Worst metro stations, according to Google
I’d never noticed that you can review a metro station, but you can. Metro lists the five worst metro stations according to Google review ratings, although explaining the poor ratings only in the case of three.
Many of the bad reviews are silly. For example, one star for “Je ne connais pas ce lieu!” and one star for “The doors open at 5:15 in the morning, it’s freezing outside” don’t have anything to do with the station itself: in this case, de Castelnau, which stands athwart a poorly conceived intersection and is a bit clunky in layout as a result, but is otherwise unobjectionable.
The list doesn’t name Guy-Concordia, often mentioned as the system’s grungiest, nor Snowdon, which I would award with minus stars if possible for its cramped dark halls and narrow staircases, but I suppose anyone who uses the metro will have other opinions.
Orr 10:41 on 2023-06-18 Permalink
I actually like Snowdon station quite a bit, but Guy-Concordia is definitely the worst. Because each station was designed by a different architect, I wonder who gets the shame points for doing such a piss-poor job with designing the Guy-Concordia station?
nau 10:49 on 2023-06-18 Permalink
Not having perused it for a long time, I’m gkad to see that at least the text of the metrodemontreal website is still accessible. Too bad not to have the pictures. It’s quite the labour of love. I wonder if the guy who did it still lives in Montreal. I remember he ran as an NDP candidate in the southwest in one of the electons before the orange wave. He rated every station and is a bit higher on Snowdon than you.
Kate 11:04 on 2023-06-18 Permalink
Orr, Guy-Concordia was one of the first stations completed. I’ve never noticed the gap, but apparently the platform is slightly longer than the trains, as explained on Wikipedia. So I can cut the design some slack for being a first attempt. It’s just always felt a bit gritty with the trickling water and the stalactites and the smells from the food concessions and panhandlers hanging around.
MarcG 11:11 on 2023-06-18 Permalink
nau: If you browse the non-SSL version of the site the images load properly http://www.metrodemontreal.com/index-e.html
nau 07:56 on 2023-06-19 Permalink
Cool, thanks MarcG; that brings back the richness of the website. Weird to see Verdun Station with its old colours.
CE 21:13 on 2023-06-19 Permalink
It’s too bad he didn’t publish all his information and photos in a book. Web 1.0 is starting to deteriorate and we’re losing a lot of research from that era.