Vendôme (Montreal Metro)

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Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Station
Vendôme
Vendôme station
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Inaugurated 7 September 1981
Line Orange Line
Architect Desnoyers, Mercure, Leziy, Gagnon, Sheppard et Gélinas
Platform Depth 6.1 metres
Rank 57th deepest
Traffic 4,885,554 entrances in 2002
Rank 13th busiest
Interstation
Distance		 1407.32 metres to Villa-Maria

1450.88 metres to Place-Saint-Henri (longest on the island)
Address of
Entrances		 5160, De Maisonneuve Boulevard West
Nearby Main
Intersections		 De Maisonneuve Boulevard / de Vendôme Avenue [1]

Vendôme is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system, operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2].

Originally, two stations were supposed to be built between Place-Saint-Henri and Villa-Maria: Northcliffe and Westmount. However, opposition from Westmount residents as well as instability in the underlying rock formation forced their consolidation into one station, with the result that the tunnel between Vendôme and Place-Saint-Henri is the longest on the Island of Montreal.

The station is connected to the Vendôme AMT station by a pedestrian tunnel, permitting access to AMT commuter rail service on the Dorion-Rigaud, Blainville-Saint-Jerome and Delson-Candiac lines.

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[edit] Overview

The metro station is a normal side platform station with an entrance near the mid point of the platforms. The large entrance is located on De Maisonneuve Boulevard in a bus loop. The structure sits directly above the platforms and includes and surrounds the sunken mezzanine. It is the network's deepest station without escalators or moving sidewalks.

The Vendôme metro station was designed by the firm of Desnoyers, Mercure, Leziy, Gagnon, Sheppard et Gélinas. It contains a stained-glass window and stainless steel sculpture by important Quebec artist Marcelle Ferron. It also contains a plaque commemorating Jean Descaris, a 17th-century pioneer, and his descendant Alphonse Décarie, on whose land Vendôme and Villa-Maria metro stations were built. The adjacent train station is in Fare Zone 1. [3]

[edit] Origin of the name

This station is named for av. de Vendôme, whose namesake is uncertain. It is probably named for one or more of the Dukes of Vendôme, several of whom were important in the history of France.

[edit] Connecting public transit

[edit] Commuter rail

[edit] Bus routes

[edit] Société de transport de Montréal

Main article: Société de transport de Montréal
Regular STM routes [4]
No. Route Name Route Map Schedule
17 Décarie (north bound at the corner of Decarie Boulevard and de Maisonneuve Boulevard, south bound at the corner of Girouard Street and Upper Lachine Road) Map Schedule
24 (one block north on Sherbrooke Street West) Map Schedule
37 Jolicoeur Map Schedule
63 Girouard (one block north on Sherbrooke Street West) Map Schedule
90 Saint-Jacques Map Schedule
102 Somerled Map Schedule
104 Cavendish Map Schedule
105 Sherbrooke Map Schedule
124 Victoria Map Schedule
STM night routes
No. Route Name Route Map Schedule
356 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue (one block north on Sherbrooke Street West) Map Schedule
371 Décarie (north bound at the corner of Decarie Boulevard and de Maisonneuve Boulevard, south bound at the corner of Girouard Street and Upper Lachine Road) Map Schedule

[edit] Nearby points of interest

  • Complexe de santé Reine-Élisabeth
  • Centre Saint-Raymond

[edit] References

  1. ^ Vendôme Station Neighbourhood Map
  2. ^ Vendôme Metro Station
  3. ^ Gare Vendôme
  4. ^ STM routes

[edit] External links

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Montreal Metro Orange Line (Line 2)

Coordinates: 45°28′26.42″N 73°36′13.7″W / 45.4740056°N 73.603806°W / 45.4740056; -73.603806

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