Place-des-Arts (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro Station


Borough	Ville-Marie
City	Montreal
Opened	14 October 1966
Line	Green Line
Architect	David, Boulva, et Clève
Artist	Frédéric Back, Saskia Siebrand
Platform Depth	11.6 metres
Rank	47th deepest
Traffic	6,307,985 entrances in 2006
Rank	10th of 68
Interstation Distance	345.69 metres to McGill 354.38 metres to Saint-Laurent
Address of Entrances	4 entrances: 1555, rue Jeanne-Mance 2020, rue de Bleury 1990, rue de Bleury 150, rue Ontario
Nearby Main Intersections	rue Jeanne-Mance / boul. de Maisonneuve rue Ontario / rue Jeanne-Mance rue Saint-Urbain rue de Bleury / av. du Président-Kennedy rue Ontario / rue Saint-Urbain^[1]

Place-des-Arts is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is downtown in the borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.^[2] The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

[edit] Overview

Place-des-Arts metro station platform.

Designed by David, Boulva, et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station built in open cut under boul. De Maisonneuve, with two ticket halls joined by corridors that surround and overlook the platforms. The eastern mezzanine includes staircases with one-way exit-only turnstiles. The station is joined by underground city to Place des Arts and Université du Québec à Montréal, and has additional four street-level exits.

The stations wall are coved in light-blue bricks in a zig-zag layout.

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

[edit] Architecture and art

Stained glass mural entitled L'histoire de la musique à Montréal ("history of music in Montreal").

The station features art by Frédéric Back: a massive stained glass mural entitled L'histoire de la musique à Montréal ("history of music in Montreal"). The work is composed of thousands of layered pieces of glass backlit by 105 lighting tubes and supported by a tonne of steel. The glass surface is rippled, causing the brilliant colours to shimmer ethereally. The work was originally intended to be an homage to four important Quebec musical artists: the composers Calixa Lavallée, Guillaume Couture, and Alexis Contant, and soprano Dame Emma Albani. Unveiled on December 20, 1967, this stained glass was the first work of art to be commissioned for the Montreal metro system. In 2008 the lighting system was completely renovated by the lighting artist Axel Morgenthaler.

The second work of art is a hand-glazed ceramic mosaic by the artist Saskia Siebrand, installed in 2005. It contains tiles of over 300 colours, all custom hand-glazed.

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for the Place des Arts cultural complex. Opened in 1963, this complex includes five concert halls, including the largest multipurpose concert hall in Canada, and an art museum.

[edit] Connecting bus routes

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

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
15 Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
55 Boulevard Saint-Laurent	All-day	Map	Schedule
80 Avenue du Parc	All-day	Map	Schedule
125 Ontario	All-day	Map	Schedule
129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
435 Express Du Parc/Côte-des-Neiges	Rush Hour	Map	Schedule
363 Boulevard Saint-Laurent	Overnight	Map	Schedule
365 Avenue du Parc	Overnight	Map	Schedule