Vendôme (Montreal Metro)
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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) |
Vendôme is a station on the Orange Line of the Montreal Metro in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce area of the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. It was inaugurated on September 7, 1981.
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 metro station is a normal side-platform station with an entrance at either end. The large entrance is located in a bus loop; the structure sits directly above the platforms and includes and surrounds the sunken mezzanine. It is the networks's deepest station without escalators or moving sidewalks.
The station is intermodal with the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)'s commuter train lines; the mezzanine is connected by a tunnel to Vendôme station, a station on the Dorion-Rigaud, Blainville-Saint-Jerome and Delson-Candiac lines.
The 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.
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[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 bus routes
[edit] Regular routes
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 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 |
[edit] Night routes
| Route Name | Route Map | Schedule |
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| 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] Address of entrances
- 5160, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest, at av. de Vendôme
[edit] Nearby points of interest
- Complexe de santé Reine-Élisabeth
- Centre Saint-Raymond
[edit] External links
- Société de transport de Montréal - station official web page
- Vendôme metro station geo location
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
- AMT Montreal-Dorion
- AMT Montreal-Saint Jerome
- AMT Montreal-Candiac
| Montreal Metro Orange Line (Line 2) |
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Côte-Vertu | Du Collège | De La Savane | Namur | Plamondon | Côte-Sainte-Catherine | Snowdon | Villa-Maria | Vendôme |
| AMT Commuter Rail: Dorion-Rigaud Line |
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Lucien-L'Allier | Vendôme | Montréal-Ouest | Lachine | Dorval | Pine Beach | Valois | Pointe-Claire | Cedar Park | Beaconsfield |
| AMT Commuter Rail: Blainville-Saint-Jerome Line |
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Lucien-L'Allier | Vendôme | Montréal-Ouest | Parc | Chabanel | Bois-de-Boulogne |
| AMT Commuter Rail: Delson-Candiac Line |
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Lucien-L'Allier | Vendôme | Montréal-Ouest | LaSalle |
