Édouard-Montpetit station

Édouard Montpetit
Édouard Montpetit
General information
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°W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	Lua error: expandTemplate: template "AMT color" does not exist.
Construction
Depth	16.6 metres (54 feet 6 inches), 26th deepest
Architect	Patrice Gauthier
History
Opened	4 January 1988
Passengers
	1,312,166 entrances in 2006, 55th of 68
Services

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.^[1]

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)^[2] below. The ventilation shaft for the Mount Royal Tunnel is next to the Édouard-Montpetit Station.^[2]

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. ^[3]

Connecting bus routes

style="background: #Template:AMT color; font-size:100%; color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="4"\|Société de transport de Montréal
Route	Service Times	Map	Schedule
51 Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit	All-day	Map	Schedule
119 Rockland	All-day before 8:00PM	Map	Schedule
368 Mont-Royal	Overnight	Map	Schedule

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

^ Édouard-Montpetit Metro Station
^ ^a ^b Tunnel
^ Jason Magder (April 22, 2016). "Electric light-rail train network spearheaded by Caisse de dépôt to span Montreal by 2020". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

External links

[1] Édouard-Montpetit Metro Station

[tunnel-2] Tunnel

[MG_2016-04-22-3] Jason Magder (April 22, 2016). "Electric light-rail train network spearheaded by Caisse de dépôt to span Montreal by 2020". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 2016. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[1]

[2]

[3]