Papineau (Montreal Metro)

Papineau is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the Arrondissement Ville- Marie at the intersection of Rue Sainte -Catherine and Papineau Avenue. Here the green line trains run 1 In 2006, 2,484,968 passengers used the station; this corresponds to the 37th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by the architectural firm Bolduc et Venne station emerged as relatively sober designed tunnel station, with tiles in light brown shades. In 21.6 meters depth, the platform level is with two side platforms. An overlying distribution level leads to long stairs to the surface. The original entrance pavilion was intended from the outset to be temporary and was replaced by a new building designed by Mario Bibeau 1999. In the same year we replaced the lying around the station entrance parking by a green area. The distances to the neighboring stations, each station measured from end to beginning station, amount to 495.00 meters to Beaudry and 1157.57 meters to Frontenac. There are connections to six bus routes and two night buses the Société de transport de Montréal.

Art

A series of three murals adorns the arch over the entrance to the platform level, similar to a triptych. The work Les Patriotes de 1837-1838 by George Juhasz and Jean Cartier reminiscent of the Lower Canada Rebellion in 1837 and 1838. 's Central image are around the rebel leader Louis -Joseph Papineau insurgents, British soldiers and a map of southwestern Québec mapped. The pictures on the sides provide a timeline of the events of the rebellion dar.

In the green area around the entrance pavilion since 2003 is the aluminum sculpture by Michel de Broin Révolutions. It is typical for the row houses Montreal's spiral staircase is linked to an infinite loop in the form of a cloverleaf.

History

The opening of the station took place on 14 October 1966, forth together with the section of Atwater. Papineau part of the basic network of Montreal Metro and was for a little over two months, the eastern terminus of the Green Line on until it was extended after Frontenac on 19 December 1966. The namesake of the station is the Papineau Avenue. This is named after the Quebec politician Joseph Papineau (1752-1841), the father of rebel leader Louis -Joseph Papineau.