Jolicoeur (Metro Montreal)

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View of the platforms

Jolicoeur is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the Arrondissement of Le Sud-Ouest at the intersection of Rue Jolicoeur and Rue Drake. Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 1,855,620 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 46th place out of a total of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .

Building

Entrance pavilion

The station designed by Claude Boucher was built using an open construction method . Stairs and escalators lead directly into the fully glazed entrance pavilion , so daylight falls unhindered onto the platforms. From the outside, the pavilion looks like a black monolith in the middle of a small green area. The modernist curtain wall forms a sharp contrast to the brightness inside, caused by the yellow corrugated metal ceiling. Powerful floodlights shine at night .

The platform level with two side platforms is 4.6 meters deep . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from the end of the station to the start of the station, are 1,062.85 meters to Monk and 761.39 meters to Verdun . There are connections to two bus lines and a night bus line of the Société de transport de Montréal , plus a line of the CIT Roussillon. The Canal de l'Aqueduc is nearby .

art

The platform floors are decorated with 42 identical patterns made of ceramic tiles designed by the architect Claude Boucher. They are black circles with a diameter of 1.22 meters, each with orange triangles. Their bright colors serve to complement the station lighting.

history

The station opened on September 3, 1978, together with the Atwater - Angrignon section of the green line. Name giver is Rue Jolicoeur, named after the Roman Catholic pastor Joseph-Moïse Jolicœur, who founded the parish Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours in 1906.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jolicoeur station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 16, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Jolicoeur station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 16, 2012 (French).
  3. ↑ 42 cercles au sol, 1976. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 16, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on April 16, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 27'25.3 "  N , 73 ° 34'55.7"  W.