Verdun (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Verdun
line=Green Line


architect=Jean-Maurice Dubé
inaugurated=3 September, 1978
depth=21.9 metres
depth-rank=12th deepest
traffic= 1,575,698 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=51st busiest
distances=761.39 metres to Jolicoeur
563.86 metres to De L'Église
addresses=4525, de Verdun Street
4520, de Verdun Street
intersections= de Verdun Street / Willibrod Avenue [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Verdun.pdf Verdun Metro Neighbourhood Map] ] |

Verdun is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m40.htm Verdun Station] ] . The station was inaugurated on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.

Architecture and Art

Designed by Jean-Maurice Dubé, it is a normal side-platform station, built in a deep open cut necessitated by the surrounding Utica shale formation. The ticket hall is located at transept level, and both the mezzanine and platforms are surmounted by high volumes. Accesses are located on either side of rue de Verdun.

The station's artwork is a design with bas-reliefs in the upper concrete walls and painted motifs on the lower parts of the walls, running throughout the station. It was designed by Antoine D. Lamarche.

Origin of the name

This station is named for rue de Verdun and for the borough (formerly the city) of Verdun, in front of whose borough office the station is located. The land that would later constitute the borough was granted as a concession to Zacharie Dupuis in 1671; he named it Fief-de-Verdun for his birthplace at Saverdun in the south of France.

Connecting bus routes

Regular STM routes

TM night routes

Nearby points of interest

*Verdun borough office
*Régie du logement
*Centre communautaire Marcel-Giroux
*St. Willibrord Hospitality Centre
*CKOI

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m40.htm Verdun Metro Station— Official site]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/green/verdun/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] — Photos, information, and trivia
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]