title: Laurier station (Montreal Metro)
text: # Laurier station (Montreal Metro)
  
  Laurier station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located just to the east of the Mile End neighbourhood. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.
  
  ## Overview
  
  The station, designed by Jean P. Pothier, is a normal side platform station, built in tunnel. It has a mezzanine and an entrance at either end, the southern one incorporating an open sided bus shelter, and the northern one including an automatic ticket barrier.
  
  The walls are decorated in grey granite, with orange and red tiles at both ends of the platform.
  
  ## Origin of the name
  
  This station is named for Laurier Avenue, named for Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841–1919), the first French-Canadian Prime Minister of Canada (1896–1911).
  
  ## Connecting bus routes
  
  * Société de transport de Montréal
  * Route
  * 14 Atateken
  * 27 Boulevard Saint-Joseph
  * 46 Casgrain
  * 47 Masson
  * 51 Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit
  * 427 Express Saint-Joseph (Eastbound)
  * 711 Parc Du Mont Royal/Oratoire
  
  ## Nearby points of interest
  
  * École nationale de théâtre
  * École supérieure de la danse du Québec
  * Plaza Laurier
  * Parc Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier
  * CLSC Saint-Louis-du-Parc
  