Every city has its own symbols and signs that its residents recognize. The Metro system has 68 stations in total that are spread through out the four lines. Each one of us relate to at least one station; it could be a memory of summer job, home, school, college, university, hospital et cetera, just imagine if you see this map anywhere in the world it will appeal to you, you will definitely consider "hey that's where I belong" The STM metro system is a brilliant way to represent the city of Montreal. Every one of us is familiar with this metro map; we have travelled from one end to the other, station by station. It means more than a method of transportation, it is the time we have given away tunneling in and out. The images that have been built in our minds are what gathers us on this one.
Statistics show that the metro system serves over 1 000 000 daily passengers on an average weekday. Each station was designed with different themes and features by different architects and the trains themselves run on rubber tires to reduce the loudness as much as possible.
The second picture is of Lionel Groulx, it's a metro station that relates to me the most as my daily routine starts at this station; I have travelled all across the four lines and the stations that I have been on the most are Angrignon, Verdun, Lionel Groulx, Snowdon, Namur, Cote-Vertu, Acadie and Place des Arts.
Interesting post. I find that although the metro system is efficient, the city could invest more of taxpayer's dollars into revamping the archaic style of the metro system. Conversely, because so many people use the metro system, this is even more of a reason to make it comfortable and clean; the grungy feeling that is present in the underground transportation system is unpleasant for people who use the system daily. The wait times, additionally, are ridiculous for a city as large as Montreal with so many commuters. The wait time is never longer than two minutes in Toronto, for example. Anyways, the sometimes quirky, sixty-inspired decor of the metro system is signature to the spirit of Montreal.
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