Montmorency (Metro Montreal)
Montmorency is a subway station in Laval , a suburb of Montreal . It is located in the Laval-des-Rapides district at the intersection of Rue Jacques-Tétreault and Rue Lucien-Paiement. It is the northern terminus of the orange line 2 of Metro Montreal .
Building
The station designed by Guillermo Farregut was built using an open construction method in an extensive pit. Characteristic are the wide areas and the large volume of the interior. The distance between the side platforms and the ceiling is the greatest in the entire metro network. Arches and buttresses distribute the pressure from the surrounding earth. The walls of the platform level are clad with tiles in a pattern of different colored diagonal stripes. The distribution level at the top of the stairwell leads to two entrance pavilions .
The distance to the neighboring De La Concorde station, measured from station end to station start, is 847.60 meters. Immediately next to the station is a bus station , the Terminus Montmorency operated by the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) . From there, 15 bus routes and one night bus route run by the Société de transport de Laval . There are also three lines from CIT Laurentides and one line from MRC Les Moulins , with which various communities in the Rive-Nord region are developed. The AMT also maintains a park-and-ride facility with 1,217 parking spaces.
art
The work Les fluides (“The Currents”) by Hélène Rochette decorates the main stairwell and the bus station. Four large structures made of aluminum and chrome steel, which are painted with brightly shining oil paints, hang from the ceiling. Their curved shapes are reminiscent of flying birds and thus break through the otherwise predominant straight lines of the station itself.
history
The opening of the station and the northernmost section of the orange line took place on April 28, 1978, together with the section from Henri-Bourassa . It is named after the nearby Collège Montmorency. This high school in turn is named after François de Montmorency-Laval (1623-1708), the first bishop of Québec . The urban development program ÉvoluCité , published in 2011, plans to connect both ends of the orange line and thereby create a ring line. A short turn to the north would open up the Carrefour Laval shopping center .
Web links
- STM website about Montmorency station (French)
- Detailed information about the Montmorency station (French)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Montmorency station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 23, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Montmorency station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 28, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Montmorency. Agence métropolitaine de transport, accessed on April 28, 2012 (French).
- ^ Les fluides, 2007. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 28, 2012 (French).
- ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on April 23, 2012 (English).
- ↑ Métro: Laval réclame cinq nouvelles stations. (No longer available online.) Courrier Laval on May 26, 2011, archived from the original on July 20, 2011 ; Retrieved April 28, 2012 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 33 ′ 28.8 " N , 73 ° 43 ′ 16.7" W.