De L'Église (Montreal Metro)

De L' Église is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Verdun ( Montreal) at the junction of Rue de l' Église and Rue Wellington. Here the green line trains run 1 In 2006, 2,295,037 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 40th position among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Lemay et Leduc station was built in the form of a tunnel station. Due to problems in the construction phase (see story), the platforms had to be built instead of side by side and the stairs were narrow than usual. This gives the general impression of confinement. The walls are covered with glazed ceramic tiles that are arranged in stripes and circular patterns. There are two entrance pavilions of concrete, which have with their bevelled angles and the clerestory postmodern traits.

The platform side of the southward moving trains is 25.6 meters in depth, that of moving trains into town in 19.8 meters depth. The distances to the neighboring stations, each station measured from end to beginning station, amount to 563.86 meters to 812.30 meters to Verdun and LaSalle. There are connections to three bus lines and night bus of the Société de transport de Montréal.

Art

Concrete reliefs by Claude Théberge and Antoine Lamarche adorn the walls and ceilings in the entrance halls and stairwells. They have different stripe patterns at different angles, creating a rhythmic impression.

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 Avenue de l' Église, named after the church of Saint -Paul de Montréal. Construction of the station was fraught with many difficulties. On 20 March 1974 broke during blasting a tunnel ceiling, as the unstable rock gave way. A little later a part of the overlying road crashed into the pit. Gas leaks require the temporary evacuation of nearby houses. After the incident the plans had to be changed to keep the space requirements to a minimum. Rather than as originally intended to place the platforms next to each other, they had to be placed above the other. The opening of the line was delayed by two years.