Connections STM buses Address Montréal, QC, Canada Depth 17 m | Architect Patrice Gauthier Opened 4 January 1988 Province Québec | |
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Location 2030/2040, boul. Édouard-Monpetit and 80, av. Vincent-D'Indy, Montreal
Quebec, Canada Operated by Société de transport de Montréal Passengers 1,312,166 entrances in 2006, 55th of 68 Similar Université‑de‑Montréal, Côte‑des‑Neiges, Georges‑Vanier, Côte‑Sainte‑Catherine, Langelier | ||
Édouard-Montpetit is a station on the Blue Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Overview
It is a normal side platform station.
Origin of name
Édouard-Montpetit station takes its name 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.
Particularities
Édouard-Montpetit station was designed to be able to provide a connection with the 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. However, this never made it past the planning stage. If such a connection were implemented, high-speed elevators would run from the Metro station to the train station in the Mount Royal Tunnel, 75 metres (246 feet) below. The ventilation shaft for the Mount Royal Tunnel is next to the Édouard-Montpetit Station.
The tunnel connection proposal has been brought up again in plans for the Réseau électrique métropolitain, which would see the Tunnel carry the new rapid-transit service and have a station built to connect to the Metro here.