Villa-Maria (Montreal Metro)

Villa Maria 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 and Avenue de Monkland Décarie. Here courses of the orange line 2 In 2006 2.76129 million passengers used the station, which is the 32nd place among the 68 stations of the Metro Montreal.

Building

Designed by André Léonard station was built as a tunnel railway station, the central part has been carried out in an open design. This construction gives a spacious impression, despite the depth. The walls are clad with corrugated white concrete panels, interspersed with colorful stripes in autumn colors, which continue to the floor tiles. Stairs and escalators lead up to the distributor level. This is in the entrance pavilion, which is surrounded by a terminal loop.

In 19.8 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 884.41 meters to Snowdon and 1407.32 meters to Vendôme. There are connections to three bus lines of the Société de transport de Montréal. In the vicinity are the Villa Maria and the Marianopolis College.

Art

Architect André Léonard was also involved in the artistic design of the station. Large sheets of polymer cement and steel in the colors of autumn adorn the walls of the platforms. The disks have slots which are disposed so that they convey the impression of movement.

History

The opening of the station took place on 7 September 1981, together with the section between Place -Saint -Henri and Snowdon. It is named Villa Maria, a traditional Catholic girls' school, which was still mid-19th century residence of the Governor General. It is named after Ville- Marie, the original name of Montreal.