Édouard-Montpetit Station

Édouard-Montpetit station () is a Montreal Metro station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and is served by the Blue Line. It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce near the borough of Outremont. From 2025, the station will be served by the Réseau express métropolitain (REM).

Overview

The station was designed by Patrice Gauthier. The design of the station was constrained by a ventilation shaft for the Mont Royal Tunnel, as well as an underground aqueduct. It is a normal side platform station.

The station was designed to be able to provide a connection with the then– Agence métropolitaine de transport's Montreal—Deux Montagnes commuter rail line, which during the planning of the original network was to have been converted into Line 3 of the Metro. This proposal was not carried out; instead, the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) now takes the place of the first two proposals. There is an underground tunnel between the metro station and the CEPSUM complex.

Artwork

The Blue line station does not have artwork; however, colourful benches and flooring were designed by architect Patrice Gauthier. The REM station will have artwork installed in the mezzanine corridor, consisting of eight mosaic panels by artist Manuel Mathieu.

History

The station was opened in January 1988 as part of the extension of the Blue Line to Snowdon.

In 2020, work began to install elevators to serve the Blue line platforms, allowing an accessible interchange between the REM and the Metro. This was originally planned for completion in late 2022.

Réseau express métropolitain station

In November 2016, CDPQ Infra announced that the proposed Réseau express métropolitain (REM) system would connect to the Blue line at Édouard-Montpetit. As with the 1980s Line 3 proposal, the REM will use the historic Mont Royal tunnel to head north from downtown.

The new station will be located around 20 storeys or below ground, making it the deepest station in Canada and the second deepest in North America after Portland's Washington Park station. For comparison, the Blue line is around below ground at this location. Two banks of high-speed elevators will connect the REM platforms to the Blue Line station and the surface.

Construction on the Édouard-Montpetit REM station began in July 2018. Blasting to expand the Mont Royal tunnel to accommodate new platforms, passageways and utility rooms began in October 2018 and lasted around a year. , the REM station was scheduled to open at the end of 2024, but that was later pushed to October 2025.

Origin of name

During planning, the station was to be named Vincent-d'Indy, but the name was ultimately changed to Édouard-Montpetit, from the street under which it lies: Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard. The boulevard in turn takes its name from Édouard Montpetit (1881–1954), a Quebec lawyer, economist and academic closely linked with the nearby Université de Montréal.

Connecting bus routes

Nearby points of interest

* Université de Montréal:
** CEPSUM
** Marie-Victorin building, named for Marie-Victorin
** Salle Claude Champagne, named for Claude Champagne
* Académie Saint-Germain
* École de musique Vincent d'Indy

References

External links

Édouard-Montpetit station on STM website

Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com

2011 STM System Map




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Blue Line (Montreal Metro)
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Railway stations in Canada opened in 1988
Future Réseau express métropolitain railway stations