Peel (Montreal Metro)

Peel is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro, located in downtown Montreal in the borough of Ville-Marie. It was inaugurated on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the metro.

Designed by Papineau, Gérin-Lajoie, and Leblanc, it is a normal side-platform station, built in open-cut under boul. De Maisonneuve. Its mezzanine floats within the open-cut volume, supported by pillars and beams, and contains ticket barriers at either end with the fair-paid zone in the centre. There are two accesses at the west end of the station, one with shops and services, and three at the east end, including underground city access to the Cours Mont-Royal and points east. All of the street accesses are integrated into other buildings.

A circular theme is present throughout the station's decor, reflecting the main artwork, a series of 54 circles (of which 37 remain) by Jean-Paul Mousseau, one of the few artworks to be integrated into the architecture of the original network rather than commissioned later. A sculpture by Maurice Lemieux entitled Enterspace stands outside the Peel Nord entrance.

Origin of name

The station is named for rue Peel. Sir Robert Peel, British Prime Minister from 1834 to 1835 and again from 1841 to 1846, is best known for creating London's police department while Home Secretary, thus giving them their nickname of "Bobbies."

Connecting Bus Routes

Regular Routes

• 15 Sainte-Catherine
• 107 Verdun
• 420 Express Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Night Routes

• 358 Sainte-Catherine

Address of entrances

• Peel Ouest entrance: 1115, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest, at rue Peel
• Peel Est entrance: 1011, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest, between rue Peel and rue Metcalfe
• Metcalfe entrance: 1008, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest, at rue Metcalfe
• Stanley entrance: 1465, rue Stanley, between boul. de Maisonneuve and rue Sainte-Catherine

Nearby Points of Interest

Connected via the underground city

• Royal & Sunalliance
• Tour La Maritime
• Place Canada Trust
• Tour Scotia
• Centre Mont-Royal
• Le 2000 Peel
• Les Cours Mont-Royal
• Roots
• Carrefour Industrielle-Alliance (Paramount, Simons)
• McGill metro station and points south and west

Other

• Infotouriste
• Sun Life Building
• McGill University (McConnell Library, Shatner Bldg., etc.)
• Dorchester Square
• Dominion Square Building
• Montreal YMCA

External Links

• Société de transport de Montréal – official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com – photos, information, and trivia