Beaubien (Montreal Metro)

Beaubien is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Rosemont -La Petite- Patrie at the intersection of Rue Beaubien and Rue de Saint -Vallier. Here courses of the orange line 2 In 2006, 3,380,245 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 27th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by Roger d' Astous station was built as a tunnel train station and offers the retro architecture with many curved lines. Also the distribution level has an oval instead of the usual rectangular in plan. Where the platforms meet the distribution level, the transition is accentuated by an ellipse. The walls are covered with gray tiles and granite floors in the irregularly shaped stones are embedded. The entrance pavilion has an elongated shape, the sloped roof has clerestory on. Under an awning along the entire building bus stops can be found.

In 12.5 meters depth, the platform level is with two side platforms. The distances to the neighboring stations, each station measured from end to beginning station, amount to 541.10 meters to 712.10 meters to Rosemont and Jean -Talon. There are four connections to bus lines and night bus of the Société de transport de Montréal.

History

The opening of the station took place on 14 October 1966, together with the portion of Place - d'Armes -Henri - Bourassa the orange line. Thus Beaubien part of the basic network of the Montreal Metro. It is named after the Rue Beaubien, named after an eminent French-Canadian landowning family of the 19th century.