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{{Infobox Montreal Metro #REDIRECT ]
|station= ]
|line=] ]
|image=]
|architect= Blouin, Blouin & Associés<BR>
Colin M. Drewitt (Park Avenue Station)
|artist=], ]
|inaugurated=15 June 1987
|borough=Villeray–Saint Michel Park Extension
|city=Montreal
|depth=15.1 metres
|depth-rank=35th deepest
|traffic= 2,380,755 entrances in 2006
|traffic-rank=39th busiest
|distances=
727.60 metres to ]<BR>
490.60 metres to ]
|addresses= 7245, Hutchison Street
|intersections=Hutchison Street / Ogilvy Avenue<BR>Hutchison Street / ]<BR>Jean-Talon Street / ]<ref></ref>
|}}


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'''Parc''' is a station on the ] of the ] ], operated by the ] (STM). It is located in the ] district of the ] borough of ], ], ].<ref></ref> The station was built inside the extreme western part of the ] former Park Avenue Station, and connects with ] (AMT) ].


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== Overview ==
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It is a normal ] station. The entrance to the station was built within the former men's smoking room of the now disused Park Avenue Station, built in 1931. The platform level of the station features a frieze by Huguette Desjardins, and the skylight at the foot of the stairs to the exit contains a sculpture called ''Métamorphose d'Icare'' by Claire Sarrasin, an homage to the local Greek community.

==Origin of name==
Parc comes from ] (Avenue du Parc), which is a main north/south thoroughfare in Montreal. Park Avenue gets its name from the fact that part of it runs along ] Park.

==Connecting bus routes==
{{Main|Société de transport de Montréal}}
{{Main|List of Montreal Bus Routes}}
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<th align=center>Route<th align=center>Service Times<th align=center>Map<th align=center>Schedule
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<td colspan=4><font color=white size=4>'''Société de transport de Montréal '''
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<td align=left>'''] 16 Graham '''
<td align=left>''All-day''
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<td align=left>'''] ]'''
<td align=left>''All-day''
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<td align=left>'''] 92 Jean-Talon Ouest'''
<td align=left>''All-day''
<td align=left>
<td align=left>
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<td align=left>'''] 93 Jean-Talon'''
<td align=left>''All-day''
<td align=left>
<td align=left>
<tr>
<td align=left>'''] ]'''
<td align=left>''Rush Hour Monday-Friday''
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<td align=left>''' 935 Trainbus Blainville/Downtown'''
<td align=left>''Rush Hour Monday-Friday''
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<td align=left>'''] 365 Avenue du Parc'''
<td align=left>''Overnight''
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<td align=left>
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<td align=left>'''] 372 Jean-Talon'''
<td align=left>''Overnight''
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<td align=left>
</table>

==Commuter trains==
* ] at ] AMT station. This station is in Fare Zone 1 <ref></ref>

==Nearby points of interest==
* ] Parc Extension
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== References ==
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==External links==
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