Place-d'Armes (Metro Montreal)

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View of the platforms

Place-d'Armes is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie , at the intersection of Rue Saint-Urbain and Avenue Viger. Trains on orange line 2 run here . In 2006, 4,746,418 passengers used the station; this corresponds to the 14th place among the 68 stations of the Montreal Metro .

Building

Entrance hall

The station designed by J. Warunkiewicz is located on the edge of Montreal's old town . Your distribution level is located under the Palais des congrès de Montréal . The western exit leads directly to the ground floor of this congress center, the eastern exit leads outside. 4.6 meters below the surface lies in an open design resulting platform level with two side platforms . The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from station end to station start, are 356.60 meters to Square-Victoria-OACI and 370.60 meters to Champ-de-Mars .

There are connections to two bus routes and three night bus routes operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . The Place-d'Armes station is integrated into the extensive Montreal underground city . Pedestrian tunnels lead to the Complexe Guy-Favreau (administrative center of the Canadian federal government) and the Skyscraper Complexe Desjardins . The metro stations Square-Victoria-OACI and Place-des-Arts are also within walking distance . Nearby attractions include the Notre-Dame de Montréal basilica , Place d'Armes with the Maisonneuve monument , the Vieux Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice and Chinatown .

art

The station area is rather unadorned, apart from the wall panels made of corrugated stainless steel. In contrast, the connecting tunnel in the direction of the Place-des-Arts metro station is artistically designed. In 2002/03, Christian Kiopini designed the walls with plywood, glass and acrylic. These are three areas that are related to each other through their colors and the geological formation they are reminiscent of. Chambre secrète ("secret chamber") at the western end includes the door to the vault of a former bank. The light from the middle work Contreforts (“Vorgebirge”) reflects on it . In the middle of a rotunda are rayons , the lines of which converge to form a cone that points to an imaginary point on the surface.

history

The station opened on October 14, 1966, together with the section towards Henri-Bourassa . Place-d'Armes is part of the metro network and was the terminus of the orange line for a few months. This was extended on February 6, 1967 southwest to Square Victoria OACI, a week later to Bonaventure . The station is named after the Place d'Armes , around 250 meters southeast , the former Montreal parade ground.

Web links

Commons : Place-d'Armes (Metro Montreal)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Station Place-d'Armes - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 14, 2012 (French).
  2. ↑ Place-d'Armes station - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 14, 2012 (French).
  3. ↑ stratifications parietal (3 éléments) 2002-2003. In: L'art du métro. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 14, 2012 (French).
  4. ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 14, 2012 (English).
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Coordinates: 45 ° 30 '23.1 "  N , 73 ° 33' 35.1"  W.