Станция метро Pie IX: История и модернизация

Montreal Metro station

Pie IX station (pinœf) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. The station opened on June 1976, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics as the station serves the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic Park. From 2023, the station will connect to the Pie IX BRT.

The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré Beaugrand station, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics. Designed by architect Marcel Raby, the station was built in open cut. The centre of the station is taken up with a vast mezzanine bisected by a long ticket barrier. This space, as well as a secondary access to the Angrignon platform, allows the station to handle very large crowds from the Olympic Stadium. The mezzanine gives direct underground city access to the Stadium. The station has two exits of its own, one incorporated into the stadium's parvis, and another across the street.

In 2020, work began to make the station universally accessible at a cost of $81m. The work included the installation of four elevators, widened staircases, as well as extensive station renovation. The project was completed in November 2022, making Pie IX the Metro's 22nd accessible station. and one long mural in concrete and aluminium by Jordi Bonet entitled Citius, Altius, Fortius ("stronger, higher, faster" the motto of the Olympic Games). As part of the work to make the station accessible, an artwork by Francis Montillau will be installed in spring 2023.