Verdun station

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Verdun
Verdun metro station.jpg
Location4520/4525, rue de Verdun
Verdun, Quebec H4G 1M3
Canada
Coordinates45°27′34″N 73°34′18″W / 45.45944°N 73.57167°W / 45.45944; -73.57167Coordinates: 45°27′34″N 73°34′18″W / 45.45944°N 73.57167°W / 45.45944; -73.57167
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth21.9 metres (71 feet 10 inches), 12th deepest
Disabled accessNo
ArchitectJean-Maurice Dubé
History
Opened3 September 1978
Passengers
2020[1][2]856,971 Decrease 55.2%
Rank55 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro.svg Montreal Metro Following station
Jolicoeur
toward Angrignon
 Green Line De L'Église
toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Verdun station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] 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 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 and .

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
Autobusmontréal.svg 107 Verdun
STM Autobus Nuit.svg 350 Verdun/LaSalle

Nearby points of interest[]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Société de transport de Montréal (2020-05-21). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2019 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2020.091.
  3. ^ Verdun Station

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