Champ-de-Mars (Metro Montreal)
Champ-de-Mars is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie , at the intersection of Avenue Viger and Rue Sanginet. Trains on orange line 2 run here . In 2006, 1,839,827 passengers used the station; this corresponds to the 48th place among the 68 stations of the Montreal Metro .
Building
The station designed by Adalbert Niklewicz is located in a small green area on the edge of Montreal's old town , separated from it by Autoroute 720 . A pedestrian bridge crosses this city motorway, which runs parallel to the subway, and provides a direct connection to Rue Saint-Antoine and the old town.
The platform level with two side platforms is 6.1 meters below the surface and was created using an open construction method . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 370.60 meters to Place-d'Armes and 720.50 meters to Berri-UQAM . There are connections to two bus lines and a night bus line of the Société de transport de Montréal . Nearby attractions include the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall), the Old Harbor , the Marché Bonsecours market hall , the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours pilgrimage chapel , Place Jacques-Cartier and Château Ramezay .
art
The entrance building of the Champ-de-Mars station is one of the most artistically outstanding structures on the Montreal Metro. Three of the four walls of the ground level distribution level are glazed and aligned so that daylight can shine through. They are decorated with large-format stained glass created by the artist Marcelle Ferron , a member of the surrealist artist group Automatistes . The glass windows with the designation Les grandes formes qui dansent ("The great dancing forms") create a varied play of colors on the platform level. After the opening, the station was still unadorned, rather unsightly and affected by vandalism. The provincial government of Québec then commissioned Ferron to design the station and, after some disputes, gave it a free hand. The hand-blown, colored glass parts were made in Paris in the workshops of the Compagnie de Saint-Gobain , while the Superseal glass-blowing workshop in Saint-Hyacinthe was responsible for the remaining parts and the protective layer .
history
The station opened on October 14, 1966, along with the section between Place-d'Armes and Henri-Bourassa . It is part of the metro's basic network. The station is named after the nearby Champ-de-Mars ("Field of Mars"), the city's former parade ground , on which the remains of the Montreal city walls can be found.
Web links
- STM website about the Champ-de-Mars station (French)
- Detailed information on the Champ-de-Mars station (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Station Champ-de-Mars - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 14, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Champ-de-Mars station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 14, 2012 (French).
- ^ Vitrail, 1966. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 14, 2012 (French).
- ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 14, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 36.6 " N , 73 ° 33 ′ 23.2" W.