Monk station

Monk station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Le Sud-Ouest in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves Green Line. The station is located in the Ville-Émard district.

Monk
General information
Location6750 and 6805 Monk Boulevard
Montreal, Quebec H4E 2K9
Canada
Coordinates45°27′05″N 73°35′35″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth18.3 metres (60 feet), 18th deepest
AccessibleYes
ArchitectBlais & Bélanger
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened3 September 1978
Passengers
2022[2][3]1,093,818 Increase 38.67%
Rank58 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Angrignon
Terminus
 Green Line Jolicoeur
toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Art and architecture

The station structure was designed by Blais & Bélanger and 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.

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.

Origin of the name

The station is named for boulevard Monk, itself named to honour the Monk family. It is unsure which member is being honoured.[5] It could be Sir James Monk (1745-1826), a prosecutor who served on Quebec's vice admiralty court from 1778 to 1788 and subsequently became Montreal's chief justice from 1793 to 1820. Alternatively, the boulevard and the station could be named for Frederick D. Monk, an attorney who along with Joseph-Ulric Émard purchased land belonging to the Davidson family in order to develop it, the area became Ville-Émard.[6][7]

Entrance

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
Route
36 Monk
78 Laurendeau
350 Verdun/LaSalle

Nearby points of interest

References
  1. "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
  3. Société de transport de Montréal (2022-09-27). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2021 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2022.182.
  4. Monk Station
  5. "Fiche descriptive".
  6. "Monk Metro".
  7. "Reflets historiques de l'origine de Ville-Émard et Côte-St-Paul". ville-emard.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17.
  8. Douglas Hospital Contact Archived 2007-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Douglas Hospital Map
  10. Getting to the Douglas, Station Monk (15 minutes walk) Archived 2007-06-06 at the Wayback Machine
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