Édouard-Montpetit (Montreal Metro)

Édouard - Montpetit is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the district of Côte- des-Neiges -Notre- Dame-de- Grâce at the intersection of Boulevard Édouard - Montpetit and Avenue Vincent- D'Indy. Here courses of the blue line 2 In 2006, 1,312,166 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 55th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by Patrice Gauthier station was built in the form of a tunnel station. The architect chose a surreal -sounding color scheme, in which various pink hues dominate. This should be evoked by music inspired emotions, an allusion to the two music academies in the neighborhood. The most striking design element on the platforms are the avant- shaped, pink, red benches. A high shaft leads up to the distributor level, in which the pink shades are made ​​slightly paler. One of the three outputs is integrated into the University Sports Centre CEPSUM; the other two are in steel and glass pavilion, which have an unusual spindle shape and are also painted pink.

In 16.6 meters depth, the platform level is with two side platforms. The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from end station to station early, be 1090.60 meters to 667.60 meters to Outremont and Université -de- Montréal. There are two connections to bus lines and night bus of the Société de transport de Montréal. Points of interest include the Marie- Victorin pavilion and the music faculty of the Université de Montréal, the CEPSUM, the Musikhochschule Vincent- D'Indy and the cemetery of Mont- Royal.

History

The opening of the station took place on 4 January 1988, together with the portion of Parc- Snowdon the blue line. It is named after the Boulevard Édouard - Montpetit. This road is named after the political and social scientist Édouard Montpetit (1881-1954), who taught for more than four decades at the Université de Montréal and the connected business school École des hautes études commerciales.

Originally Édouard - Montpetit be upgraded to a transfer hubs. Opened in 1918, Mont -Royal tunnel passes under in the immediate vicinity of the metro line 5 in the basic network, a metro line 3 was provided, which was to take over the railway tunnel from the Canadian National Railway. However, it was never realized and deleted from the plans. Today there runs the AMT suburban railway between the main station and Deux- Montagnes. The combination of metro and suburban railway was not pursued for reasons of cost, since the difference in height between the two levels is 50 meters.