Selected bibliography

Note: This is very far from being a full bibliography of the works consulted in preparing this site, and is merely a list of a few general works about the Montreal metro and about metros and metro stations generally for further reading. A more detailed list of works cited will be found at the end of station and other pages.

Works about the Montreal metro

• Clairoux, Benoît. (2001). Le métro de Montréal : 35 ans déjà. Montreal: Hurtubise HMH.
• Bureau de transport métropolitain. (1976). Le métro de Montréal. (1st ed.). Montreal: Communauté urbaine de Montréal.
  Note: Also available in English (The Montréal Métro), and in a second edition in 1983. The 1976 English edition is available online from Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, here.
• Guimont, Marc. (2007). Montréal en métro. (2nd ed.). Montreal: Guides de voyage Ulysse.
• Martins-Manteiga, John. (2011). Metro: Design in Motion/Métro : le design en mouvement. Montreal: Dominion Modern.
• Schwandl, Robert. (2024). Urban rail in Canada. Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag.

General works

• Bennett, David. (2004). Metro: the story of the underground railway. London: Mitchell Beazley.
• Hinkel, Walter J., et al. (2004). Underground railways, yesterday-today-tomorrow: from 1863 to 2010. Vienna: N.J. Schmid Verlag.
• Ström, Marianne (1994). Metro-art in the metro-polis. Paris: ACR Édition.
• Wicker, Robert H. (1979). The architectural development of the subway station: Key architectural considerations in subway station design as observed in twenty selected European and North American systems. Master’s thesis, McGill University.
• Wilkes, Joseph A.; Packard, Robert, T. (eds.) (1988). “Transit systems.” In Encyclopedia of architecture: Design, engineering & construction. Vol. 5. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Pp. 128-141.

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