| Berri-UQAM
Berri is the 2nd deepest station in
the network and is the 2nd busiest. This
is where the metro’s inauguration took place.
Berri first hosted just the Green and Orange
lines, but now also hosts the Yellow.
Montreal’s transportation board, the STM, also
has offices in this huge station.
UQAM stands for Université du Québec à Montréal
and is one of Montreal’s two major French universities
(all major four universities in Montreal have a metro
stop named after them).
Berri is always busy, but is
equipped to handle the large amount of passengers.
There aren’t many places to sit on any
platform, but during the busiest hours, having more
seats probably wouldn’t do much anyway.
On September 2, 2001, at about 11:25 PM, someone
set off a tear gas canister in the station. The station
was immediately evacuated of its 300 passengers.
Although the fumes sickened several people, nobody was
badly injured. I’m
not a big fan of Berri, but it’s a very useful
station.
Transfer
to the Orange Line
Transfer
to the Yellow Line
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The
Green Line's platforms. Look how busy the
other side is! |
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VROOM!
My Green Line train leaves the station! |
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Orange
Line tracks. |
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Orange
Line tracks, again. |
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Main
kiosk. |
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Oh
- the places you can go! |
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The
Orange Line train arrives. |
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I
do love these oranges waves. |
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