Pie-IX (Metro Montreal)

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View of the platforms

Pie-IX is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve at the intersection of Boulevard Pie-IX and Avenue Pierre-de-Coubertin, right next to the Olympic Stadium . Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 4,600,629 passengers used the station, which corresponds to 15th place out of a total of 68 stations on Metro Montreal .

Building

View of the roof of the station from the tower of the Olympic Stadium

The station designed by Marcel Raby was created using an open construction method . Its walls are made of roughened, ribbed concrete with a coat of earthy tones. The distribution level was built with such generous proportions that it can cope with the crowds before and after events in the Olympic Stadium. A second access tunnel runs directly to the platform leading into the city and is used when there is a particularly large crowd. There are two entrance buildings. The eastern one is integrated into the forecourt of the Olympic Stadium, with the roof repeating its curved shape; the western one was built in a more conventional style.

The platform level with two side platforms is located at a depth of 10.1 meters . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from the end of the station to the beginning of the station, are 766.88 meters to Joliette and 621.85 meters to Viau . There are connections to five bus routes and a night bus route operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . Nearby attractions include the Olympic Stadium, the Botanical Garden , Parc Maisonneuve and Château Dufresne . The remaining facilities in the Olympiapark are accessed through the neighboring Viau station.

art

Citius, Altius, Fortius - mural by Jordi Bonet

The works of art installed in the station all refer to the Olympic Games . A relief-like mural made of aluminum and concrete adorns the wall of the distribution level. The 22 meter long and 2.3 meter high work by the Catalan artist Jordi Bonet symbolizes the three parts of the Olympic motto Citius, altius, fortius (“Faster, higher, stronger”).

Architect Marcel Raby contributed three other works of art. On the wall of the platform leading into town hang bronze Olympic rings , each 1.5 meters in diameter. On the wall of the second access tunnel leading there is an abstraction of the Olympic rings, five concrete discs 1.3 meters in diameter with ceramic attachments in the Olympic colors. A ventilation grille has circular elements that are painted in the same colors.

history

The station opened on June 6, 1976, six weeks before the start of the 1976 Summer Olympics , together with the Frontenac - Honoré-Beaugrand section of the green line. The namesake is the Boulevard Pie-IX, named after Pope Pius IX. (1792-1878). In earlier plans, Pie-IX was intended as the terminus of a metro line 6 ("white line"), but the project was dropped.

Web links

Commons : Pie-IX (Metro Montreal)  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Station Pie-IX - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  2. ^ Station Pie-IX - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  3. ^ Citius, Altius, Fortius, 1974. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Murale, 1972 (2). In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  5. ^ Murale, 1972 (1). In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  6. ^ Grille, 1972. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed April 10, 2012 (French).
  7. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on April 10, 2012 (English).
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