Verdun station

Montreal Metro station
45°27′34″N 73°34′18″W / 45.45944°N 73.57167°W / 45.45944; -73.57167Operated bySociété de transport de MontréalConnectionsConstructionDepth21.9 metres (71 feet 10 inches), 12th deepestAccessibleNoArchitectJean-Maurice DubéOther informationFare zoneARTM: A[1]HistoryOpened3 September 1978Passengers2023[2][3]1,429,092 Increase 20.41%Rank56 of 68 Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Jolicoeur
toward Angrignon
 Green Line De L'Église

Verdun station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon station.

Architecture and art

Interior of the Verdun metro station, seen from the west end.
The forced perspective construction can be seen with the lowering ceiling.

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. The volume over the tracks and platforms has a forced perspective; the ceiling lowers and the platform width shortens on the western end of the station. Accesses are located on either side of rue de Verdun.

The artwork running throughout the station consists of concrete walls with bas-reliefs in the upper parts and painted motifs on the lower, which were designed by Claude Théberge and 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

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
107 Verdun
350 Verdun/LaSalle

Nearby points of interest

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

References

  1. ^ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Verdun Station

External links

  • Verdun Metro Station— Official site
  • Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com — Photos, information, and trivia
  • 2011 STM System Map
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