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| Monk |
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| Inaugurated |
3 September 1978 |
| Line |
Green Line |
| Architect |
Blais & Bélanger |
| Platform Depth |
18.3 metres |
| Rank |
18th deepest |
| Traffic |
1,165,366 entrances in 2002 |
| Rank |
56th busiest |
| Interstation Distance |
844.29 metres to Angrignon
1062.85 metres to Jolicoeur |
Monk is a metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It features many works of art, including the large sculpture Pic et Pelle by artist Germain Bergeron. Monk also features many balconies that overlook the main station below, however they have been closed for the safety of the visually impaired.
[edit] Origin of the name
The station is named for boulevard Monk, itself named to honour Sir James Monk (1745-1826). Monk was a prosecutor who served on Quebec's vice admiralty court from 1778 to 1788 and subsequently became Montreal's chief justice from 1793 to 1820.
[edit] Connecting bus routes
[edit] Regular STM routes
[edit] STM Night routes
| Route Name |
Route Map |
Schedule |
| 350 Verdun/LaSalle |
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Schedule |
[edit] Address of station entrance
[edit] Nearby main intersections
- Boulevard Monk / Rue Allard
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Centre hospitalier Ville Émard
- École Dollard-des-Ormeaux
- École St-Jean-de-Matha
- École Honoré-Mercier
[edit] Trivia
Germain Bergeron considered many different ideas for the public art for this station. His first concept was to create a series of flying saucers that were suspended from the roof of the station, and were to move with the wind generated by passing trains. However, this was deemed too dangerous by authorities, and the idea was cancelled.
The current two giant statues of workers constructing the Metro were to have been accompanied by a third, representing a foreman, but this idea was judged superfluous and scrapped.
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