De Castelnau (Montreal Metro)
De Castelnau is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Villeray -Saint -Michel- Parc- Extension at the intersection of Boulevard Saint- Laurent and Rue de Castelnau. Here courses of the blue line 2 In 2006, 1,411,727 passengers used the station, which is the 52nd place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.
Building
Designed by the architectural firm Goyer, Collette, & Hamelin Lalonde station was built in an open design. Your high hall emphasizes lightness and spaciousness, enhanced by its use lighter bricks and rocks for the walls. This is the impression of an ancient city in Italy caused.
Two escalators lead up from the platforms to the distribution level. From there, can be achieved over a long tunnel in the north-eastern entrance, which was integrated into an existing building. The nearer southwestern entrance leads to an existing brick, glass and concrete pavilion, which lets in lots of daylight.
In 11.7 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 471.60 meters to 490.60 meters and Jean -Talon to Parc. There are connections to three bus routes and two night bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal. Attractions nearby are the Marché Jean -Talon and Parc Jarry.
Art
30, designed by Jean -Charles Charuest bas-reliefs adorn the platform level. Ask seller of various food and shopping border pass ducks in the nearby market hall Marché Jean -Talon Represents the travertine used for the relief comes from Italy, a throwback to the neighboring Petite Italie. The sculptor Maurice Lord entrusted Charuests drawings using a technique he used otherwise for grave stones in Notre- Dame-des- Neiges Cemetery.
History
The opening of the station took place on June 16, 1986, together with the section as far as Saint -Michel. For almost a year De Castelnau was the southern terminus of the Blue Line, until the opening of the short section after Parc on June 15, 1987 is named after the Rue De Castelnau. ; this was on 17 December 1914 the French General de Castelnau Noël ( 1851-1944 ) named four months after he had successfully defended the city of Nancy against the Germans.