McGill (Metro Montreal)

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View of the platforms

McGill is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie at the intersection of Boulevard De Maisonneuve and Boulevard Robert-Bourassa (formerly Rue University ). Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 11,094,510 passengers used the station, making it the second most frequented of the 68 stations on Metro Montreal after Berri-UQAM .

Building

View of the distribution level

The station, designed by the architects Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier et Caron , is located in the middle of the central business district and was built using an open-plan method . It has two bridge-like distribution levels at both ends, which are connected to one another along the side walls by two pedestrian walkways. The platform level with two side platforms is 10.7 meters deep . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from the end of the station to the beginning of the station, are 296.52 meters to Peel (shortest station distance of the entire metro network) and 345.69 meters to Place-des-Arts . The station has several shops and a total of six exits, all of which are integrated into neighboring buildings (three on Boulevard De Maisonneuve, two on Avenue Union and one on Boulevard Robert-Bourassa).

There are connections to five bus routes and a night bus route operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . The McGill station is integrated into the extensive Montreal underground city . Several office and commercial buildings, the Place Ville-Marie skyscraper and the Center Eaton, Promenades Cathédrale and Complexe Les Ailes shopping centers are accessible underground . The Peel and Bonaventure metro stations are also within walking distance . Other nearby attractions include McGill University, Christ Church Cathedral , McCord Museum , Redpath Museum, and Stade Percival-Molson .

art

La vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle
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1st cycle: City foundation
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2nd cycle: French colony
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3rd cycle: Jacques Viger , Peter McGill
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4th cycle: industrial city
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5th cycle: Vieux-Montréal (old town)

The most striking work of art in the McGill station is La vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle (“Life in Montreal in the 19th Century”) by Nicolas Sollogub. It is a glass painting in five cycles that extends over a length of 30.5 meters above the northern platform. The work, made up of more than 1200 pieces of glass, was unveiled in December 1974 and is a gift from the tobacco company Macdonald Tobacco . Various scenes from the history of Montreal are shown.

The first cycle shows the untouched Île de Montréal , the natives from Hochelaga , French colonists, the city ​​arms and the Rekollekten monastery. The second cycle shows a street scene from the early 19th century, tools and the Vieux Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice . Jacques Viger and Peter McGill , the first two mayors of Montreal, dominate the central third cycle; the figures are surrounded by contemporary banknotes and newspapers, as well as various scenes from trade and industry. The fourth cycle is dedicated to the Lachine Canal , Industry and the Grand Trunk Railway , with Mont Royal in the background. The last cycle is a continuation of the fourth; The Lachine Canal, the Old Harbor , the Marché Bonsecours market hall , the Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours pilgrimage chapel and the St. Lawrence River with fish and birds are shown.

The ceramicist Maurice Savoie created a four-part terracotta mural in 1966. It adorns the pillars at the underground entrance to the Complexe Les Ailes shopping center and shows depictions of fruits and flowers. The construction of the Promenades de la Cathédrale shopping center in 1992 led to the creation of two more works of art. The light sculpture passage of Murray Macdonald consists of amber glass, the arc-shaped elements (similar to the Gothic window Christchurch Cathedral) surrounds and is illuminated by fluorescent tubes that illuminate in a constant sequence. A wall painting by the artist group Les industries perdues made of wood and synthetic resin depicts a detailed relief map of the Île de Montréal. The most important buildings in the city are clearly visible on it.

history

The station opened on February 14, 1966, along with the section between Atwater and Papineau . McGill is part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. The station is named after McGill University and the avenue McGill College leading to the main entrance of the university. Founded in 1821, the university is now one of the most prestigious in the country and goes back to the will of the Scottish-Canadian fur trader James McGill .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c McGill station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ McGill station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
  3. ^ A b La vie à Montréal au XIXe siècle, 1974. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
  4. ↑ Quatre reliefs, 1966. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
  5. ↑ passage, 1991. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
  6. ^ Les industries perdues. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
  7. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 19, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 14.7 "  N , 73 ° 34 ′ 17.7"  W.