Charlevoix (Montreal Metro)

Charlevoix is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Le Sud -Ouest at the intersection of Rue Centre and Rue Charlevoix. Here the green line trains run 1 In 2006, 1,660,156 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 49th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Ayotte et Bergeron station was built as a tunnel station. The presence of soft Utica Shale in the area limited the width, which is why the platforms had to be built on rather than side by side. The walls are covered with glazed red-orange brick, complemented by Diamentenmuster on the platform levels. A large light well can shine down the daylight on the distribution level. The built of brick entrance pavilion, in front of which is a terminal loop is attached to a residential high-rise.

The platform side of the southward moving trains is 24.4 meters in depth, that of moving trains into town in 29.6 meters depth. Thus Charlevoix is the lowest altitude station of the entire Montreal Metro; as only she is also below sea level. The distances to the neighboring stations, each station measured from end to beginning station, amount to 707.25 meters to 1077.31 meters to LaSalle and Lionel Groulx -. There are four bus terminals at the Société de transport de Montréal. In the vicinity is the Lachine Canal.

Art

Directly above and below the distributor level are fitted with stained glass two windows. The Belgian glassblowers Pierre Osterrath she created for a template designed by Mario Meola. They are painted with abstract designs and together 35.7 m². On the long road between platforms and surface they soften the impression of great depth.

History

The opening of the station took place on 3 September 1978 in conjunction with the section Atwater - Angrignon the green line. It is named after the Rue Charlevoix, named after the French Jesuit and historian Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682-1761), who took long expeditions in New France.