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Berri–UQAM station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and is the system's central station. This station is served by the Green, Orange, and Yellow lines. It is located in the Quartier Latin.
At the western end of the line, Berri–UQAM station is located 28 metres (92 ft) below rue Saint-Denis, below the level of the Green and Orange lines. Departing Berri–UQAM, the line heads southeast, with downward gradients of 6% taking the line south under Old Montreal and the Old Port of Montreal.
The access building is within the Viau station building; facilities are visible from trains going west of the station. Berri–UQAM link is connecting Lines 1 and 4 south of Berri–UQAM station. Snowdon link and tail is an interchange track between Lines 2 and 5 south/west of Snowdon station used for the storage of maintenance of way equipment ...
On December 19, 1966, the line was further extended from Papineau to Frontenac, and two days later came the stopover Beaudry between Berri-UQAM and Papineau. On December 20, 1967, Frédéric Back completed his art piece L'histoire de la musique à Montréal (The history of music in Montreal) in Place-des-Arts station. This commissioned piece ...
mezzanine de la station de métro Berri-UQAM, Montréal « Ce disque de bronze souligne la continuité entre le premier système de transport en commun à Montréal en 1861 (les tramways à traction hippomobile) et le métro, ouvert le 14 octobre 1966. Il fut dévoilé lors des cérémonies d'ouverture du métro. » – metrodemontreal.com
As of 2024, 16 of the 31 Orange Line stations are accessible, including all four interchange stations at Berri-UQAM, Lionel-Groulx, Jean-Talon and Snowdon. [13] STM plans for all stations to be made accessible by the late 2030s. [14]
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The station was the first transfer station after Berri-UQAM opened in the original network. In 2009, it became the first existing station, after elevators were added, to be retrofitted to be fully wheelchair-accessible. [5] Berri-UQAM station had elevators added at the same time but only between the mezzanine and the Orange Line platforms. [5]