McGill (Montreal Metro)
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McGill
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De Maisonneuve Boulevard at University Street, Montreal Quebec, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°30′14″N 73°34′18″W / 45.50389°N 73.57167°WCoordinates: 45°30′14″N 73°34′18″W / 45.50389°N 73.57167°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Depth | 10.7 metres (35 feet 1 inch), 49th deepest | ||||||||||
| Architect | Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier and Caron | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 October 1966 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 11,852,430 entrances in 2011, 2nd of 68 | ||||||||||
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McGill station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro. It is currently the second busiest station (after Berri-UQAM station) in the network measured by number of passengers entering the system. Prior to 2002, it was the busiest station in the network.
Designed by Crevier, Lemieux, Mercier and Caron, it is a normal side platform station built in open cut under boul. De Maisonneuve, with two ticket halls joined by corridors that surround the platforms. The ticket halls are linked to the platforms by four stairways per platform, including the shortest escalators in the network. The station has large pillars, which were originally painted orange, but painted in beer bottle green color in the late 1990s. In January 2010 the STM repainted the station in its original colors being orange pillars and yellow walls.
As an important part of the underground city, the station has had its mezzanine level substantially enlarged since its opening, by construction of new buildings around the station: the western end of the mezzanine was added with the construction of the Tour BNP and Eaton Centre, while the southern corridor between the ticket halls was added to link the Promenades de la Cathédrale (now known as Promenades Cathédrale) with the station.
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