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)
Wonderful collage!
So lovely and clean! wonderful shots of the subway.
These are superb! Its funny how subway shots are always so fascinating, and often forbidden. You're not supposed to take pictures of the Chicago subway, but maybe that's just because they're dirty! This is a super collage. I like it quite a lot!
great fotos and info, seems the canadians were smarter then the yanks.
joli collage ( et c'est propre :) )
Fait pas mal longtemps le début de la construction à ce que je vois..proche de mon années ça lol
Fabulous captures and collage, love the background info too! Last time I took photo's in a subway, I had guys chasing me!
Excellent montage and descriptive! Thanks for sharing!
Superbe collage du métro de Montréal, les infos sont super intéressantes... merci Magik pour le partage, les photos sont excellentes !
Ah ben là tu as pris en photo la plus propre et la mieux conservée des stations du métro, quoique la station place des arts est pas mal ou encore Berri, je trouve que ça rend bien :)
Amazing composition, excellent characters and a great setting, well done!*****
Nice shots
Excellent shot !
Wonderful collage!
the DART Rail System "Dallas" is on schedule to nearly double in miles, from 48 to 90 miles and grow from 39 stations to 63 stations by 2013, but I have only rode it for amusement.both are fine shots
Superbe collage !
Great job on the captures!
Great captures and collage! Excellent done!!
Ah, Drapeau. When I was little I actually thought that Montreal was named 'Drapeau' largely because most news reports out of the city (and out of Quebec at them time) revolved around him. I don't know if that was good or bad (probably bad) but don't get me started on Bob Nixon. Nice composition and nice piece of transit history, you don't hear such details too often. And it is great to hear that the trams will be returning to Montreal soon in the form of light rail.