Vendôme (Montreal Metro)

Infobox Montreal Metro
station= Vendôme
line=Orange Line


architect= Desnoyers, Mercure, Leziy, Gagnon, Sheppard et Gélinas
inaugurated=7 September, 1981
depth=6.1 metres
depth-rank=57th deepest
traffic= 4,885,554 entrances in 2002
traffic-rank=13th busiest
distances=1407.32 metres to Villa-Maria
1450.88 metres to Place-Saint-Henri (longest on the island)
addresses=5160, De Maisonneuve Boulevard West
intersections= De Maisonneuve Boulevard / de Vendôme Avenue [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/Vendome.pdf Vendôme Station Neighbourhood Map] ] |

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 [ [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m47.htm Vendôme Metro Station] ] .

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.

The metro station is a normal side-platform station with an entrance at either end. The large entrance is located in a bus loop; the structure sits directly above the platforms and includes and surrounds the sunken mezzanine. It is the networks's deepest station without escalators or moving sidewalks.

The station is connected to the Vendôme AMT station by a pedestrian tunnel, permitting access to AMT commuter rail service on the Dorion-Rigaud, Blainville-Saint-Jerome and Delson-Candiac lines.

The Vendôme metro 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. [ [http://www.amt.qc.ca/tc/train/gares/index.asp?nogare=46 Gare Vendôme] ]

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.

Connecting public transit

Commuter rail

*See AMT Commuter rail

Metro routes

*Line 2 Orange

Bus routes

Regular STM routes

STM night routes

Nearby points of interest

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

References

External links

* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-m47.htm Vendôme Station, official web page]
* [http://mtlmap.com/index.php?mapcategory=metro&locationid=47 Vendôme metro station geo location]
* [http://www.metrodemontreal.com/orange/vendome/ Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com] - photos, information, and trivia
* [http://www.stm.info/English/info/reseau2008.pdf 2008 STM System Map]
* [http://www.stm.info/English/metro/a-mapmet.htm Metro Map]