Champ-de-Mars station (Montreal Metro)

Champ-de-Mars station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in Old Montreal by the Champ de Mars park. It opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original Metro network.

This article is about the station in Montreal. For the station in Paris, see Gare du Champ de Mars. For other uses, see Champ de Mars (disambiguation).
Champ-de-Mars
Location940, rue Sanguinet, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates45°30′36″N 73°33′23″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth6.1 metres (20 feet), 59th deepest
Disabled accessYes
ArchitectAdalbert Niklewicz
History
Opened14 October 1966
Passengers
2019[1][2]4,188,317  10.2%
Rank28 of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

Overview

Designed by Adalbert Niklewicz, it 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.

Architecture and art
The stained glass, installed in 1968

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.

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.

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
Route
14 Amherst
129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine
361 Saint-Denis
715 Vieux Old Port/Vieux Old Montréal

Nearby points of interest
City Hall, January 2006

References
  1. Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2019-08-08). Achalandage du métro mensuel, station par station (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2019.197.
  3. Champ-de-Mars Metro Station Archived May 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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