Outremont
General information
Location1400, Van Horne Avenue
Outremont, Quebec H2V 1L1
Canada
Coordinates45°31′13″N 73°36′54″W / 45.52028°N 73.61500°W / 45.52028; -73.61500
Operated bySociété de transport de Montréal
Connections
  Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth13.8 metres (45 feet 3 inches), 38th deepest
AccessibleNo
ArchitectDupuis, Chapuis, & Dubuc
Other information
Fare zoneARTM: A[1]
History
Opened4 January 1988
ClosedJanuary 10 to August 20, 2022
Rebuilt2021-2023
Passengers
2022[2][3]416,759 Decrease 48.44%
Rank68 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station
Édouard-Montpetit
toward Snowdon
 Blue Line Acadie
toward Saint-Michel

Outremont station is a Montreal Metro station in the Outremont borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[4] It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Blue Line. It opened in January 1988.

Overview

It is a normal side platform station with a mined trainroom and open-cut volume at one end, containing the ticket hall and topped by the one large entrance and a glazed skylight. Classic materials and a mural of glazed ceramics by Gilbert Poissant evoke the architecture of the surrounding neighbourhood, as does a Borough of Outremont lamp post at the foot of the stairs to one platform.

Station upgrade

In 2021, work began to make the station universally accessible, provide a new ventilation shaft, as well as other refurbishments including flooring, waterproofing and new lighting.[5]

Due to the single entrance building at the station, upgrade works could not safely take place while the station was open. The station was therefore temporarily closed between January and August 2022, with a shuttle bus provided to take passengers to Acadie station.[6] Works (such as the installation of elevators) will continue until the end of 2023.[6] As part of the upgrade works, a artwork has been commissioned for the station.[7]

Origin of name

The station takes its name from the borough (formerly city) of Outremont, in which it is located. Originally named Côte-Sainte-Catherine, the town took its name in 1875 from a mansion, still extant, built in 1833 by Louis-Tancrède Bouthillier and named "Outre-Mont" ("beyond the mountain" from the main settlement of Montreal).

Connecting bus routes

Société de transport de Montréal
Route
160 Barclay
161 Van Horne
368 Mont-Royal
370 Rosemont

Nearby points of interest

  • Collège Stanislas
  • Théâtre Outremont
  • Cathédrale arménienne Saint-Grégoire l'Illuminateur

References

  1. ↑ "Fare Zones". Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Société de transport de Montréal (2022-09-27). Entrants de toutes les stations de métro en 2021 (Report) – via Access to Information Act request, reference no. 0308.2022.182.
  4. ↑ Outremont Metro Station
  5. ↑ "Outremont". Société de transport de Montréal. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
  6. 1 2 "Work underway at Outremont station". STM. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  7. ↑ "La STM lance un concours pour une œuvre d'art public à la station Outremont". Société de transport de Montréal (in French). 9 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
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