Bonaventure (Metro Montreal)
Bonaventure is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie on the east side of Place du Canada , a public square in the city center. Trains on orange line 2 run here . In 2006, 6,683,849 passengers used the station; this corresponds to the 6th place among the 68 stations of the Montreal Metro .
Building
The station designed by Victor Prus was built using an open construction method in order to create as much space as possible for the busy distribution level , which was built as a bridge structure above the platform level. This is 22.6 meters deep and has two side platforms . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 381.60 meters to Lucien-L'Allier and 392.60 meters to Square-Victoria-OACI .
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Bonaventure is considered to be the most elegant station in the basic metro network, which was completed in 1967. The walls are clad with bricks in a warm shade of brown, with wide arched cavities embedded in them as a decorative element. The lighting is provided by large square lamps that hang from the ceiling. Until 1992 the station had only one exit to the outside. Two further entrances led directly to the office, exhibition and hotel complex Place Bonaventure and the main train station on one side and the Hotel Château Champlain and Place du Canada on the other. With the construction of the 1000 de La Gauchetière skyscraper directly above the station in 1992, further additions were made. In 2009, Bonaventure received elevators as the third station in the basic network .
There are connections to seven bus routes of the Société de transport de Montréal . More than 70 other bus routes to the suburbs of the Rive-Sud region operate from the Center-ville terminus . The Bonaventure station is integrated into the extensive Montreal underground city . In addition to the Place Bonaventure complex, the skyscrapers Place Ville-Marie , 1000 de La Gauchetière and 1250 René-Lévesque , the main train station Gare Centrale , the former main train station Gare Windsor , the ice hockey stadium Center Bell and several hotel buildings are accessible underground . The underground stations Lucien-L'Allier, McGill and Square-Victoria-OACI are also within walking distance . Other nearby attractions include the Marie-Reine-du-Monde de Montréal Cathedral and the Édifice Sun Life skyscraper .
history
The station opened on February 13, 1967, together with the short section from Square Victoria OACI. Bonaventure was the western terminus of the orange line for more than thirteen years, until it was extended to Place-Saint-Henri on April 28, 1980 . The station is named after the Place Bonaventure building complex, which was also opened in 1967. This in turn got its name from Gare Bonaventure , the former main station of the Grand Trunk Railway on Rue Bonaventure, which is now called Rue Saint-Jacques . All names go back to Saint Bonaventure . During the planning phase, the metro station was named Windsor .
Web links
- STM website about Bonaventure station (French)
- Detailed information about the Bonaventure station (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bonaventure station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 16, 2012 (French).
- ^ Station Bonaventure - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 15, 2012 (French).
- ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 16, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ′ 53.3 " N , 73 ° 34 ′ 2.1" W.