Saint-Laurent (Metro Montreal)
Saint-Laurent is a subway station in Montreal . It is located in the arrondissement of Ville-Marie at the intersection of Boulevard De Maisonneuve and Rue Dominique. Trains on the green line 1 run here . In 2006, 1,479,884 passengers used the station; this corresponds to the 51st place among the 68 stations of the Montreal Metro .
Building
The station designed by the architectural office Brassard et Warren was created using an open construction method . The platform level with two side platforms is 9.1 meters deep . Twelve panels designed by the ceramist Claude Vermette with colored glazed bricks and different patterns break up the otherwise simple appearance of the walls. From the distribution level , a short tunnel leads to the only entrance and exit. As one of the few stations in the city center, Saint-Laurent is not integrated into neighboring buildings, but has an inconspicuous pavilion .
The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from the end of the station to the start of the station, are 354.38 meters to Place-des-Arts and 336.80 meters to Berri-UQAM . There are connections to two bus routes and two night bus routes operated by the Société de transport de Montréal . Sights in the area include various theaters and event halls in the so-called Quartier des Spectacles .
history
The station opened on October 14, 1966, along with the section between Atwater and Papineau . Saint-Laurent is part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. The station is named after the Boulevard Saint-Laurent, which runs parallel to Rue Dominique . It is one of the city's most important thoroughfares and has been leading into what is now the Arrondissement of Saint-Laurent , named after Saint Lawrence of Rome , since 1720 . In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the boulevard formed the boundary between the Anglophone West and the Francophone East of the city.
Web links
- STM website about the Saint-Laurent station (French)
- Detailed information about the station Saint-Laurent (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Station Saint-Laurent - historique et faits diverse. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 16, 2012 (French).
- ↑ Station Saint-Laurent - renseignements généraux. metrodemontreal.com, accessed February 16, 2012 (French).
- ^ Montreal Metro. urbanrail.net, accessed on February 16, 2012 (English).
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Place-des-Arts ← Angrignon |
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Coordinates: 45 ° 30'39.8 " N , 73 ° 33'53.8" W.