Cadillac (Montreal Metro)

Cadillac is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Mercier - Hochelaga -Maisonneuve at the intersection of Rue Sherbrooke and Rue de Cadillac. Here the green line trains run 1 In 2006, 2,203,624 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 41st rank among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Longpré, Marchand, Goudreau, Dobush, Stewart et Bourke station was built in the form of a tunnel station, the middle part was carried out in an open design. The walls are made of grained dark gray concrete are made on the platforms and on the distribution level with chrome steel elements, the walls along the platform vaults are decorated with triangular patterns. There are two identical input pavilions, with a square base and overhanging flat roofs on the surface.

In 12.2 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 781.69 meters to 518.51 meters to Assomption and Langelier. There are connections to three bus lines and night bus of the Société de transport de Montréal.

Art

In both the access tunnel to the entrance pavilion is ever a mural by Jean Cartier to find. The abstract works made ​​of baked enamel on steel plates and are each 5 meters wide and 1.7 meters high. While prevail on the north side blues, there are on the south side of orange tones. The rectangular segments can be located remotely and new, so that results in each case a new pattern.

History

The opening of the station on June 6, 1976, together with the portion of Frontenac -Honoré- Beaugrand on the green line. It is named after the Rue de Cadillac, named after the French explorer Antoine Laumet, sieur de Cadillac ( 1658-1730 ).