Vendôme station

Vendôme
Location	5160, boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	Vendôme (AMT)
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 Villa-Maria toward Côte-Vertu Orange Line Place-Saint-Henri 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.

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

File:Vendome Montreal Metro.jpg

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.

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

A tunnel under the railway tracks directly to the south will link this Metro station to the new McGill University Health Centre.

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

• Vendôme AMT Commuter rail station

Connecting bus routes

Main article: List of Montreal 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

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

External links

• Vendôme Station, official web page
• Vendôme metro station geo location
• Photos of Vendôme station architectural features at Desnoyers Mercure & associates, architects (french page)
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com - photos, information, and trivia
• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map