal Metro)
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Viau
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| Location | 2855, av. Pierre-de Coubertin, Montreal Quebec, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°33′40″N 73°32′50″W / 45.56111°N 73.54722°WCoordinates: 45°33′40″N 73°32′50″W / 45.56111°N 73.54722°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Depth | 4.6 metres (15 feet 1 inch), 60th deepest | ||||||||||
| Architect | Irving Sager | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 6 June 1976 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 2,888,949 entrances in 2006, 30th of 68 | ||||||||||
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Viau station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand station, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Designed by architect Irving Sager, it is a normal side platform station built in a shallow open cut. The eastern end of the station is surmounted by the large station pavilion, which includes the ticket hall. There is no transept; stairs lead directly from the platforms to street level.
The eastern wall of the mezzanine is decorated by a non-figurative ceramic mural by Jean-Paul Mousseau, entitled Opus 74 and representing the Olympic flame and the tower of the Olympic Stadium.
This station is named for rue Viau, named for local industrialist Charles-Théodore Viau, who purchased nearby tracts of land and developed them as a neighbourhood later named Viauville.
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