Metro de la Savane

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Continuing our inquiry into obscure metro stations…

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Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)

The fence reminds me an awful lot of a musical staff and notes.

Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville side)

I also find it weird that they thought that this side would be the back, when in fact it is the main entry path to the station.

Metro de la Savane (Bad landscaping view)
Metro de la Savane (Bad landscaping view)
Metro de la Savane (dead tree view)
Metro de la Savane (dead tree view)
Metro de la Savane (living tree view)
Metro de la Savane (living tree view)
Metro de la Savane (de Sorel & Decarie)
Metro de la Savane (de Sorel & Decarie)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville and de Sorel)
Metro de la Savane (Bougainville and de Sorel)
Metro de la Savane
Metro de la Savane

Opened in January 1984, is was designed by Guy de Varennes and Almas Mathieu. Guy de Varennes appears to have built a bunch of things in Haiti. While Almas Mathieu did a bunch of churches, schools and hospitals here in Quebec.

Metro de la Savane (more bad landscaping)
Metro de la Savane (more bad landscaping)
Metro de la Savane (from the vacant lot across the street)
Metro de la Savane (from the vacant lot across the street)
Metro de la Savane (from the vacant lot across the street)
Metro de la Savane (from the vacant lot across the street)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (from the middle of Decarie blvd.)
Metro de la Savane (view of the cockpit)
Metro de la Savane (view of the cockpit)

Another weird thing, is that despite it being the least used metro station on the entire system, there are three separate YouTube videos of it.

Inside metro de la Savane (more of the musical fence)
Inside metro de la Savane (more of the musical fence)
Inside metro de la Savane (view from the cockpit)
Inside metro de la Savane (view from the cockpit)
Inside metro de la Savane (view of the lights)
Inside metro de la Savane (view of the lights)
Inside metro de la Savane (view of the lights and the bas relief)
Inside metro de la Savane (view of the lights and the bas relief)
Inside metro de la Savane (view of the lights and the bas relief)
Inside metro de la Savane (view of the lights and the bas relief)
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane

Inside the metro de la Savane (view of the lights)
Inside the metro de la Savane (view of the lights)
Inside the metro de la Savane (view of the lights and bas relief)
Inside the metro de la Savane (view of the lights and bas relief)
Inside the metro de la Savane
Inside the metro de la Savane
Inside the metro de la Savane
Inside the metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane
Inside metro de la Savane

More information on the de la Savane metro station can be found here, here and here.