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Montreal(Montréal), Quebec, Canada (America)
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Examples of interesting station design:
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 Montreal
More than fifty stations are decorated with over hundred works of public art,
such as sculptures, stained glass, and murals by noted artists from
Québec. The city encourages this since 1967, one year after the opening of the system [stm.info], [metrodemontreal.com].
Photo: Huge sculptures by Germain Bergeron on the concourse level of Monk station on the Green Line. Monk station was opened in 1978. |
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Some of Montreal's stations seem to be works of modern art themselves, and many reflect the zeitgeist of the decades they were built in.
Photo: Platform level of La Salle station (1978) on the Green Line. |
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Entrance buildings are often as well designed as the underground parts of the stations [metrodemontreal.com].
Photo: Concourse of Namur from 1984 station on the Orange Line.
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Try the following tour, recommended by residents or metro enthusiasts:
There are interesting stations on all lines. Trains have no departure announcements.
Montreal had a full-scale surface metro system within an Expo site in the 1960s. It didn't last very long.
Some refurbished trains occasionally use 4 beeps as the doors close. Most trains still have no signal at all for closing doors. However, the conductors will often rattle the doors to warn users to hurry up... or after an unusually long stop on the platform that the train is about to leave. Conductors can also stop the doors in mid-range to allow someone running up to the door to sneak in at the last moment. Announcements are in French. After leaving stations, it's simply "Prochaine station: [name]." When arriving at a station, it's "Station: [name]". When leaving the terminus, it's "La STM vous souhaite la bienvenue à bord. Prochaine station, [name]." ("The STM bids you welcome on board. Next station: [name]".)
Videos of other metros
Films with scenes set on this metro:
1989: Jésus de Montréal
Generated Links for Montreal Metro
Line history (cityrailtransit.com)
Photos (images.google.com)
Maps (images.google.com)
Wikipedia entry (wikipedia.org)
Urbanrail.net entry (urbanrail.net)
City information about Montreal (wikipedia.org)
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