Mont-Royal station (Montreal Metro)

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.[3] The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.

Mont-Royal
Location470, av. du Mont-Royal Est, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°31′28″N 73°34′54″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth13.4 metres (44 feet), 39th deepest
ArchitectVictor Prus
History
Opened14 October 1966
Traffic
Passengers (2019[1][2])5,403,116  1.7%
Rank17 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

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
11 Parc du Mont-Royal/Ridgewood
30 St-Denis/St-Hubert
97 Avenue du Mont-Royal
361 Saint-Denis
368 Avenue du Mont-Royal
711 Mont-Royal/Oratoire

Nearby points of interest

References
  1. Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Mont-Royal Metro Station
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