This is Montreal

Why are Montreal’s metro station doors so hard to open?


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If you’ve taken the metro in Montreal you may have found yourself throwing a shoulder into the rotating doors at some stations and getting a blast of wind in the face for your efforts, especially in winter. We’ll get into the science behind why it seems like you often need herculean strength to pry the doors open and we'll hear what the STM is doing to make metro stations more accessible.


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