Champ-de-Mars station (Montreal Metro)

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This article is about the station in Montreal. For the station in Paris, see Gare du Champ de Mars. For other uses, see Champ de Mars (disambiguation).
Champ-de-Mars
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Location 940, rue Sanguinet
Montreal, Quebec H2X 3E2
Canada
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Operated by Société de transport de Montréal
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Construction
Depth 6.1 metres (20 feet), 59th deepest
Disabled access Yes
Architect Adalbert Niklewicz
Other information
Fare zone ARTM: A[1]
History
Opened 14 October 1966
Traffic
Passengers (2022[2][3]) 2,899,342 Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".%
Rank 26 of 68
Services
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Champ-de-Mars station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in Old Montreal by the Champ de Mars park. It opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original Metro network.

Overview

Designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, it is a normal side platform station, built in open cut due to the presence of weak Utica shale in the surrounding rock. Its entrance is located near a series of tunnels that cross the Autoroute Ville-Marie, giving access to Old Montreal.

Station improvements

In December 2014, the station became fully accessible with the installation of three elevators.[5] The $12m project also involved the renovation of the main entrance building (including installation of a new green roof) and underground city access to Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM).[5]

Architecture and art

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The stained glass, installed in 1968

One of the most important artworks in the Metro, a set of stained glass windows by noted Quebec artist Marcelle Ferron, illuminates the mezzanine of this station. These windows, one of the artist's masterpieces and her most famous work, were given by the Government of Quebec in 1968. They were the first work of non-figurative art to be commissioned for the Metro, representing the first official entrance of Automatist art in the system.

Origin of the name

This station is named for Champ-de-Mars, a public park facing Montreal City Hall. The name is the French term for a military parade ground. It was formerly crossed by the city's fortifications, demolished in the 19th century, the foundations of which can still be seen. It was later turned into a parking lot, which was replaced by a park in 1980s.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
Autobusmontréal.svg 14 Atateken
Autobusmontréal.svg 129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine
S-nuit.gif 361 Saint-Denis
Autobusmontréal.svg 715 Vieux Old Port/Vieux Old Montréal

Nearby points of interest

City Hall, January 2006

Connected via the underground city

Other

References

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  4. ↑ Champ-de-Mars Metro Station Archived May 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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External links

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