Verdun (Montreal Metro)

Verdun is a metro station in Montreal. It is located in the Verdun district at the intersection of Rue de Verdun and rue Willibrord. Here the green line trains run 1 In 2006, 1,487,901 passengers used the station, which corresponds to the 50th place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by Jean -Maurice Dubé station was built in an open design, due to the presence of soft Utica Shale, which complicated the tunneling strong. From this design out to a very high and extremely spacious hall revealed. Vibrant colors and decorations to loosen the wide open spaces. About the track at the distributor level biases in the form of a bridge. Window on the ceiling let down in lots of daylight. There are two entrance pavilion; one is a freestanding concrete and glass building, the other is integrated into a row of houses.

In 21.9 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 761.39 meters to 563.86 meters Jolicoeur and to De L' Église. There are connections to a bus route and a night bus the Société de transport de Montréal.

Art

Reliefs by Antoine Lamarche and Claude Théberge run through the entire station. The sight of the upper part of the high and vast concrete walls is enlivened by various geometric shapes. Be drawn with red and purple stripes across the lower portion of the walls. The decorations brighten up the station and help that it does not act oppressively.

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 de Verdun. The name can be traced back to the late 17th century and goes on Saverdun, the French native village of the local seigneurs Zacharie Dupuis back.