Fabre (Montreal Metro)

Fabre is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Villeray -Saint -Michel- Parc- Extension at the intersection of Rue Jean -Talon and Rue Fabre. Here courses of the blue line 2 In 2006, 2.1177 million passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 44th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Bédard & Averna station was designed as an avant-garde designed tunnel station in which dominated a colorful color scheme. There are two pavilion for the inputs and outputs. They are made of concrete and glass and stand out with sharp angles and sloping surfaces.

In 13.0 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 644.50 meters to 839.60 meters to D'Iberville and Jean -Talon. There are two connections to bus routes and two night buses the Société de transport de Montréal.

Art

For the artistic design of the platform level Jean -Noël Poliquin was responsible. He used colorfully painted panels made ​​of polymer concrete for this purpose. They are semi-circular cut-outs that give the impression of movement. To the west, they are decorated in purple and magenta tones, in an easterly direction in cyan and green. Durchbrochen the pattern of individual concrete slabs. The handrails of stainless steel, stretching down the entire wall, writhe in part to the disks around, but are also bent down and serve as a support for seating.

History

The opening of the station took place on June 16, 1986, together with the section of Saint -Michel- De Castelnau the blue line. It is named after the Rue Fabre, named after Édouard -Charles Fabre (1827-1896), the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal.