Verdun (Montreal Metro)

Montreal Metro Station
Borough	Verdun
City	Montreal
Opened	3 September 1978
Line	Green Line
Architect	Jean-Maurice Dubé
Artist	Antoine D. Lamarche and Claude Théberge
Platform Depth	21.9 metres
Rank	12th deepest
Traffic	1,487,901 entrances in 2006
Rank	50th of 68
Interstation Distance	761.39 metres to Jolicoeur 563.86 metres to De L'Église
Address of Entrances	2 entrances: 4525, de Verdun Street 4520, de Verdun Street
Nearby Main Intersections	de Verdun Street / Willibrord Avenue

Verdun is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada . The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.

Architecture and Art

Designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé, it is a normal side platform station, built in a deep open cut necessitated by the surrounding Utica shale formation. The ticket hall is located at transept level, and both the mezzanine and platforms are surmounted by high volumes. Accesses are located on either side of rue de Verdun.

The station's artwork is a design with bas-reliefs in the upper concrete walls and painted motifs on the lower parts of the walls, running throughout the station. It was designed by Antoine D. Lamarche.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue de Verdun and for the borough (formerly the city) of Verdun, in front of whose borough office the station is located. The land that would later constitute the borough was granted as a concession to Zacharie Dupuis in 1671; he named it Fief-de-Verdun for his birthplace at Saverdun in the south of France.

Connecting bus routes

Main articles: Société de transport de Montréal and List of Montreal bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
107 Verdun	All-day	Map	Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

• Verdun borough office
• Régie du logement
• Centre communautaire Marcel-Giroux
• St. Willibrord Hospitality Centre

External links

• Verdun Metro Station— Official site
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com — Photos, information, and trivia
• 2008 STM System Map