Joliette (Metro Montreal)

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View of the platforms

Joliette is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve at the intersection of Rue Hochelaga and Rue Joliette. Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 2,758,766 passengers used the station, which is 33rd out of a total of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .

Building

The station designed by Marcel Raby was created in the form of a tunnel station . In the area of ​​the platforms the walls are clad with yellow bricks, in the area of ​​the stairs and on the distribution level there are orange bricks. Joliette is generally considered the least attractive station on Metro Montreal, to which the two simple pavilions on the surface also contribute.

The platform level with two side platforms is 14.3 meters deep . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 383.43 meters to Préfontaine and 766.88 meters to Pie-IX . There are connections to two bus lines and a night bus line of the Société de transport de Montréal .

art

The mural Thème des mouvements du soleil

The architect Marcel Raby was also responsible for the artistic design of the station and created the mural Thème des mouvements du soleil (“Subject of the movements of the sun”). The work is located on the distribution level and is made of colored glass, synthetic resin and stainless steel. It is 12.3 meters long and 3.1 meters high. Circles with glass drops lit from behind are supposed to symbolize the movements of the solar system.

history

The opening of the station took place on June 6, 1976, together with the section Frontenac - Honoré-Beaugrand of the green line. Name giver is the Rue Joliette, named after the politician Barthélemy Joliette (1789-1850). In the 1820s he founded the village of L'Industrie, from which the town of Joliette emerged.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Joliette station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Joliette station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  3. ↑ Thème des mouvements du soleil, 1973. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on April 10, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 32 '48.5 "  N , 73 ° 33' 5.1"  W.