Pie-IX (Montreal Metro)

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Pie-IX

Inaugurated	6 June 1976
Line	Green Line
Architect	Marcel Raby
Platform Depth	10.1 metres
Rank	53rd deepest
Traffic	4,974,375 entrances in 2002
Rank	12th busiest
Interstation Distance	766.88 metres to Joliette 621.85 metres to Viau

Pie-IX is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It is in the district of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in the borough of Mercier/Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. 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).

1 Origin of the name
2 Connecting bus routes
- 2.1 Regular routes
- 2.2 Night routes
3 Address of entrances
4 Nearby points of interest
5 External links

[edit] 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".