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RÉSO, commonly referred to as the Underground City (French: La ville souterraine), is the name applied to a series of interconnected office towers, hotels, shopping centres, residential and commercial complexes, convention halls, universities and performing arts venues that form the heart of Montreal's central business district, colloquially referred to as Downtown Montreal.
The Montreal Metro (French: Métro de Montréal, pronounced [metʁo də mɔ̃ʁeal]) is a rubber-tired underground rapid transit system serving Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The metro, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, during the tenure of Mayor Jean Drapeau .
It has underground city connections to Place Alexis Nihon, Westmount Square, and Dawson College. In August 2016, the Dawson exit was closed for refurbishment. In January 2017 the Cabot Square entrance was closed for major renovations and also to make the building unwelcoming to drug use and violent gangs on the premises.
The tunnel had to be closed for repair of the roof and several other parts of the tunnel. Transport Minister Sam Hamad announced on Friday, August 5 that the tunnel would re-open the following day. In 2021, the A-720 was renamed to Route 136 due to the highway having reduced lane sizes following the reconstruction of the Turcot Interchange. [5 ...
Place-d'Armes station (French pronunciation: [plas daʁm]) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It is located in Old Montreal. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network ...
Place-des-Arts station (French pronunciation: [plas dez‿aʁ]) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. The station opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro.
Bonaventure station (French pronunciation: [bɔnavɑ̃tyʁ]) is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Orange Line. It opened on February 13, 1967, four months after most of the initial network.
The Underground City (officially RÉSO), an important tourist attraction, is an underground network connecting shopping centres, pedestrian thoroughfares, universities, hotels, restaurants, bistros, subway stations and more, in and around downtown with 32 km (20 mi) of tunnels over 12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi) in the most densely populated part of Montreal.