Crémazie (Metro Montreal)

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View of one of the platforms

Crémazie is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville arrondissement at the intersection of Boulevard Crémazie and Rue Berri. Trains on orange line 2 run here . In 2006, 2,801,232 passengers used the station, which is 31st out of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .

Building

The station designed by Adalbert Niklewicz was created in the form of a tunnel station . However, the middle part was designed as a generously dimensioned cavity in an open construction , which gives the station a spacious impression. The walls are painted in pale tones. From the distribution level , the route leads to the platform leading out of town, past two massive, rhombus-shaped pillars adorned with various colorful geometric shapes. The other platform can be reached via two narrow corridors. Both entrances to the station were integrated into existing buildings.

The platform level with two side platforms is 16.8 meters deep . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 825.60 meters to Jarry and 1,279.60 meters to Sauvé . There are connections to ten bus routes and a night bus route operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . Nearby is the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard .

art

Le poète dans l'univers

On the wall above the main staircase there is a large ceramic mural created by the artists Georges Lauda, ​​Paul Pannier and Gérard Cordeau. The work Le poète dans l'univers (“The Poet in the Universe”) has a diameter of 9.8 meters. It represents the poetic spirit in the universe, represented by the colors of the night sky (blue, black and white) as well as by the signs of the planets and the signs of the zodiac. Three well-known poets from Québec are honored with wrought-iron masks and quotes from poems . These are Émile Nelligan , Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau and Octave Crémazie .

history

The station opened on October 14, 1966, along with the Place-d'Armes - Henri-Bourassa section of the orange line. Crémazie is part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. It is named after the Boulevard Crémazie, named after Octave Crémazie (1827–1879), one of Québec's most important poets.

Web links

Commons : Crémazie (Metro Montreal)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Crémazie station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 11, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Station Crémazie - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 11, 2012 (French).
  3. ↑ Le poète dans l'univers, 1968. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 11, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on April 11, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 32 ′ 46 "  N , 73 ° 38 ′ 19.7"  W.