MÉTRO DE MONTRÉAL (Collage) by MagikUnicorn
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MONTREAL SUBWAY
The Montreal Subway (French: Métro de Montréal) is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau. Originally consisting of 26 stations on three separate lines, the Metro now incorporates 68 stations on four lines measuring 71 km (44.12 mi) in length, serving the north, east, and centre of the Island of Montreal with connections to Longueuil, via the Yellow Line, and Laval, via the Orange line.
The metro system is currently Canada's longest subway system and the busiest in total daily passenger usage, serving an average of 1,000,000 daily passengers on an average weekday in 2009. In 2008, 291,6 million riders (transfers not included) used the Metro. According to the STM website the metro system has transported over 6 billion passengers as of 2006, roughly equivalent to the world's population. Montréal has built North America's most ambitious inner-city rapid transit scheme outside of Washington, D.C., serving the third-largest number of passengers overall behind New York and Mexico City and attracting the second-highest ridership per capita behind New York.
The Montreal Metro was inspired by the Paris Metro and in turn is also the inspiration for the Lyon Metro and Marseille Metro, as well as the Mexico City Metro, all constructed a few years later, and all which also share the same rubber-wheel car design and similar Montreal Metro station architecture.
Urban transit first came in 1861 where a first line of horse-drawn cars started to operate on St-Jacques street. Eventually, as Montréal grew, a comprehensive network of streetcar lines provided service almost everywhere. But urban congestion started to take its toll on streetcar punctuality, so the idea of a subway was soon considered.
ART IN THE METRO
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Magik
Comments (79)
Magik, the subway is so clean, love the collage!!!!
J'ai pris juste une fois le Métro,y a des méchants artist a montréal j'aime :)
Très belles photos et un excellent collage! Ça fait connaître la Métropole :)
Interesting collage of pics. Reminds me of the MARTA railway here in Atlanta.
Hummm… Me I travel by only very seldom the subway. I know that there is a city in lower part too. But good a day can be! Always an exquisite work Réal. Cheer still and mile mercies ((5++)) Hummm... Moi je ne prend que très rarement le métro . Je sais qu'il y a une ville en dessous aussi . Mais bon un jour peut être! Toujours un travail exquis Réal . Bravo encore et mile mercis ((5++))
Very interesting indeed!We dont have anything like that in the bay area(central coast California)Theres not even a bus that come up were i live..closest transits about 10 miles away and thats a lone bus that comes twice a day..
Wonderful capture and presentation.
Great collage!!!
Very nice collage! Really well done.
A very nice collage!
Fantastique mon ami.....!!!
I remember that metro well. I used to go to Toronto every summer to shop. Cool shot!
Cool pix, MU!!
Lol alors j'aime beaucoup ce photomontage je n'ai pas de moyen de comparaison puisque dans mon bled perdu on a même pas le bus mais en tout les cas les photos sont magnifiques et comme le dit Claude vous avez l'air beaucoup plus propres que nous les FRançais !
Un très bon souvenir du métro :)
Excellent collage with gorgeous captures! Fav!
Fantastic shots!!
Wonderful photoshots Magik, and thanks for the info.
Beautifully done, bonjour from a fellow Canadian at the opposite end of the country.
Awesome! Looks cool!
What a great thing it is to have a subway. The subway in New York city was inspired by the snowstorm of 1888 which left the city virtually crippled. Glad to see Montreal is taking care of itself.
Excellent collage MU :)******************
spectacular superb collage!!
Bravo, I love the Montreal subway system, much more efficent then here in NYC
Excellent collage!!!
Beautiful composition. excellent work
cool captures!
That's an excellent collage. Well done.
Cool stuff mate:)cal
Wonderful shot....looks very much like the Paris Metro!