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Place-des-Arts 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 downtown in the borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

Overview

Designed by David, Boulva, et Cleve, it is a normal side platform station built in open cut under boul. De Maisonneuve, with two ticket halls joined by corridors that surround and overlook the platforms. The eastern mezzanine includes staircases with one-way exit-only turnstiles. The station is joined by underground city to Place des Arts and Université du Québec à Montréal, and has additional four street-level exits.

The stations wall are coved in light-blue bricks in a zig-zag layout.

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

Architecture and art

The station features art by Frédéric Back: a massive stained glass mural entitled L'histoire de la musique à Montréal ("history of music in Montreal"). The work is composed of thousands of layered pieces of glass backlit by 105 lighting tubes and supported by a tonne of steel. The glass surface is rippled, causing the brilliant colours to shimmer ethereally. The work was originally intended to be an homage to four important Quebec musical artists: the composers Calixa Lavallée, Guillaume Couture, and Alexis Contant, and soprano Dame Emma Albani. Unveiled on December 20, 1967, this stained glass was the first work of art to be commissioned for the Montreal metro system. In 2008 the lighting system was completely renovated by the lighting artist Axel Morgenthaler.

The second work of art is a hand-glazed ceramic mosaic by the artist Saskia Siebrand, installed in 2005. It contains tiles of over 300 colours, all custom hand-glazed.

Origin of the name

This station is named for the Place des Arts cultural complex. Opened in 1963, this complex includes five concert halls, including the largest multipurpose concert hall in Canada, and an art museum.

Connecting bus routes

Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
Société de transport de Montréal
15 Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
55 Boulevard Saint-Laurent	All-day	Map	Schedule
80 Avenue du Parc	All-day	Map	Schedule
125 Ontario	All-day	Map	Schedule
129 Côte-Sainte-Catherine	All-day	Map	Schedule
535 Reserve Lane Parc/Côte-des-Neiges	Rush Hour Monday-Friday	Map	Schedule
935 Trainbus Blainville/Downtown	Rush Hour Monday-Friday	Map	Schedule
363 Boulevard Saint-Laurent	Overnight	Map	Schedule
365 Avenue du Parc	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

Connected via the underground city

• UQAM (pavillons Président-Kennedy, Chimie, Biochimie, and Arts IV)
• Place des Arts
• Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
• Complexe Desjardins
• Édifice Hydro-Québec
• Place-d'Armes metro station and points south

Other

• Quartier des Spectacles
• Église du Gesù
• Cinéma Imperial

References

1. Place-des-Arts Metro Station

External links

• Place-des-Arts Metro - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map
• 2008 Downtown System Map
• Metro Map

v t e Montreal Metro
Stations	Green Angrignon Monk Jolicoeur Verdun De L'Église LaSalle Charlevoix Lionel-Groulx Atwater Guy–Concordia Peel McGill Place-des-Arts Saint-Laurent Berri–UQAM Beaudry Papineau Frontenac Préfontaine Joliette Pie-IX Viau Assomption Cadillac Langelier Radisson Honoré-Beaugrand Orange Côte-Vertu Du Collège De La Savane Namur Plamondon Côte-Sainte-Catherine Snowdon Villa-Maria Vendôme Place-Saint-Henri Lionel-Groulx Georges-Vanier Lucien-L'Allier Bonaventure Square-Victoria–OACI Place-d'Armes Champ-de-Mars Berri–UQAM Sherbrooke Mont-Royal Laurier Rosemont Beaubien Jean-Talon Jarry Crémazie Sauvé Henri-Bourassa Cartier De La Concorde Montmorency Yellow Berri–UQAM Jean-Drapeau Longueuil–Université-de-Sherbrooke Blue Snowdon Côte-des-Neiges Université-de-Montréal Édouard-Montpetit Outremont Acadie Parc De Castelnau Jean-Talon Fabre D'Iberville Saint-Michel
Proposed lines	Proposed: Pink Cancelled: Red Line 6 White
Rolling stock	MR-63 (retired 2018) MR-73 MPM-10

45°30′28.91″N 73°34′5.63″W / 45.5080306°N 73.5682306°W / 45.5080306; -73.5682306

• Montreal Metro Green Line