Édouard-Montpetit (Montreal Metro)

Édouard Montpetit

Location

2030/2040, boul. Édouard-Monpetit and 80, av. Vincent-D'Indy, Montreal
Quebec, Canada

Coordinates

45°30′36″N 73°36′45″W / 45.51000°N 73.61250°WCoordinates: 45°30′36″N 73°36′45″W / 45.51000°N 73.61250°W

Operated by

Société de transport de Montréal

Connections

STM buses

Construction

Depth

16.6 metres (54 feet 6 inches), 26th deepest

Architect

Patrice Gauthier

History

Opened

4 January 1988

Traffic

Passengers

1,312,166 entrances in 2006, 55th of 68

Services

Preceding station		Montreal Metro		Following station
Université-de-Montréal toward Snowdon		Blue Line		Outremont toward Saint-Michel

Édouard-Montpetit station is a Montreal Metro station in of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Blue Line. It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

It is a normal side platform station.

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.

Édouard-Montpetit station was designed to be able to provide a connection with the Réseau de transport métropolitain'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. This project was resurrected again in 2016 with the Réseau électrique métropolitain project.

The ventilation shaft for the Mount Royal Tunnel is next to the Édouard-Montpetit Station.

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