Radisson 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 Saint-Jean-de-Dieu. It opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand station.
Overview
Designed by Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie, Le Blanc, Edwards, it is a normal side platform station built partly in tunnel, with a very tall, vaulted volume over the eastern part of the platform. This contains the transept and a tall escalator shaft rising unsupported to the ticket hall above. The latter gives access to three entrances. The station serves a metropolitan bus terminus and a park and ride lot.
In 2022, the STM's Universal Accessibility Report noted that preliminary design work to make the station accessible was underway.
Origin of the name
The station is named for rue Radisson. Pierre-Esprit Radisson (c. 1640–1710) was a French explorer who was instrumental in the development of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Nearby points of interest
- Place Versailles
- Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
- Lucie Bruneau Rehabilitation Centre
- Provigo
- Royal Versailles Hotel
- Galeries d'Anjou (with bus 44 north)
- Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel
Film and television appearances
- Scenes of the Bruce Willis-Richard Gere film The Jackal were shot in this station, redressed to stand in for the Capitol Heights station on the Washington Metro.