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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.
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François-Charles-Stanislas Langelier, mayor of Quebec City and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec: 6 Jun 1976 Radisson: Rue Radisson: Pierre-Esprit Radisson, French explorer: 6 Jun 1976 Honoré-Beaugrand: Rue Honoré-Beaugrand: Honoré Beaugrand, Quebec author and mayor of Montreal: Yes (2018) 6 Jun 1976 Côte-Vertu: Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu
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.
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 .
Unlike the other three routes, the east–west Blue Line does not serve the city's main Metro junction at Berri-UQAM. The line first opened in 1986, with the last addition to the line being an intermediate station in 1988. The line is currently being extended five stations to the east, with completion scheduled for 2031. [2]
Part of R-136 runs underground (below grade) through Downtown Montreal. This section begins from the west at Rue Guy (exit 4: Rue de la Montagne / Rue Atwater ) and remains underground almost all the way to its eastern end, except for a short section between Rue Saint-Urbain and Rue Hôtel-de-Ville.
Architecture and cobbled streets in Old Montreal have been maintained or restored and are frequented by horse-drawn calèches carrying tourists. Old Montreal is accessible from the downtown core via the underground city and is served by several STM bus routes and metro stations, ferries to the South Shore and a network of bicycle paths.