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Today, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) begins a new phase of work at Berri-UQAM station. The work will include the installation of two new elevators providing access to the Green line and partial refurbishment of the mezzanine.
In addition to the above work, the $32.3 million project also involves:
- Installation of new wall finishes
- Continued roll-out of new signage
- Reconfiguration of fare sale and collection equipment
- Lighting impovements
- Renovation and redesign of shop fronts
- Installation of an Escale in the corridor leading to Place Dupuis, similar to the one in the Saint-Denis Street corridor
- Complete refurbishment of the two floor openings
- And more.
New signage
New floor opening
The work must finis in fall 2020 when the two elevators connecting to the Green line are put into service. The station already has three elevators, which connect the street to the mezzanine and the mezzanine to each direction of the Orange line.
The first phase of refurbishment work at Berri-UQAM station was carried out from 2010 to 2017, at a cost of $87 million. This phase mainly involved refurbishment of Berri, Place Dupuis, Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Denis entrance buildings, the pedestrian traffic areas, a section of the mezzanine and the Green, Orange and Yellow line platforms.
The work must be carried out at night, squeezed into a two-and-half-hour shift so as not to interfere with the métro service. This constraint, plus the fact the station has eight levels, explains the lengthy timeframe. Furthermore, Berri-UQAM is the busiest station in the system, with 12.1 million transit users passing through its turnstiles each year.
- 31,268 m2 of station surface area (more than five football fields)
- Over 600 STM employees working inside the station
- 28 escalators
- 3 public elevators in operation, and 1 private
- 625 steps (more than double the number of Saint-Joseph's Oratory)
- 6 levels with 2 others housing mechanical rooms
- 6 platforms plus connecting tracks
- 5 entrance buildings
- 27.4 meters depth from lower platform to an exit. OnlyCharlevoix station is deeper.
- 13 shops inside the station
Before - Green line
After - Green line
Before - staircase
After - staircase
Before - Orange line
After - Orange line
