Mont-Royal station (Montreal Metro)

Mont-Royal
Location 470, av. du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°31′28″N 73°34′54″W / 45.52444°N 73.58167°W / 45.52444; -73.58167Coordinates: 45°31′28″N 73°34′54″W / 45.52444°N 73.58167°W / 45.52444; -73.58167
Operated by Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  STM buses
Construction
Depth 13.4 metres (44 feet), 39th deepest
Architect Victor Prus
History
Opened 14 October 1966
Traffic
Passengers 5,005,551 entrances in 2013, 17th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

Mont-Royal is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in The Plateau neighbourhood of the borough of Le Plateau-Mont-Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Overview

The station, designed by Victor Prus, is a normal side platform station, built in tunnel. It has a single mezzanine at transept level, giving access to one entrance.

The station's artwork consists of 32 narrow vertical aluminum seams at platform level, with extruded square and rectangular forms in high relief. These were created by noted Quebec artist Charles Daudelin. Also, the redevelopment of the place Gérald-Godin surrounding the station included the addition of a work of art, a poem by Gérald Godin bricked into the façade of a building, by the art collective Les Industries perdues.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Mount Royal Avenue (av. Mont-Royal), so called because it leads to the foot of Mount Royal. In the Town of Mount Royal, there is also an unrelated railway station by the same name.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route Service Times Map Schedule
11 Parc du Mont-Royal/Ridgewood All-day Map Schedule
30 St-Denis/St-Hubert All-day, Located one block west on Saint-Denis Map Schedule
97 Avenue du Mont-Royal All-day Map Schedule
361 Saint-Denis Overnight, Located one block west on Saint-Denis Map Schedule
368 Avenue du Mont-Royal Overnight Map Schedule
711 Mont-Royal/Oratoire All-day, 7 days per week Map Schedule

Nearby points of interest

References

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