Parc station (Montreal)
| Park Avenue station | |
|---|---|
Gare Jean-Talon | |
railway station | |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Location | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Address | 395 Jean Talon Street West |
| Coordinates | 45°31′50″N 73°37′25″W / 45.5305°N 73.6237°W |
| Current tenants | Joe Fresh |
| Inaugurated | 1931 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Colin Drewitt |
Parc station, also known as Park Avenue station and formerly Jean-Talon station (French: Gare Jean-Talon), is a historic
The station was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1931. Its traffic declined in the 1950s and it closed in 1984 when Via Rail transferred service to lines headed into Montreal Central Station. The City of Montreal purchased the building and the western end was converted as a metro station and the remainder of the building was adapted for business use. It currently houses a Joe Fresh outlet.
History
The Canadian Pacific Railway built the Park Avenue station, which was designed by architect Colin Drewitt and opened in 1931.[1] It was inaugurated in the presence of Camillien Houde, the mayor of Montreal at the time. Park Avenue station replaced the Mile End railway station, which was located near the corner of Saint Laurent Boulevard and Bernard Street.
In its time, all CPR trains headed toward Quebec City, Ottawa and the Laurentians, including Le Petit Train du Nord, travelled through Park Avenue Station.
The station's role as an important railway stop permitted the station to host many important figures. One such event occurred in 1939, when the station was the site of a
Park Avenue station was an important stop for railway passengers until the early 1950s. Following the closure of
The central portion of the building became an Indigo Books and Music store, which closed and was replaced by a Société des alcools du Québec store, which itself closed in 2010.
| Preceding station | Canadian Pacific Railway | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Montreal West
toward Montreal Windsor |
Montreal – Quebec | Bordeaux toward Quebec
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| Bordeaux toward Mont-Laurier
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Mont-Laurier
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Montreal Place Viger Terminus
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| Bordeaux toward Ottawa
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Ottawa – Montreal via Montebello |
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Current use
The central portion of the building currently houses a
Montreal Metro station
Parc | |||||||||||
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Société de transport de Montréal | |||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Depth | 15.1 metres (49 feet 6 inches), 35th deepest | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| Architect | Blouin, Blouin & Associés Colin M. Drewitt (Park Avenue Station) | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | ARTM: A[2] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 June 1987 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[3][4] | 2,232,984  23.79% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 44 of 68 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Parc station serves the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM).[5]
The Metro station was built after the city purchased Jean-Talon station in 1984, and opened in 1987. The entrance was built in and under the building's far west end, with the entrance in the former men's smoking room. It is a normal side platform station. The platform level features a tabula scalata frieze by Huguette Desjardins, and the skylight at the foot of the stairs to the exit contains a sculpture called Métamorphose d'Icare by Claire Sarrasin, an homage to the local Greek community.
In 2022, the STM's Universal Accessibility Report noted that preliminary design work to make the station accessible was underway.[6]
Commuter trains
Parc | |||||||||||
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ARTM: A[2] | |||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 12, 1997 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2019[8] | 863,500 (Exo) | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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The Exo commuter rail operates a station immediately adjacent to the historic building. Parc station is part of Exo's Saint-Jérôme line. The Exo station's platforms are built along the main line; the space between the old Jean-Talon railway station building and the railway line, where the original platforms were located, is now occupied by a Maxi & Cie.
Connecting bus routes
| Société de transport de Montréal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Route | |||
 16 Graham
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80 Avenue du Parc
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| 92 Jean-Talon Ouest
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| 93 Jean-Talon
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 365 Avenue du Parc
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| 372 Jean-Talon
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 480 Express Du Parc[9]
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Nearby points of interest
- CLSC Parc Extension
- IGA Stadium
- Jarry Park
See also
- OPUS card
References
- ^ Parc station at IMTL.org
- ^ 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.
- ^ Parc Metro Station
- ^ "Rapport d'accessibilité universelle 2022". Société de transport de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-16.
Les études préliminaires se sont également poursuivies pour les stations Longueuil, Parc, Sauvé, Radisson et Assomption.
- ^ a b c "Parc". Archived from the original on 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
- ^ Exo (2020-06-17). Réponse à votre demande d'accès à l'information (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 2020-25.
- ^ "Latest bus news for September". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
External links
- Parc station on STM website
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- 2011 STM System Map
- Metro Map
- Parc Commuter Train Station Information (RTM)
- Parc Commuter Train Station Schedule (RTM)
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