Monk (Montreal Metro)

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Monk

Inaugurated	3 September 1978
Line	Green Line
Architect	Blais & Bélanger
Platform Depth	18.3 metres
Rank	18th deepest
Traffic	1,165,366 entrances in 2002
Rank	56th busiest
Interstation Distance	844.29 metres to Angrignon 1062.85 metres to Jolicoeur

Monk is a metro station in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It features many works of art, including the large sculpture Pic et Pelle by artist Germain Bergeron. Monk also features many balconies that overlook the main station below, however they have been closed for the safety of the visually impaired.

1 Connecting bus routes
- 1.1 Regular routes
- 1.2 Night routes
2 Nearby main intersections
3 Nearby points of interest
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Connecting bus routes

[edit] Regular routes

36 Monk
78 Laurendeau

[edit] Night routes

350 Verdun/LaSalle

[edit] Nearby main intersections

Boulevard Monk / Rue Allard

[edit] Nearby points of interest

Centre hospitalier Ville Émard
École Dollard-des-Ormeaux
École St-Jean-de-Matha
École Honoré-Mercier

[edit] Trivia

Germain Bergeron considered many different ideas for the public art for this station. His first concept was to create a series of flying saucers that were suspended from the roof of the station, and were to move with the wind generated by passing trains. However, this was deemed too dangerous by authorities, and the idea was cancelled.

The current two giant statues of workers constructing the Metro were to have been accompanied by a third, representing a foreman, but this idea was judged superfluous and scrapped.