Édouard-Montpetit

Located in the heart of Mont-Royal, the REM’s Édouard-Montpetit station is connected to the blue metro line and serves the Université de Montréal campus. It will be the deepest subway station in Canada and one of the deepest in the world (72 metres). Its architectural treatment will highlight the rock through which the station was excavated.

Type of station

Underground

Borough

Outremont

Openings on Mont-Royal rock in the Édouard-Montpetit station will remind us of its close relationship with the mountain. / Image for indicative purposes only.
Openings on Mont-Royal rock in the Édouard-Montpetit station will remind us of its close relationship with the mountain. / Image for indicative purposes only.
Like all stations in the network, the Édouard-Montpetit station is universally accessible and will be equipped with high-speed elevators to descend to platform level, nearly 70 metres below the surface. / Image for indicative purposes only.
Like all stations in the network, the Édouard-Montpetit station is universally accessible and will be equipped with high-speed elevators to descend to platform level, nearly 70 metres below the surface. / Image for indicative purposes only.
Emphasis was placed on transparency in the station to maintain the visual relationship between the street and the entrance to the Pavilion. / Image for indicative purposes only.
Emphasis was placed on transparency in the station to maintain the visual relationship between the street and the entrance to the Pavilion. / Image for indicative purposes only.
The Édouard-Montpetit station is a distinctive station in the network. It will be the second deepest station in North America. / Image for indicative purposes only.
The Édouard-Montpetit station is a distinctive station in the network. It will be the second deepest station in North America. / Image for indicative purposes only.
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Implementation plan

Édouard-Montpetit station is located at the corner of Vincent-D’Indy Avenue and Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard, across from the Université de Montréal’s Pavillon Marie-Victorin. This underground station is accessible via an entrance on the surface and is connected to the STM’s Édouard-Montpetit metro station via an underground walkway. 

Discover the implementation plan for the Édouard-Montpetit station, including the different accesses and services.

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Development

  • Start of construction: Summer 2018
  • Height of the station’s entrance: 9.4 m from street level
  • Depth of the station: 72 m
  • Length of each platform: 80 m

 

Services

  • Universal accessibility to the station’s platforms via high-capacity and high-speed elevators
  • Bicycles: Number of bike racks to be confirmed
  • Bicycle access: On avenue Vincent-d’Indy and boulevard Édouard-Montpetit
  • Metro: Connection to the blue line 
  • Buses: Stops on nearby streets 
  • Paratransit drop-off area in coordination with partners

 

Frequency once the network is fully commissioned

  • Peak hours: 2.5 minutes
  • Off-peak hours: 5 minutes

 

Travel times

  • Brossard: 22 minutes
  • Central Station: 4 minutes
  • McGill: 3 minutes
  • Bois-Franc: 11 minutes
  • YUL-Aéroport-Montréal-Trudeau: 21 minutes*
  • Anse-à-l’Orme: 29 minutes*
  • Deux-Montagnes: 29 minutes*

*To get to this station, you must check the final destination before boarding the REM at Édouard-Montpetit station.

Station fact sheets