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5 unusual facts about Montreal Metro


2012 Canadian Grand Prix

Following a smoke bomb incident on Montreal Metro subway, student activists from the Université du Québec à Montréal threatened to prevent the race from going ahead as part of ongoing demonstrations across Quebec.

Gilles Vaillancourt

Under his administration, the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro was extended to Laval in 2007.

Hélène Rochette

She created several public art pieces, including Les fluides for the Montreal Metro at the Montmorency station.

Michèle Deslauriers

She also provides the voice, announcing the stops, for the Montreal Metro.

MR-73

The MR-73 is a type of train used on the Montreal Metro's Orange and Blue lines, with a minority of said trains being used on the Green Line.


Church of the Madonna della Difesa

it is located at 6800 Henri-Julien Avenue at the corner of Dante Street (Jean-Talon or Beaubien metro stations) in the borough of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie.

Mount Royal Avenue

The Mont-Royal metro station is located at the corner of Mont-Royal and rue Rivard, at Place Gérald-Godin.

Railway platform height

The Montreal Metro, the Toronto subway and Scarborough Rapid Transit, Vancouver Skytrain, Calgary C-Train, and Edmonton Light Rail Transit have high level platforms.

Turcot Interchange

Construction started in October 1965 and Turcot was built in time for the 1967 Montreal Expo, along with other big projects such as the Montreal Metro.

Victoria Square, Montreal

It features Hector Guimard's Art Nouveau outdoor entrance to the Square-Victoria Metro station, a statue of Queen Victoria, the "Taichi Single Whip" sculpture by Ju Ming and trees lining its bounding avenues.


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Michèle Deslauriers

The said announcements are found primarily in the MR-63 trains of the Montreal Metro, but special announcements that are played when there is a service interruption or any other emergencies are voiced by Deslauriers as well.