Outremont station
 Outremont | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1400, Van Horne Avenue Outremont, Quebec H2V 1L1 Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°31′13″N 73°36′54″W / 45.52028°N 73.61500°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Société de transport de Montréal | ||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||
| Depth | 13.8 metres (45 feet 3 inches), 38th deepest | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Dupuis, Chapuis, & Dubuc | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | ARTM: A[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 4 January 1988 | ||||||||||
| Closed | January 10 to August 19, 2022 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2021-2023 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[2][3] | 1,276,859  206.38% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 58 of 68 | ||||||||||
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Outremont station (French pronunciation: [utʁəmɔ̃]) is a Montreal Metro station in the Outremont borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Blue Line. It opened in January 1988.
Overview
[edit]The Outremont station was designed by the architectural firm Dupuis, Chapuis, & Dubuc, with Pierre Chapuis as one of the lead architects.[5][6] It is a normal side platform station with a mined trainroom and open-cut volume at one end, containing the ticket hall and topped by the one large entrance and a glazed skylight. Classic materials and a mural of glazed ceramics by Gilbert Poissant evoke the architecture of the surrounding neighbourhood, as does a Borough of Outremont lamp post at the foot of the stairs to one platform.
Station upgrade
[edit]In 2021, work began to make the station universally accessible, provide a new ventilation shaft, as well as other refurbishments including flooring, waterproofing and new lighting.[7]
Due to the single entrance building at the station, upgrade works could not safely take place while the station was open. The station was therefore temporarily closed between January and August 2022, with a shuttle bus provided to take passengers to Acadie station.[8] Works (such as the installation of elevators) will continue until fall of 2024.[8] As part of the upgrade works, The Saint-Michel and Snowdon elevators and an artwork has been commissioned for the station.[9]
Origin of name
[edit]The station takes its name from the borough (formerly city) of Outremont, in which it is located. Originally named Côte-Sainte-Catherine, the town took its name in 1875 from a mansion, still extant, built in 1833 by Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier and named "Outre-Mont" ("beyond the mountain" from the main settlement of Montreal).
Connecting bus routes
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 160 Barclay
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 161 Van Horne
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 368 Avenue-du-Mont-Royal
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| 370 Rosemont
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Nearby points of interest
[edit]- Collège Stanislas
- Théâtre Outremont
- Cathédrale arménienne Saint-Grégoire l'Illuminateur
References
[edit]- ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2024-02-16). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2023 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2024.021.
- ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2023-05-25). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2022 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2023.134.
- ^ Outremont Metro Station
- ^ "Architecture of Outremont Metro". Journal Outremont. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- ^ "Outremont Station Architecture". Metro de Montreal. Retrieved 2024-12-11.
- ^ "Outremont". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ a b "Work underway at Outremont station". STM. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ "La STM lance un concours pour une œuvre d'art public à la station Outremont". Société de transport de Montréal (in French). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
External links
[edit]- Outremont station on STM website
- Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
- 2011 STM System Map
- Metro Map
