Pie-IX (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Pie-IX


inaugurated=6 June 1976
line=Green Line
architect= Marcel Raby
depth= 10.1 metres
depth-rank= 53rd deepest
traffic= 4,974,375 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank= 12th busiest
distances=766.88 metres to Joliette
621.85 metres to Viau
addresses= 2700, boul. Pie-IX
2705, boul. Pie-IX
intersections=boul. Pie-IX / av. Pierre-de Coubertin [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Pie-IX.pdf Pie-IX Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Pie-IX is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m24.htm Pie-IX Metro Station] ] . It was inaugurated on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Designed by architect Marcel Raby, it is a normal side-platform station built in open cut. The centre of the station is taken up with a vast mezzanine bisected by an extremely long ticket barrier. This space, as well as a secondary access to the Angrignon platform, allows the station to handle very large crowds from the Olympic Stadium. The mezzanine gives direct underground city access to the Stadium. The station has two exits of its own, one incorporated into the stadium's parvis, and another across the street.

The station includes four Olympic-themed works of art: three sculptures by the architect featuring different takes on the Olympic rings, and one long mural in concrete and aluminum by Jordi Bonet entitled "Citius, Altius, Fortius" ("stronger, higher, faster" - the Olympic motto).

Origin of the name

This station is named for boul. Pie-IX (pronounced "pea neuf"). This street was named in 1912 for Pope Pius IX (1792–1878), elected Pope in 1846. English speakers will often humorously refer to either the street or Metro station as "Pie Nine".

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

* Olympic Stadium
* Biodome
* Régie des installations olympiques (RIO)
* Regroupement Loisirs Québec
* Montreal Botanical Garden
* Château Dufresne - Musée des arts décoratifs de Montréal
* Cégep de Maisonneuve
* "See also Viau station"
* Olympic Village - Régie du logement
* Stade Saputo, home of the Montreal Impact.

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External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m24.htm Pie-IX Station - official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/pieix/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]