Jean-Drapeau station

Jean-Drapeau station is a Montreal Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Yellow Line. It is situated on the Saint Helen's Island in the Saint Lawrence River.[4]

Jean-Drapeau
General information
Location170 rue Ste-Hélène
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Coordinates45°30′45″N 73°31′59″W
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth4.6 metres (15 feet 1 inch), 60th deepest
AccessibleYes
ArchitectJean Dumontier
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened1 April 1967
Passengers
2021[2][3]445,350 Increase 95.84%
Rank68 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Berri-UQAM
toward Berri–UQAM
 Yellow Line Longueuil
Terminus

Overview

Build to serve the Expo 67 site, the station opened on 1 April 1967. It was originally named Île Sainte-Hélène, after the island on which it is located. The station was designed to handle large crowds, with a side platform design and large staircases to a ground level concourse. During Expo 67, the station handled over 60,000 passengers an hour.[5]

The station now serves the various attractions on Saint Helen's Island and Notre Dame Island - including Jean-Drapeau Park, the La Ronde amusement park and the Montreal Casio, as well as events like the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. This station was the least busy in the network in 2020 and 2021, with the COVID-19 pandemic closing and later reducing the capacity of most of these points of interest.

In May 2001, the station was renamed after Jean Drapeau, mayor of Montreal from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986, who is often given credit for the construction of the Metro, and for securing both Expo 67 and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[6]

Mural by Jean Dumontier

The station was made accessible in November 2019 with the construction of two elevators. Despite being of one the least used stations on the network, elevators were installed due to low technical complexity and low cost of installation.[7] As of 2022, none of the other stations on the Yellow line are not accessible.[8] Construction work is currently underway at Berri-UQAM to allow accessible access to the Yellow line platforms.[9]

Artwork

Painted concrete murals by the station architect Jean Dumontier depict the mythological Titan Atlas holding up the roof of the station.[5] Dumontier was the first architect of the metro to create his own artworks for stations of his own design.[10]

Connecting bus routes
Société de transport de Montréal
Route
767 La Ronde / Station Jean-Drapeau
768 Plage Jean Doré / Station Jean-Drapeau
777 Le Casino / Station Jean-Drapeau

Nearby points of interest

References
  1. "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. July 1, 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  2. Société de transport de Montréal (September 27, 2022). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2021 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2022.182.
  3. Société de transport de Montréal (April 16, 2021). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2020 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2021.075.
  4. Jean-Drapeau Metro Station
  5. "Jean-Drapeau (Jean Dumontier)". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  6. "Jean Drapeau". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  7. "First accessible station on the Yellow line". Société de transport de Montréal. November 22, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  8. "First accessible station on the Yellow line". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  9. "Berri-UQAM". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  10. "Jean Dumontier, architect of Montreal métro stations, dead at 83". The Gazette. Montreal. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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