Place-des-Arts

Plan your trips around elevator accessibility across the network:

• Orange line: possible connection with the Blue line at Jean-Talon and Snowdon métro stations, and with the Green line at Berri-UQAM and Lionel-Groulx métro stations.
• Green line: possible connection with the Orange line at Berri-UQAM and Lionel-Groulx métro stations.
• Blue line: possible connection with the Orange line at Jean-Talon and Snowdon métro stations.
• Yellow line: no connection possible.
• Berri-UQAM station: only the Orange and Green lines are accessible by elevator.

Visit the Elevator access to the métro page to find all accessible stations

You can check the status of elevator service at any time by going to elevator service updates.

When travelling, you can ask to be accompanied by an STM employee to cross the gap between the platform and the metro car.

If Orange line is also disrupted, three stops are available at this station and the signs are easily identifiable since they are green, the color of the métro line they serve.

• Eastbound towards Honoré-Beaugrand: Bus stop 52627, located southwest side of René-Lévesque, at the corner of Saint-Alexandre.
• Eastbound towards Honoré-Beaugrand: Bus stop 60683, located on southeast side of Jeanne-Mance, at the corner of De Maisonneuve.
• Westbound towards Angrignon: Bus stop 52553, located on northeast side of René-Lévesque, at the corner of Jeanne-Mance.

This shuttle is not free, the regular fare applies. 

It is also possible to check these stops on the neighbourhood map displayed at the entrances of our stations.

Weekdays : 3:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

IMPORTANT : The opening hours of the fare booths in the station will be ajusted and extended if an event leads to an increase in ridership.

Equipment on site to meet your needs

	Buy your fare or a new OPUS card (regular fare) at the automatic fare vending machine.
	Use the telephone identified by this symbol to speak with an employee at the main entrance.
	Use the telephone identified by this symbol only for safety concerns or in the event of an incident.

• Complexe Desjardins
• Le Directeur de l'état civil (sortie De Bleury Nord)
• Government of Canada
• Gesù
• Hôtel Hyatt Regency Montréal
• Hydro-Québec
• Musée d'art contemporain
• Place des Arts
• Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec (sortie De Bleury Nord)
• Université du Québec à Montréal (Complexe des sciences Pierre-Dansereau de l’UQAM)
  • pavillon Adrien-Pinard
  • bibliothèque des sciences
  • pavillon de Chimie et Biochimie
  • pavillon Cœur des sciences
  • pavillon Président-Kennedy
  • Résidences universitaires Saint-Urbain
  • pavillon des Sciences biologiques
  • pavillon Sherbrooke

Number of bicycle stands available outside the station: 21.  First come, first served.

Before taking our public transit system with your bike, please read the Bicycles section for more info.

Architects: David, Barott & Boulva.

Opened: October 1966.

Origin of name: Place des Arts, a large cluster of cultural and artistic buildings, whose main one, housing Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, was inaugurated on September 21, 1963.

Did you know? Former mayor Jean Drapeau insisted on giving that name to the station.

Artworks: glasswork by Frédéric Back and mosaic by Mosaika Art & Design.

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