Charlevoix station (Montreal Metro) explained

Charlevoix
Style:Montreal Metro
Address:2600, Centre Street
Montreal, Quebec H3K 1K1
Country:Canada
Coordinates:45.4783°N -73.5694°W
Depth:24.4m (80.1feet) (Angrignon)
29.6m (97.1feet) (Honoré-Beaugrand platform), Deepest
Opened:3 September 1978
Architect:Ayotte et Bergeron
Accessible:No
Operator:Société de transport de Montréal
Zone:ARTM

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Charlevoix station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is located in the district of Pointe-Saint-Charles. It opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon station.

Architecture and art

Designed by Ayotte et Bergeron, it was built as a stacked platform station, in order to reduce the width of the station owing to the weak Utica Shale in which it was built. The lower (Honoré-Beaugrand) platform is 29.6m (97.1feet) below the surface, making this the deepest station in the network, as well as the lowest in altitude (the lower platform is below sea level).

The station has one ticket hall and one access. The long stairways to the platforms, built around a light shaft, are brightened by two stained-glass windows by Mario Merola and Pierre Osterrath.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue Charlevoix. Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix (1682 - 1761) was a French Jesuit historian and explorer of New France.

Connecting bus routes

The buses at Charelovoix use its bus loop which is under an OMHM apartment building.

Route
57 Pointe-Saint-Charles
71 Du Centre
101 Saint-Patrick
107 Verdun

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. Web site: Fare Zones . . 1 July 2022 . 1 July 2022.
  2. http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m37.htm Charlevoix Station

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