Line 1 Green / Ligne 1 Verte
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Panoramic view of Citius, Altius, Fortius, a relief by Jordi Bonet at Pie-IX metro station in Montreal. |
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| Overview | |||
| Type | Rapid transit | ||
| System | Montreal Metro | ||
| Locale | Montreal, (QC), Canada. | ||
| Termini | Angrignon metro station Honoré-Beaugrand metro station |
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| Stations | 27 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Opened | October 14, 1966 | ||
| Operator(s) | Société de transport de Montréal (STM) | ||
| Rolling stock | 336 Canadian Vickers MR-63 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) |
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| Electrification | "Third rail", 750 V DC on the guidebars at either side of the track | ||
| Operating speed | 40 km/h (25 mph) | ||
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The Green (Line 1) line is one of the four lines of the metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The line runs through the commercial section of downtown Montreal underneath Boulevard de Maisonneuve, formerly Rue de Montigny. It runs mainly on a northeast to southwest axis with a connection to Lines 2 and 4 at a station just east of downtown called Berri-UQAM, and with Line 2 west of downtown at Lionel-Groulx.
The section between Atwater and Frontenac was part of the initial network; extended to Honoré-Beaugrand in 1976, and to Angrignon in 1978. The extension to Honoré-Beaugrand was to provide easy access to 1976 Summer Olympics sites. Most stations are side platform stations, and a few have large video screens showing news, weather, advertisements, and the time of the next train.
| Name | Inauguration date | Odonym | Namesake |
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| Angrignon | September 3, 1978 | Boulevard Angrignon; Parc Angrignon | J.B. Arthur Angrignon, city councillor |
| Monk | Boulevard Monk | James Monk, Attorney-General of Quebec | |
| Jolicoeur | Rue Jolicoeur | J-Moïse Jolicoeur, parish priest | |
| Verdun | Rue de Verdun; borough of Verdun | Notre-Dame-de-Saverdun, France, hometown of Seigneur Zacharie Dupuis | |
| De L'Église | Avenue de l'Église | Église Saint-Paul | |
| LaSalle | Boulevard LaSalle | Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer | |
| Charlevoix | Rue Charlevoix | F.-X. de Charlevoix, French historian and explorer | |
| Lionel-Groulx | April 28, 1980 for Line 2 September 3, 1978 for Line 1 |
Avenue Lionel-Groulx | Fr. Lionel Groulx, Quebec historian |
| Atwater | October 14, 1966 | Rue Atwater | Edwin Atwater, city councillor |
| Guy-Concordia Formerly Guy |
Rue Guy | Étienne Guy, landowner | |
| Concordia University | Concordia salus (Prosperity Through Concord), motto of Montreal | ||
| Peel | Rue Peel | Robert Peel, British Prime Minister | |
| McGill | Avenue McGill College; McGill University | James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman | |
| Place-des-Arts | Place des Arts cultural complex | ||
| Saint-Laurent | Boulevard Saint-Laurent | Saint Lawrence or Saint Lawrence River | |
| Berri-UQAM Formerly Berri-de Montigny |
October 14, 1966 for Line 2 and Line 1, April 1, 1967 for Line 4 |
Rue Berri | Name given by Migeon de Branssat in 1669; named for Simon Després dit Le Berry |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | |||
| Rue de Montigny | Testard de Montigny family | ||
| Beaudry | December 21, 1966 | Rue Beaudry | Pierre Beaudry, landowner |
| Papineau | October 14, 1966 | Avenue Papineau | Joseph Papineau, Quebec politician (father of Louis-Joseph Papineau) |
| Frontenac | December 19, 1966 | Rue Frontenac | Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor-General of New France |
| Préfontaine | June 6, 1976 | Rue Préfontaine; Parc Raymond-Préfontaine | Raymond-Fournier Préfontaine, mayor of Montreal |
| Joliette | Rue Joliette | Barthélemy Joliette, founder of Joliette, Quebec | |
| Pie-IX | Boulevard Pie-IX | Pope Pius IX | |
| Viau | Rue Viau | Charles-Théodore Viau, Quebec cookie magnate and parish volunteer | |
| Assomption | After June 6, 1976 | Boulevard de l'Assomption | Named to commemorate the proclamation of the Dogma of the Assumption of Mary by Pope Pius XII in 1950 |
| Cadillac | June 6, 1976 | Rue de Cadillac | Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer |
| Langelier | Boul. Langelier | François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier, mayor of Quebec City and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec | |
| Radisson | Rue Radisson | Pierre-Esprit Radisson, French explorer | |
| Honoré-Beaugrand | Rue Honoré-Beaugrand | Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec author and mayor of Montreal | |
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