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Pie-IX station (French pronunciation: ​[pinœf]) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. The station opened on June 1976, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics - as the station serves the Olympic Stadium and the Olympic Park. From 2023, the station will connect to the Pie-IX BRT.

Pie-IX
General information
Location	2700 and 2705 Pie-IX Boulevard Montreal, Quebec H1V 3P1 Canada
Coordinates	45°33′14″N 73°33′06″W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth	10.1 metres (33 feet 2 inches), 53rd deepest
Disabled access	No
Architect	Marcel Raby
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: A[1]
History
Opened	6 June 1976
Passengers
2021[2][3]	2,042,185  2.18%
Rank	26 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station Joliette toward Angrignon Green Line Viau toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Overview

The station opened on June 6, 1976, as part of the extension of the Green Line to Honoré-Beaugrand station, in time for the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Designed by architect Marcel Raby, the station was built in open cut. The centre of the station is taken up with a vast mezzanine bisected by a 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.

In 2020, work began to make the station universally accessible. This work - including the installation of four elevators - is due for completion by the end of 2022.[5]

From 2023, the station will also connect to the new Pie-IX BRT at Pierre-De Coubertin Boulevard. Unlike other BRT stops on Pie-IX Boulevard, the Pierre-De Coubertin stop will be located curb-side for easy access to and from the Metro station.[6]

Artwork

The station includes four Olympic-themed works of art: three sculptures by the architect Marcel Baby featuring different takes on the Olympic rings,[7] and one long mural in concrete and aluminium by Jordi Bonet entitled Citius, Altius, Fortius ("stronger, higher, faster" - the motto of the Olympic Games).[8]

Origin of the name

This station is named for Pie-IX Boulevard (pronounced pee neuf). This street was named in 1912 for Pope Pius IX (1792–1878), elected Pope in 1846.

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
97 Avenue du Mont-Royal
139 Pie-IX
185 Sherbrooke
355 Pie-IX
364 Sherbrooke/Joseph Renaud
439 Express Pie-IX

Nearby points of interest

• Olympic Park
• Olympic Stadium
• Biodome
• Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium
• Montreal Botanical Garden
• Château Dufresne - Musée des arts décoratifs de Montréal
• Collège de Maisonneuve
• Olympic Village
• Saputo Stadium, home of the CF Montréal.

References

External links

• Pie-IX Station - official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map

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