Vendôme (Montreal Metro)

Vendôme
Location 5160, boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Coordinates 45°28′26″N 73°36′14″W / 45.47389°N 73.60389°W / 45.47389; -73.60389Coordinates: 45°28′26″N 73°36′14″W / 45.47389°N 73.60389°W / 45.47389; -73.60389
Operated by Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Vendôme (AMT)
  STM buses
Construction
Depth 6.1 metres (20 feet), 57th deepest
Architect Desnoyers, Mercure, Leziy, Gagnon, Sheppard et Gélinas
History
Opened 7 September 1981
Traffic
Passengers 5,613,596 entrances in 2013, 11th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station
toward Côte-Vertu
Orange Line
toward Montmorency

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.[1]

The station is connected to the Vendôme AMT station by a pedestrian tunnel, permitting access to AMT commuter rail service on the Vaudreuil-Hudson, Saint-Jérôme and Candiac lines.

Overview

Vendôme Station platform.

The station is a normal side platform station with an entrance near the midpoint 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 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.[2]

The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.

A short tunnel under the railway tracks links this Metro station to the new McGill University Health Centre, however only reaches the outdoor parking lot, 200 meters away. The tunnel is also not wheelchair accessible, with only stair access on the metro side.[3] A secondary tunnel with direct access and wheelchair accessibility is tentatively planned to be built by late 2019.

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.

History

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.

Connecting public transit

Commuter rail

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route Service Times Map Schedule
17 Décarie, Northbound All-day, Located 2 blocks west on Décarie Map Schedule
24 Sherbrooke All-day, Located one block north on Sherbrooke Map Schedule
37 Jolicoeur All-day Map Schedule
63 Girouard Weekdays before 8:00PM, Saturdays before 7:00PM, Located one block north on Sherbrooke Map Schedule
90 Saint-Jacques All-day Map Schedule
102 Somerled All-day Map Schedule
104 Cavendish All-day Map Schedule
105 Sherbrooke All-day Map Schedule
124 Victoria All-day Map Schedule
356 Lachine/Mtl-Trudeau/Des Sources Overnight, Located one block north on Sherbrooke Map Schedule
371 Décarie, Northbound Overnight, Located 2 blocks west on Décarie Map Schedule

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. ↑ Vendôme Metro Station
  2. ↑ Gare Vendôme
  3. ↑ http://globalnews.ca/news/2063013/new-vendome-muhc-tunnel-open/

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