In Of Montreal, Robert Everett-Green writes weekly about the people, places and events that make Montreal a distinctive cultural capital. It’s a long escalator ride down to the concourse of the Verdun ...

It is an art gallery visited by millions each year, yet only a few people actually take the time to look at the art that adorns its walls. Like the New York City transit system, the Montreal subway ...

Montreal’s Metro was inaugurated nearly 50 years ago by then–Mayor Jean Drapeau, who held a competition challenging architects to individually design its 26 (now 68) stations. A testament to modernist ...

Otis Gen2 elevators revolutionized the elevator industry with patented steel-coated belts and a space-saving design, quiet ride and energy-efficient operation. The REM elevators feature glass elevator ...

These days, not many people would say they hop on the Montreal Metro for fun, but that's exactly what Montrealers were doing 50 years ago today. Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger, then the Archbishop of ...

Montreal artist Manuel Mathieu's the 33-metre-long series of five artworks "acknowledges the fact that we're inside of that ...

Montreal’s transit agency has revamped its métro signage in order to make the labels of the métro lines more clear with the arrival of the Réseau express métropolitain. In service since Monday along ...

Montreal’s transit authority is increasing security in certain metro stations to address safety concerns amid a rise in the number of people with mental health or addiction issues in the network.

Montreal police are investigating a YouTube video that shows two individuals trespassing onto restricted-access areas of the Montreal Metro system. Old Montreal Metro cars could be used to build ...

Montreal's oldest Metro cars are decades old and the city says it's time to replace them before they break down. (Simon-Marc Charron/Radio-Canada - image credit) Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is ...

Last week I published a set of images of the New York subway system in the 1980s, each carriage encased in graffiti, each one a work of art. Today, it's the turn of the Montreal Metro system. Yet this ...