This small station is the far terminus of the yellow line and the main public transit connection between Montreal and the south shore. It is slung under the Place Charles-Lemoyne shopping mall, which also connects to the large new AMT Longueuil bus terminus. Once inside the badly-decorated mall, it is relatively difficult to find the access, as the signage is somewhat confusing (immediately above the stairs, it says "Brasserie," not, say, "Métro" or the like).
![]() More importantly, the layout of the station doesn't show a lot of forward thinking. Unlike all the other terminus stations, arriving passengers do not pass through turnstiles when they disembark; accordingly, there is no way to get to the other platform without paying the fare again. (The turnstiles are at platform level and lead directly onto the Berri-UQAM line platform.)
This may not seem like a disadvantage now, but when the yellow line is extended and this station becomes a middle stop rather than a terminus, it is difficult to see how they will retrofit the station for its new vocation. Every other station has a way to get from one platform to the other, for passengers who mistakenly get on the wrong platform. This station's layout was short-sighted.
Finally, this station is aesthetically lacking. The only features of artistic interest are the unusual shapes of the pillars supporting the platform ceiling, and a subtle mural along the platform walls, depicting long angular lines. In short, this ill-planned station gives the appearance of having been jerry-rigged. It doesn't make a very good first impression to people embarking for Montreal.
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