Jolicoeur (Montreal Metro)

Jolicoeur is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the arrondissement of Le Sud -Ouest at the intersection of Rue Jolicoeur and Rue Drake. Here the green line trains run 1 In 2006 1.85562 million passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 46th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by Claude Boucher station was built in an open design. Stairs and Escalators lead directly to the fully glazed entrance pavilion, the daylight thus falls freely on the platforms. Seen from the outside of the pavilion like a black monolith in the middle of a small green area appears. The modernist curtain wall forms a sharp contrast to the brightness of the interior caused by the yellow corrugated sheet -like blanket. At night, shine powerful floodlights.

In 4.6 meters depth, the platform level is with two side platforms. The distances to the neighboring stations, measured from end station to station early, be 1062.85 meters to 761.39 meters to Monk and Verdun. There are two connections to bus lines and night bus of the Société de transport de Montréal, added a line of CIT Roussillon. In the vicinity of the Canal de l' aqueduc is.

Art

The floors of the platforms are decorated with 42 identical patterns of ceramic tiles that were designed by the architect Claude Boucher. There are black circles with a diameter of 1.22 meters, each of which contains orange triangles is. Their bright colors serve as a supplement to the station lighting.

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 Jolicoeur, named after the Roman Catholic priest Joseph- Moïse Jolicoeur, who had founded in 1906 the church of Notre- Dame du Perpetual Secours.