Champ-de-Mars (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro Station


Borough	Ville-Marie
City	Montreal
Opened	14 October 1966
Line	Orange Line
Architect	Adalbert Niklewicz
Artist	Marcelle Ferron
Platform Depth	6.1 metres
Rank	59th deepest
Traffic	1,839,827 entrances in 2006
Rank	48th of 68
Interstation Distance	370.60 metres to Place-d'Armes 720.50 metres to Berri-UQAM
Address of Entrances	940, Sanguinet Street
Nearby Main Intersections	Sanguinet Street / Viger Avenue ^[1]

Champ-de-Mars 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 Old Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ^[2]. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

[edit] Overview

The metro station, designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, 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.

[edit] Architecture and art

The antique stained glass, installed in 1968, Automatiste painter Marcelle Ferron.

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

Main articles: Société de transport de Montréal and List of Montreal Bus Routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
14 Amherst	All-day	Map	Schedule
129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
361 Saint-Denis	Overnight	Map	Schedule