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Most parts of the Montreal underground city are open while the Metro is in operation (5:30 AM to 1:00 AM), though some are closed outside of business hours. Maps of the underground city and the Metro can be obtained free of charge from all Metro stations, and the network of buildings is indicated on most maps of the downtown core.
The Montreal Metro (French: Métro de Montréal, pronounced [metʁo də mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau .
The Underground City (officially RÉSO), an important tourist attraction, is an underground network connecting shopping centres, pedestrian thoroughfares, universities, hotels, restaurants, bistros, subway stations and more, in and around downtown with 32 km (20 mi) of tunnels over 12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi) in the most densely populated part of Montreal.
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Montreal, Quebec, RÉSO, Underground City, or la ville souterraine in French, is the largest habitable underground network in the world. Its 32 km (20 mi) of tunnel cover more than 41 city blocks (about 12 km 2 (5 sq mi)).
Montreal almost implemented heated sidewalks on St. Catherine street to combat the winter weather, but eventually decided against it, due to costs. [75] [76] However, Montreal's underground city allows pedestrians to be protected from the weather while they walk from metro stops to some downtown buildings. [77]
It was built in 1962, and sits atop an underground shopping mall that forms the nexus of Montreal's underground city, one of the world's largest. It has indoor access to over 1,600 shops, restaurants, offices, businesses, museums and universities, as well as metro stations , train stations, bus terminals, and tunnels extending all over downtown.
Atwater station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line on the border between the city of Westmount and Montreal.