Berri-UQAM
The station where Montreal's Metro was switched on in 1966 — and still the busiest crossroads in the entire system.
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Three lines meet here — Green, Orange, and Yellow — making it the network's central node. It opened on October 14, 1966, as the inauguration site for the Metro, with Mayor Jean Drapeau and Archbishop Paul-Émile Léger among those on the platform. A plaque in the mezzanine marks that ceremony. It is also the second-deepest station in the network, and handles up to 40 million riders annually when transfers are counted.
What to look for
- The inauguration plaque in the mezzanine, commemorating the 1966 ceremony with Mayor Drapeau and Archbishop Léger
- The three-line convergence — follow signage for Green, Orange, and Yellow platforms across rearranged corridors, part of a renovation underway since 2010
- Evidence of the long-running refurbishment: new wall tiling, ceilings, and upgraded lighting installed over more than a decade of construction
Partially accessible via elevators added since 2009; renovation work (targeting 2027–2029 completion) may affect corridor layouts during your visit.
Berri-UQAM is one of 14 sights worth the detour in Montreal, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Montreal pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Montreal
- Circuit Gilles VilleneuveThe track where Gilles Villeneuve beat the world on home soil in 1978 — and it now carries his name.
- Olympic StadiumThe stadium that cost so much, Montreal renamed it "The Big Owe."
- Bell CentreCanada's largest indoor arena holds 20,962 people — and on a Canadiens night, the noise travels several city blocks.
- Habitat 67A McGill thesis project that actually got built — 354 prefabricated concrete boxes stacked into homes on the Saint Lawrence for a 1967 World's Fair.
- Notre-Dame BasilicaDeep blue vaults scattered with gold stars, and a 7,000-pipe organ that fills every corner of it.
- Montreal Museum of Fine ArtsCanada's oldest art museum, founded in 1860, now sprawls across five pavilions and draws more visitors than any other art museum in the country.