Peel (Metro Montreal)
Peel is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie at the intersection of Boulevard De Maisonneuve and Rue Peel . Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 6,351,488 passengers used the station; this corresponds to the 9th place among the 68 stations of the Montreal Metro .
Building
The station designed by the architects Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie et Leblanc was created using an open construction method . Numerous columns and beams support the bridge-like distribution level and the ceiling. There are four exits, all integrated into neighboring buildings (three on Boulevard De Maisonneuve and one on Rue Stanley). The platform level at a depth of 10.7 meters has two side platforms . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from the end of the station to the start of the station, are 593.14 meters to Guy-Concordia and 296.52 meters to McGill (shortest station distance of the entire metro network).
There are connections to three bus lines and a night bus line of the Société de transport de Montréal . The Peel station is integrated into the extensive Montreal underground city . Several office and commercial buildings, the Les Cours Mont-Royal and Carrefour Industrielle-Alliance shopping centers, as well as the neighboring McGill metro station are accessible underground . Other nearby attractions include the Edifice Sun Life skyscraper , various McGill University buildings and Square Dorchester .
art
Peel is one of the few stations on the basic network where art was incorporated into the architecture from the outset and not added later. Together with Claude Vermette, Jean-Paul Mousseau created numerous colored ceramic discs that are embedded in the walls and floors and give the station a special character. The discs have abstract patterns in shades of orange and blue. Six of these panes - one each above the platforms and one in front of and behind the two ticket offices - have a diameter of 3.6 meters. Originally 48 of the smaller discs with a diameter of 1.8 meters existed, but only 31 are left after various modifications.
Next to the entrance on Rue Peel 2000 is the steel sculpture Enterspace . The 5.5 meter high work by Maurice Lemieux was installed there in 1981 and consists of four elements in the form of the logo of the international air transport association IATA , which was previously based in the building.
history
The station opened on February 14, 1966, along with the section between Atwater and Papineau . Peel is part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. The station is named after Rue Peel, which in turn is named after the British Prime Minister Robert Peel (1788–1850).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Peel station - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
- ^ Station Peel - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
- ↑ 54 circles, 1964. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Enterspace, 1980-81. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 19, 2012 (French).
- ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 19, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′ 3.2 ″ N , 73 ° 34 ′ 28.9 ″ W.