Jolicoeur 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 located in the Côte-Saint-Paul district in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.
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| Location | 6200 Drake Street, Montreal, Quebec H4E 4J6 Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°27′24″N 73°34′55″W / 45.45667°N 73.58194°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Depth | 4.6 metres (15 feet 1 inch), 60th deepest | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Claude Boucher | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ARTM: A[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 September 1978 | ||||||||||
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| 2023[2][3] | 1,709,166  23.26% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 53 of 68 | ||||||||||
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Art and architecture
editDesigned by Claude Boucher, it is a side platform station, built in a shallow open cut, with the ticket hall integrated into a large glass-walled entrance pavilion. The design was influenced by the International Style architecture of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.[5] The floor of the platform level is decorated with a series of 42 circular ceramics by the architect.[6]
Renovation and upgrade works
editIn October 2019, work began to make the station universally accessible.[7] To allow for the installation of elevators, the entrance building was expanded on both sides.[7] As part of the project, a sculpture by Chloé Desjardins entitled Perspectives was installed on the main floor overlooking the platforms in June 2022.[5] The work is inspired by the preexisting circular and triangular ceramics in the station.[5] The upgrades were completed in December 2022, making Jolicoeur the 25th accessible station of the Metro, and the 6th station to be made accessible in 2022.[8]
Origin of the name
editThis station is named for rue Jolicoeur. Father Jean-Moïse Jolicoeur founded the parish of Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours in 1906; the street was renamed in his honour in 1914.
Connecting bus routes
editThere are no bus bays here and Société de transport de Montréal and RTM Roussillon (CITROUS) buses serve the station from curbside bus stops on Drake Street and Jolicoeur Street.
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 37 Jolicoeur
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 112 Airlie
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 350 Verdun/LaSalle
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| RTM Roussillon (CITROUS) |
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| 200 Terminus Angrignon - CÉGEP André-Laurendeau - Autoparc Georges-Gagné |
Nearby points of interest
editReferences
edit- ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
- ^ "Jolicoeur". STM. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ a b c "New artwork unveiled at Jolicoeur station". STM. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
- ^ "Jolicoeur (Claude Boucher)". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ a b "Jolicœur". Société de transport de Montréal. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
- ^ "STM commissions two new elevators at Jolicoeur station". Société de transport de Montréal. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
External links
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- Jolicoeur Metro Station - official site
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
- 2011 STM System Map
- RTM Page on inter municipal bus services