Mont-Royal station (Montreal Metro)

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Mont-Royal ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}) 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-Mont-Royal borough in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.<ref>Mont-Royal Metro Station</ref> 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.

Artwork

The station has several pieces of artwork. Vertical bands by noted Quebec artist Charles Daudelin consists of 32 narrow vertical aluminum seams at platform level, with extruded square and rectangular forms in high relief. These were some of the first artworks installed in the Metro, present at the opening of the station in 1966.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2000, 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2022, Je reviens chez nous by artist Simon Bilodeau was installed in the newly rebuilt east entrance. This concrete work represents the limestone strata of the Plateau-Mont-Royal and the various streets & avenues.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.

Accessibility

In October 2018, work began to install two elevators, add two staircases connecting the platforms to the street and build a second walkway above the tracks linking the two platforms. The work also involved construction of a replacement entrance building, with a glass façade and new artwork. A walkway provides access between the two elevators, and the fare booth and ticket machines have been relocated to the street level.<ref name="accessibility">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In July 2022, the station became the 20th accessible station on the Metro.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Escalators at the station reopened in fall 2022, completing the project.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Connecting bus routes

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No. Route Connects to Service times / notes
Template:Rint Parc du Mont-Royal / Ridgewood Daily

Does not serve Ridgewood after 9:30PM and ends at Queen-Mary and Decelles instead

Template:Rint Saint-Denis / Saint-Hubert Template:Plainlist Daily
Template:Rint Avenue-du-Mont-Royal Template:Plainlist Daily
Template:Rint Saint-Denis Replaces the Orange Line from Henri-Bourassa to Place-d'Armes Night service
Template:Rint Parc du Mont-Royal / Oratoire Template:Plainlist Runs 7 days a week during the summer and weekends only the rest of the year

Nearby points of interest

References

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