Jean-Drapeau (Metro Montreal)

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The station building, in the background the Biosphere

Jean-Drapeau is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie , more precisely at the southern end of the Île Sainte-Hélène , an offshore island in the Saint Lawrence River . It is the only stopover on yellow line 4 , which connects downtown Montreal with the suburb of Longueuil . In 2006, 1,281,651 passengers used the station; this corresponds to the 56th place among the 68 stations of Metro Montreal .

Building

View of the platform

The station, designed by Jean Dumontier, is far away from any residential development, but was designed generously so that it can cope with large crowds in a short time (mainly tourists and event visitors). The architectural elements are predominantly in the form of funnels, which gives the visual impression of efficiency and space. The platform level with the two side platforms is 4.6 meters below the surface. The deepest point of Metro Montreal (55 meters) is west of the station under Rue Bonsecours; the great difference in altitude results from the necessary crossing under the river. The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from the end of the station to the beginning of the station, are 2362.10 meters to Berri-UQAM (longest station distance of the entire metro) and 1572.10 meters to Longueuil-Université-de-Sherbrooke .

There are connections to two bus routes of the Société de transport de Montréal . Nearby attractions include the Biosphère , Parc Jean-Drapeau , La Ronde amusement park , Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène with the David M. Stewart Museum , Casino de Montréal and the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve .

art

Dumontier also designed the artistic equipment for the platform level. Its walls are adorned with four identical reliefs . The abstract figures represent atlas supporting the vault of heaven. You are referring to Terre des Hommes (“Man and his world”), the motto of the world exhibition Expo 67 , which took place on the Île Sainte-Hélène, among other places. Another work of art, La ville imaginaire by the Portuguese artist João Charters de Almeida , is not far from the station entrance. It consists of abstract limestone pillars that tower up to 19 meters high. It is a gift from the Lisbon Metro for the 30th anniversary of the Montreal Metro in 1997.

history

In 1962, Montreal was awarded the contract to host Expo 67. In order to develop the extensive exhibition grounds on Île Sainte-Hélène and the neighboring Île Notre-Dame , it was decided to build line 4. The line opened on March 31, 1967, the stopover on Île Sainte-Hélène followed on April 28, 1967, the day after the official Expo opening. In the four weeks in between, it was initially only used by construction workers on the World Exhibition Grounds. For more than three decades, the station was called Île-Sainte-Hélène . It was given its current name on May 10, 2001 - in honor of the mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau , who had made a decisive contribution to the construction of the metro.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Station Jean-Drapeau - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 13, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Station Jean-Drapeau - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 13, 2012 (French).
  3. ↑ Quatre bas-reliefs, 1964. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 13, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ La ville imaginaire, 1997. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 13, 2012 (French).
  5. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 13, 2012 (English).
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