Jean-Drapeau station is a Montreal Metro station in

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, Canada. It is operated by the

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(STM) and serves the Yellow Line. It is situated on the

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in the

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Overview

Build to serve the

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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

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design and large staircases to a ground level concourse. During Expo 67, the station handled over 60,000 passengers an hour. The station now serves the various attractions on

and

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- including Jean-Drapeau Park, the

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amusement park and the Montreal Casio, as well as events like the

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. This station was the least busy in the network in 2020 and 2021, with the

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closing and later reducing the capacity of most of these points of interest. In May 2001, the station was renamed after Jean Drapeau,

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from 1954 to 1957 and 1960 to 1986, who is often given credit for the construction of the Metro, and for securing both

and the

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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. , none of the other stations on the Yellow line are not accessible. Construction work is currently underway at Berri-UQAM to allow accessible access to the Yellow line platforms.

Artwork

Painted concrete murals by the station architect Jean Dumontier depict the mythological Titan

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holding up the roof of the station. Dumontier was the first architect of the metro to create his own artworks for stations of his own design.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

* Biosphère * Casino de Montréal *

Parc Jean-Drapeau Jean Drapeau Park (officially in French: ''Parc Jean-Drapeau'') (formerly called ''Parc des Îles'') is the third-largest park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises two islands, Saint Helen's Island and the artificial island Notre Dame Isla ...

* Stewart Museum

References

External links

Montreal by Metro at metrodemontreal.com

2011 STM System Map

Metro at Expo 67
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