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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 1988.

Outremont
General information
Location	1400, Van Horne Avenue Outremont, Quebec H2V 1L1 Canada
Coordinates	45°31′13″N 73°36′54″W
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections	Société de transport de Montréal
Construction
Depth	13.8 metres (45 feet 3 inches), 38th deepest
Disabled access	No
Architect	Dupuis, Chapuis, & Dubuc
Other information
Fare zone	ARTM: A[1]
History
Opened	4 January 1988
Rebuilt	2022-2023
Passengers
2021[2][3]	808,238  7.58%
Rank	56 of 68
Services
Preceding station Montreal Metro Following station Édouard-Montpetit toward Snowdon Blue Line Acadie toward Saint-Michel

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. Due to the single entrance building at the staton, this upgrade work 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.[5]

Although the station has reopened, works (such as the installation of elevators) will continue until the end of 2023.[5]

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

External links

• Outremont station on STM website
• Montreal by Metro, metrodemontreal.com
• 2011 STM System Map
• Metro Map

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