Guy-Concordia (Metro Montreal)

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View of the platforms

Guy-Concordia is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie at the intersection of Boulevard De Maisonneuve and Rue Guy . Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 7,327,361 passengers used the station; this corresponds to fourth place among a total of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .

Building

Entrance hall

The station designed by JA Chicoine opens up the southwestern edge of the central business district and was built as a tunnel station in a rather simple design. The platform level with two side platforms is 19.2 meters deep . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 681.54 meters to Atwater and 593.14 meters to Peel . The distribution level with several shops is located across the platform level . Originally the walls were clad with orange-brown tiles, which were later replaced by glazed white tiles. There are two entrances and exits on Boulevard De Maisonneuve and Rue Guy. From December 2011 to August 2012 the station will undergo extensive renovation.

There are connections to seven bus routes and two night bus routes operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . The Guy-Concordia station is part of the Montreal Underground City , but is not connected to the main segment. Various Concordia University buildings can be reached underground on foot . Attractions in the area include the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal , the Masonic Temple and the Faubourg Sainte-Catherine shopping center . At the exit on Rue Guy there is a small square with a statue depicting the doctor Norman Bethune .

history

The station opened on October 14, 1966, along with the section between Atwater and Papineau . Guy-Concordia is part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. The station is named after Rue Guy. This in turn is named after the landowner Étienne Guy, who represented Montreal in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada . In 1815 he donated a piece of land to the city so that the road could be built on it. For the first two decades, the station was simply called Guy . On January 1, 1988, it was given the addition Concordia to draw attention to Concordia University, which was founded in 1974.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Station Guy-Concordia - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 20, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Guy-Concordia metro station gets a new look. Concordia University, December 19, 2011, accessed February 20, 2012 .
  3. ^ Station Guy-Concordia - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 20, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 20, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 29 ′ 42.7 "  N , 73 ° 34 ′ 47.5"  W.