Verdun station

Verdun
File:Verdun metro station.jpg
Location	4520/4525, rue de Verdun, Montreal Quebec, Canada
Coordinates
Operated by	Société de transport de Montréal
Connections
Construction
Depth	21.9 metres (71 feet 10 inches), 12th deepest
Architect	Jean-Maurice Dubé
History
Opened	3 September 1978
Traffic
Passengers	1,487,901 entrances in 2006, 50th of 68
Services
Preceding station   Montreal Metro   Following station Jolicoeur toward Angrignon Green Line De L'Église toward Honoré-Beaugrand

Verdun is a station on the Green Line of the Montreal Metro rapid transit system operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM). It is located in the borough of Verdun in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The station opened on September 3, 1978, as part of the extension of the Green Line westward to Angrignon.

Architecture and Art

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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	Service Times	Map	Schedule
107 Verdun	All-day	Map	Schedule
350 Verdun/LaSalle	Overnight	Map	Schedule

Nearby points of interest

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

External links

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