Université-de-Montréal station
Université de Montréal | |||||||||||
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| Location | 2830, boul. Édouard-Monpetit and 5400, av. Louis-Colin Montreal, Quebec H3T 1L5 Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°30′12″N 73°37′03″W / 45.50333°N 73.61750°WCoordinates: 45°30′12″N 73°37′03″W / 45.50333°N 73.61750°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Depth | 5.4 metres (17 feet 9 inches), 58th deepest | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
| Architect | André Léonard | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ARTM: A[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 January 1988 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2021[2][3] | 1,459,817  16.03% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 37 of 68 | ||||||||||
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Université-de-Montréal station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Blue Line. It is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood.
Overview
It is a normal side platform station. Constructed in the side of Mount Royal, it is the network's highest station in elevation.
It has three entrances. The main entrance, facing boul. Édouard-Montpetit, and the Université de Montréal entrance adjacent to the entrance of La Rampe escalator tunnel leading to the university's main pavilion, open directly onto the ticket hall. A third entrance on av. Louis-Colin is connected by a walkway leading over the platforms through the station cavern.
The station contains two works of art in terra cotta by architect André Léonard. The larger, located above the ticket hall, is entitled Les quatre éléments; the smaller is located at the end of the walkway to the Louis-Colin entrance.
The station is equipped with the MétroVision information screens which displays news, commercials, and the time till the next train.
Origin of name
The station derives its name from the Université de Montréal under the campus of which it lies.
Connecting bus routes
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 51 Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit
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 119 Rockland
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 368 Avenue du Mont-Royal
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Nearby points of interest
References
- ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2022-09-27). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2021 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2022.182.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2021-04-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2020 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2021.075.
- ^ Université-de-Montréal Metro Station
External links
- Université-de-Montréal (Montreal Metro) - Official site of station
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- 2011 STM System Map
- Metro Map
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- Blue Line (Montreal Metro)
- Mount Royal
- Université de Montréal
- Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
- Railway stations in Canada opened in 1988
- Railway stations in Canada at university and college campuses