ORIGIN OF THE NAME
Pierre-Esprit Radisson Rue Radisson. Pierre-Esprit Radisson (c. 1640-1710) was a French explorer. At age 11 he was captured by the Iroquois, who raised him, gave him the name Oninga, and taught him their language and culture. Later, he made several expeditions for France and England to the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay, accompanied by his half-sister's husband, Médard Chouart des Groseillers. They played an important role in the development of the Hudson's Bay Company. After returning to England in 1687, he died in 1701. The names Radisson and Des Groseillers were given to two parallel streets in Mercier in 1954.

 PLATFORM DEPTH
17,4 m deep
(25th deepest station)
 TRAFFIC
3 222 548 entrances in 2006
(28th busiest station)

 INTERSTATION DISTANCE
To Langelier:
To Honoré-Beaugrand:
621,79 metres
716,99 metres

 TRIVIA
This station was originally supposed to be connected by a tunnel to the Place Versailles shopping centre, but this was never carried out. The place where the tunnel was supposed to connect to the station can still be seen in the corridor towards the bus terminus.

The escape sequence in the Bruce Willis movie The Jackal was filmed in this station in 1997. The station was redressed to stand in for the Washington DC Metro station Capitol Heights. The station's name plates were covered and the DC Metro's identifying pillars and maps were installed. Lionel-Groulx metro was also featured in that movie.
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The Jackal (Bruce Willis) passes through the turnstiles in The JackalDeclan Mulqueen (Richard Gere) races into the station in The Jackal
Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere) runs for the escalator in The JackalDeclan Mulqueen (Richard Gere) regroups after The Jackal (Bruce Willis) eludes him in The Jackal
Richard Gere and Bruce Willis in The Jackal
Images (c)1997 Universal City Studios Inc.

Image pe-radisson.jpg by Bélier; courtesy Canadian Museum of Civilization and National Archives of Canada (C-015497).