Cadillac (Metro Montreal)
Cadillac is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve at the intersection of Rue Sherbrooke and Rue de Cadillac. Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 2,203,624 passengers used the station, which is 41st place out of a total of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .
Building
The station, designed by the architects Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart et Bourke , was built in the form of a tunnel station , with the middle section being an open-plan design. On the platforms and on the distribution level , the walls are made of roughened dark gray concrete with chrome steel elements, the walls above the platform vaults are decorated with triangular patterns. On the surface there are two identical entrance pavilions , with a square floor plan and overhanging flat roofs.
The platform level with two side platforms is at a depth of 12.2 meters . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 781.69 meters to Assomption and 518.51 meters to Langelier . There are connections to three bus lines and a night bus line of the Société de transport de Montréal .
art
A wall painting by Jean Cartier can be found in each of the two access tunnels to the entrance pavilions. The abstract works consist of fired enamel on steel plates and are each 5 meters wide and 1.7 meters high. While blue tones predominate on the north side, orange tones are predominant on the south side. The rectangular segments can be removed and rearranged to create a new pattern.
history
The opening of the station took place on June 6, 1976, together with the section Frontenac - Honoré-Beaugrand of the green line. Name giver is the Rue de Cadillac, named after the French explorer Antoine Laumet, sieur de Cadillac (1658-1730).
Web links
- STM website about Cadillac station (French)
- Detailed information about the Cadillac station (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Cadillac station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 29, 2012 (French).
- ^ Cadillac station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 29, 2012 (French).
- ^ Deux murales, 1974. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 29, 2012 (French).
- ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on April 29, 2012 (English).
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Assomption ← Angrignon |
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Coordinates: 45 ° 34 ′ 36.6 " N , 73 ° 32 ′ 48.2" W.