Joliette (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro Station


Borough	Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
City	Montreal
Opened	6 June 1976
Line	Green Line
Architect	Marcel Raby
Artist	Marcel Raby
Platform Depth	14.3 metres
Rank	37th deepest
Traffic	2,758,766 entrances in 2006
Rank	33rd of 68
Interstation Distance	383.43 metres to Préfontaine 766.88 metres to Pie-IX
Address of Entrances	2 entrances: 3575 rue Hochelaga 3580 rue Hochelaga
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Hochelaga / rue Joliette^[1]

Joliette is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). Is located in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada ^[2]. The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand.

[edit] Overview

Designed by architect Marcel Raby, it is a normal side platform station built in tunnel. The walls of the platform have a unique yellow brick façade. It has no transept, with closed staircases leading to the mezzanine above; this gives access to two exits, one on either side of rue Hochelaga. The mezzanine contains a large illuminated mural sculpture by the architect, entitled Thème des mouvements du soleil ("theme of the sun's motion").

Station mural

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Joliette. Barthélémy Joliette (1789–1850) served in the House of Assembly and Legislative Council of Lower Canada; he also founded the village of L'Industrie (later Joliette, Quebec).

[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
29 Rachel	All-day	Map	Schedule
67 Saint-Michel	All-day	Map	Schedule
85 Hochelaga	All-day	Map	Schedule
467 Express Saint-Michel	All-day Weekdays	Map	Schedule
362 Hochelaga/Notre-Dame	Overnight	Map	Schedule